Tribal and Insular Area Awarded Grants
Awarded Grants
This searchable and sortable table lists Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Tribal and Insular Area grants awarded in fiscal years from 2008 to 2021. A list of all other funded DERA program grants can be found on the National DERA Awarded Grants webpage. Final award amounts and project descriptions may change as the projects are completed. The information on this page will be updated periodically.
| Year | DERA Program | State | Recipient | EPA Funding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tribal | AZ | Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation |
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Mining |
| 2021 | Tribal | WI | Ho-Chunk Nation | $841,500.00 | Construction |
| 2021 | Tribal | KS | Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation | $489,155.00 | Municipal |
| 2021 | Tribal | WA | Quinault Indian Nation | $510,508.00 | Port |
| 2021 | Tribal | AK | Native Village of Deering | $418,140.00 | Industrial |
| 2021 | Tribal | CA | Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation | $415,000.00 | Agriculture |
| 2021 | Tribal | AK | Tanana Chiefs Conference | $800,000.00 | Municipal |
| 2021 | Tribal | WA | Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation | $364,900.00 | Port |
| 2021 | Tribal | WA | Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | $379,511.00 | Port |
| 2021 | Tribal | NC | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | $502,797.00 | School Bus |
| 2021 | Insular Area | GU | Port Authority of Guam | $250,000.00 | Port |
| 2021 | Insular Area | GU | Guam Power Authority (GPA) | $250,000.00 | Municipal |
| 2020 | Tribal | AK | Louden Tribal Council | $481,466.00 | Replace a non-tiered engine (gen-set) with a Tier 1 |
| 2020 | Tribal | AK | Buckland IRA Tribal Council | $484,923.00 | Replace (2) two stationary diesel generators and control interface |
| 2020 | Tribal | AK | Kawerak, Inc. | $155,000.00 | Replace diesel generator with a Tier 2 marine gen-set in the power plant and update switchgear |
| 2020 | Tribal | AK | Swinomish Tribal Community | $199,330.00 | Replace two (2) Tier 2 marine diesel engines with Tier 3 marine engines |
| 2020 | Tribal | AK | Tanana Chiefs Conference - Manley Hot Springs | $519,716.00 | Replace (2) two unregulated diesel gen-sets with (2) two Tier 3 gen-sets |
| 2020 | Tribal | SD | Lower Brule Sioux Tribe | $452,000.00 | Replace (21) diesel gensets in 3 phases, to all-electric power, for pivot irrigation onto four (4) Ag farm sites |
| 2020 | Tribal | WA | Quinault Indian Nation | $200,000.00 | Replace one (1) Tier 0 diesel marine engine and one (1) Tier 0 diesel Auxiliary engine on one (1) vessel with two (2) Tier 3 marine diesel engines |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | AK | Louden Tribal Council | $468,230.00 | GenSet replacement in the City of Galena |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | AK | Tanana Chiefs Conference | $149,528.00 | GenSet Replacement in the Venetie and Koyukuk Villages |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | AK | Village of Chefornak | $396,580.00 | GenSet Replacement in the Village of Chefornak |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | CA | Blue Lake Rancheria | $107,055.00 | Replace one emergency fire truck vehicle |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | CA | Morongo Band of Mission Indians | $283,841.00 | Replace two(2) school buses and two (2) back hoes |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | WA | Lummi Indian Business Council | $416,418.00 | Marine Diesel Engine Repower on nine (9) Tribal Fishing Vessels |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | WA | Quinault Indian Nation | $171,407.00 | Repower of One (1) Tribal Fishing Vessel |
| 2018 - 2019 | Tribal | WA | Swinomish Tribal Council | $542,733.00 | Repower on six (6) Tribal Fishing Vessels |
| 2017 | Tribal | AK | Tanana Chiefs Conference | $497,354.00 | Replace seven (7) stationary generators located in the power plants of two villages; Beaver Village and Stevens Village. This project will help with new generator replacements that will reduce diesel emissions and conserve diesel fuel. The new generators will also increase the heat pulled off the new engines and reduce fuel oil burned for heat in public building in both village communities. |
| 2017 | Tribal | WA | Lummi Nation – Lummi Indian Business Council | $781,909.00 | Repower 11 diesel engines on 11 marine vessels with 11 new low-emission diesel engines. The vessels are used throughout the year in fisheries targeting salmon, halibut, crab, and shrimp. |
| 2017 | Tribal | WA | Tulalip Tribe of the Tulalip Reservation | $392,100.00 | The Tulalip Marine Engine Repower project will repower eight (8) marine vessels with new, low-emission diesel engines. The vessels are used for gillnet fisheries (salmonids), and dive fisheries (shellfish). |
| 2016 | Tribal | AK | Chalkyitsik Village Council | $212,343.00 | Replace two nonroad diesel generators used for energy production with cleaner certified generators. EPA News Release |
| 2016 | Tribal | AZ | Gila River Indian Community | $154,000.00 | Replace two pre-2007 engine model school buses with buses with 2015 or newer engines. EPA News Release |
| 2016 | Tribal | CA | Morongo Band of Mission Indians | $166,445.00 | Replace one refuse truck and one dump truck each with new CARB certified engines. EPA News Release and Local News Release EXIT |
| 2016 | Tribal | WA | Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation | $260,788.39 | Replace six diesel engines on fishing vessels with new certified low emission engines. EPA News Release |
| 2016 | Tribal | WI | Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | $491,000.00 | Replace six marine diesel with Tier 3-4 engines. |
| 2015 | Tribal | AK | Native Village of Karluk | $241,754.00 | Replace two unregulated stationary diesel engines used for energy production in a power plant with Tier 3 generators. |
| 2015 | Tribal | AK | Rampart Village Council | $158,883.00 | Replace two unregulated stationary diesel generators used for energy production in a tribally-owned power plant with Tier 3 generators. |
| 2015 | Tribal | AZ | Gila River Indian Community | $389,000.00 | Replace four nonroad vehicles used for agriculture with Tier 4 engine vehicles. |
| 2015 | Tribal | WA | Makah Tribal Council | $663,302.00 | Replace propulsion engines on six commercial fishing vessels; replace three auxiliary engines on one marine vessel. |
| 2015 | Tribal | WA | Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | $71,304.87 | Replace one unregulated marine engine with Tier 3 marine diesel engine. |
| 2014 | Tribal | WA | Lummi Nation | $76,740.81 | Replace two 1992 marine diesel engines with newer engines. |
| 2014 | Tribal | WA | Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | $782,164.37 | Replace twelve marine diesel engines with newer diesel engines. |
| 2014 | Tribal | WA | Upper Skagit Tribe | $55,522.00 | Replace one diesel engine on compliance vessel with a newer, more efficient marine diesel engine. |
| 2013 | Tribal | WA | Lummi Nation | $256,334.57 | Replace 14 Tier 0 marine engines on 13 fishing vessels with Tier 2 engines. |
| 2013 | Tribal | WA | Swinomish Indian Community | $462,906.09 | Replace 14 Tier 0 engines on 12 marine vessels with Tier 2 engines; install 18 double shore power pedestals providing 36 shore power stations. |
| 2012 | Tribal | WA | Tulalip Tribe | $201,819.86 | Replace 11 Tier 0 marine engines on 11 fishing vessels with Tier 2 engines. |
| 2011 | Tribal | AK | Tanana Chiefs | $59,000.00 | Replace one generator with a Tier 3 diesel engine. |
| 2011 | Tribal | AZ | Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community | $150,000.00 | Retrofit seven mining loaders used for mining work on Tribal lands. |
| 2011 | Tribal | WA | Makah Tribe | $743,242.01 | Replace 11 marine engines on nine fishing vessels. |
| 2011 | Tribal | WA | Tulalip Tribe | $537,246.08 | Replace 13 Tier 0 marine engines on 11 fishing vessels with Tier 2 engines . |
| 2009 - 2010 | Tribal | CA | Morongo Band of Mission Indians | $250,000.00 | Install diesel particulate filters on four school buses, a charter bus, a dump truck, and a water truck; replace two diesel schools buses with CNG-powered school buses. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Tribal | CA | Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians | $78,000.00 | Retrofit six school buses with diesel particulate filters. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Tribal | IA | Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa | $190,000.00 | Replace four school buses. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Tribal | MN | Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | $64,633.00 | Repower four refuse haulers. |