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Recovery Act Funding for the National Clean Diesel Campaign

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided $300 million in new funding for national and state programs for the implementation of verified and certified diesel emission reduction technologies. 

Clean Diesel Programs

The National Clean Diesel Campaign portion of the Recovery Act funding was divided into four programs.

Recovery Act Funding for the Awarded Funded Projects
National Funding Assistance Program $155.8 million National Funding Assistance Projects
Emerging Technologies Program $19.9 million Emerging Technologies Projects
SmartWay Finance Program $30 million SmartWay Finance Projects
State Grant Program $88.2 million State Grant Projects

Project Highlights

San Joaquin Valley Agriculture Engine Replacement
Grape Harvester

Photo courtesy of San Joaquin
Valley Unified Air Pollution
Control District

Great Lakes Commission
Bulk Cargo Carrier Project
Great Lakes ship

Photo courtesy of
Tony Maietta

Kentucky's
Cleaner Diesel Equipment
Crawler⁄dozer

Photo courtesy of John Brazel
AGC of Kentucky

Minnesota's
Green Fleet Project
Bug-0-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Cass Lake, Minnesota

Photo courtesy of
Minnesota Environmental Initiative

Requests for Applications and Frequently Asked Questions Documents can be found in the Clean Diesel Grant and Funding Archive.

The Diesel Emissions Reduction Program (DERA) Recovery Plan (PDF) (10 pp, 130K, about PDF files) was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on May 15, 2009.

Recovery Act Reporting Guidance

This section includes links to Recovery Act reporting guidance issued by EPA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other related information.

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