Technical support available at: 1-877-NCDC-FACTS (1-877-623-2322) E-mail: cleandiesel@epa.gov (answers typically given in one business day.)

Announcements

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 Earmark 2008 DERA Grant: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District received nearly $5 million to replace over 500 agricultural pumps with hybrid and/or alternative fueled pumps in the Valley (factsheet coming soon). Competitive 2008 DERA Grants NEW RESOURCES EPA’s State and Local Clean Diesel Toolkit Low-Cost Ways to Cleaner Construction (PDF, 2.4 MB) Puget Sound Green Fleets Guide

The National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program Request For Proposal (RFP) for Fiscal Year 2009 and 2010 can be found at:

• http://www.epa.gov/air/grants/2009_10_6_final-dera.pdf

All proposals are due on December 8, 2009, 4 p.m. PST. Please check www.epa.gov/cleandiesel for a list of Frequently Asked Questions, or you can call the National Clean Diesel Campaign Hotline at 1-877-623-2322 (1-877-NCDC_FACTS), or email cleandiesel@epa.gov.

Please note that EPA regional staff is not able to answer any questions about the 2009-2010 RFP. All questions must be submitted in writing via email to this email address.

For other EPA National Clean Diesel Funding Opportunities (SmartWay Finance and Emerging Technology Programs), please visit:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/diesel/grantfund.htm#rfps

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
• New EPA Rules Target Diesel Train and Ship Emissions
• Study Says Diesel Emissions Raise Cancer Risk
• Shipping's Impact on the Air Could Be More Serious Than Previously Thought
• Safeway's Trucking Fleet Shifts to Biodiesel