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Eligibility Information FY08
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
This web page was originally published in March 2008.
Through the National Clean Diesel Campaign, EPA will award grants to assist its eligible partners in building diesel emission reduction programs across the country that improve air quality and protect public health.
- What entities are eligible for 2008 Clean Diesel Funding
- What Fleets Qualify
- What is an Eligible Use of Funding
- What Projects Will Receive Funding Assistance
What entities are eligible for 2008 Clean Diesel Funding
Eligible entities for National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance, Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program, and Clean Diesel Finance Program are:
- U.S. regional, State, local, tribal or port agencies with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality
- Nonprofit organizations or institutions that
- represent or provide pollution reduction
- represent or provide educational services to persons or organizations that operate diesel fleets
- have as its principle purpose the promotion of transportation or air quality
- School districts, federally recognized Indian tribes, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), cities and counties
For the State Grant Program, the State Agency with jurisdiction over air quality is considered the eligible entity for submitting the intent to apply and final application package. However, the Governor may elect to designate another more appropriate agency as indicated in the Federal Register
.What Fleets Qualify?
The following types of fleets qualify for funding:
- Buses
- Medium or heavy-duty trucks
- Marine engines
- Locomotives
- Nonroad engines, stationary engines, or vehicles used in construction, handling of cargo (including at a port or airport), agriculture, mining, or energy production.
At least half the funds will be for the benefit of public fleets. This includes private fleets contracted or leased for public purpose, such as private school buses, refuse haulers, or equipment at public ports. However, only eligible entities can apply directly to EPA for this funding (e.g., a school district would apply and administer a project on behalf of a private school bus contractor).
What is an Eligible Use of Funding?
For the national component, funds will be used for verified retrofit technologies, incremental costs of early replacement and repower with certified engine configurations, and reduction of long-duration idling with approved technologies. For the State component, States will develop statewide diesel emission reduction programs that utilize the technological options described above.
What Projects Will Receive Priority in the Funding Assistance Competition?
Under the law, priority projects are those that accomplish the following:
- Maximize public health benefits
- Are the most cost-effective
- Serve areas with highest population density, that are in poor air quality areas, including:
- non-attainment, maintenance, and Federal Class 1 areas
- areas with toxic pollutant concerns
- areas that receive a disproportionate quantity of air pollution from diesel fleets, including truck stops, ports, rail yards, terminals and distribution centers
- areas that use a community-based, multi-stakeholder collaborative process to reduce toxic emissions
- Maximize the useful life of any certified engine configuration, verified technology, or emerging technology
- Conserve diesel fuel
- Use diesel fuel with a sulfur content of less than or equal to 15 ppm (for nonroad engines)