Announcements

WCC Communicator

West Coast Collaborative Communicator, April 2010

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DIESEL EMISSIONS QUANTIFIER

The Quantifier will help fleet owners, school districts, municipalities, contractors, port authorities, and others estimate cost effectiveness and environmental impact of emission reduction technologies that have been added to vehicles and equipment: http://cfpub.epa.gov/quantifier/

FUNDING

State 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act DERA Grants

State 2008 DERA Grants

Earmark 2008 DERA Grant: South Coast Air Quality Management District received nearly $5 million to replace 130 heavy-duty diesel trucks with new liquefied natural gas trucks around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

SAVE THE DATE!

EPA West Coast Collaborative Partners Meeting: September 29-30, San Francisco, CA

Our next WCC Partners Meeting will be held at the Hilton Financial District in San Francisco. For more information, including registration, please click here. For all questions and ideas/suggestions for meeting topics, please submit them to Penny McDaniel at mcdaniel.penelope@epa.gov.
 

West Coast Collaborative Recovery Act Funding Awards

• For information on awards made in Region 9, please visit:
  http://www.epa.gov/region09/eparecovery/cleandiesel.html
• For information on awards made in Region 10, please visit:
  http://www.epa.gov/region10/eparecovery/
• For all other ARRA information, please visit:
  http://epa.gov/otaq/eparecovery/index.htm

Non-EPA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Funding

• National Recovery Webpage
• Department of Energy
• CEC
• Presentations from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Sector Funding for Programs Related to Energy and the Environment (hosted by South Coast Air Quality Management District on April 1, 2009)

Recent News

• EPA Administrator Announces Millions of "Green" Recovery Act Dollars To Clean Southern California Air
• EPA Funds New Study on Alternative Fuel Vehicle Emissions
• California Port Fee Would Fight Pollution, Congestion
• CA Presents First Bond 1B Check to San Joaquin Valley to Clean Up Air Quality
• PA, CARB, South Coast and SJV Air Districts Sign Joint Agreement to Reduce Pollution, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Hawaii Clean Air Program Targets Diesel
• EPA, Hawaii Partners Announce Diesel Vehicle Retrofit Program
• EPA Makes $50 Million Available to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide
• CARB approves $200 million for Cleaner School Buses from Proposition 1B Funding
• EPA Finalizes More Stringent Emissions Standards for Locomotives and Marine Compression-Ignition Engines