Working Together for Cleaner Air
Emissions Reduction Projects
2011 Awarded Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $50 million for clean diesel projects that reduce diesel emissions and improve air quality. Projects replace, retrofit or repower more than 8,000 older school buses, trucks, locomotives, marine vessels, and other diesel powered machines.
National Funding Assistance Awards
Projects funded by the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, which awards competitive grants to fund implementation of EPA or CARB verified and certified diesel emission reduction technologies. For more information about each project, contact the regional representative.
Region 1: John Rogan (rogan.john@epa.gov)
(CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Region 2: Matthew Laurita (laurita.matthew@epa.gov)
(NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
Region 3: Bill Jones (jones.bill@epa.gov)
(DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)
Region 4: Alan Powell (powell.alan@epa.gov)
AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Region 5: Anthony Maietta (maietta.anthony@epa.gov)
(IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, MN)
Region 6: Gloria Vaughn (vaughn.gloria@epa.gov)
(AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
Region 7: Chrissy Wolfersberger (wolfersberger.chris@epa.gov)
(IA, KS, MO, NE)
Region 8: Rebecca Russo (russo.rebecca@epa.gov)
(CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
Region 9 : Penny McDaniel (mcdaniel.penelope@epa.gov)
(AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
Region 10: Lucita Valiere (valiere.lucita@epa.gov)
(AK, ID, OR, WA)
2011 National Awarded Projects
| State | Fleet(s) | Recipient | Description | EPA Funding |
| AK | Stationary | Tanana Chiefs Conference | Replace one diesel gen-set engine | $59,000 |
| AL | Rail | Alabama State Port Authority | Replace one locomotive engine | $953,921 |
| AL, FL, GA, KY, SC | Construction, Delivery Truck, Long Haul Trucks, Marine, Rail, Refuse Hauler, School Bus, Other | American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest | Reduce diesel emissions from 331 vehicles using retrofit, repower, and replacement strategies | $1.3 million |
| AZ | Mining | Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Commission | Retrofit 29 pieces of diesel mining equipment with diesel particulate filters | $150,000 |
| CA | City/County Vehicle, Marine, Ports and Airports, Utility Vehicle | City of Long Beach - Harbor Department | Replace one truck; retrofit 30 top handlers with diesel particulate filters; repower one work boat and one crew boat | $2.3 million |
| CA | Short Haul | Bay Area Air Quality Management District | Replace 43 on-road, heavy-duty trucks operating around Port of Oakland | $1.5 million |
| CA | Rail | San Joaquin Valley | Replace two locomotive engines | $2 million |
| CA | Agriculture, Stationary | Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality | Replace diesel irrigation pump engines with electric pump motors | $1.1 million |
| CO | Agriculture, Construction, Long Haul Trucks, School Bus, Utility Vehicle | Regional Air Quality Council | Retrofit or replace school buses, construction equipment, long-haul trucks, and public works vehicles | $1 million |
| CT, MA, RI | Transit Buses | Greater Hartford Transit District | Repower six buses belonging to Peter Pan Bus Lines | $295,398 |
| DC | Rail | Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments | Repower two switcher locomotives | $1.9 million |
| GA | Utility Vehicle | Center for Transportation & Environment | Repower diesel ground support equipment with electric power | $1.4 million |
| ID | School Bus | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality | Install diesel oxidation catalysts, closed crankcase ventilation systems and fuel operated heaters on sixteen buses | $62,237 |
| IL | Marine | Heart of Illinois Regional Port District | Repower six tug boats operating along Illinois and Mississippi rivers | $400,000 |
| IL | Long Haul Trucks, Marine, School Bus, Utility Vehicle, Other | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | Install idle reduction technologies, exhaust controls, and engine repowers | $822,308 |
| IL | Marine, Ports and Airports | Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission | Repower a Mississippi River push boat | $494,978 |
| IN | Utility Vehicle, Other | Indiana Department of Transportation | Repower dump trucks, snow plows, and municipal vehicles from diesel to propane | $640,000 |
| KS | Construction, School Bus | Kansas Department of Health and Environment | Replace two vehicles and repower two vehicles in a local city fleet; retrofit 59 school buses with fuel operated heaters and/or diesel oxidation catalysts | $343,451 |
| LA | Rail | Railroad Research Foundation | Install automatic engine start-stop (AESS) devices to 40 switch locomotives | $265,807 |
| MA | Ports and Airports | Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) | Repower 20 Class 8b trucks with 2007 emission compliant engines | $500,000 |
| MA | Delivery Truck | Chelsea Collaborative Inc. | Replace 11 diesel transport refrigeration units with electric units; install truck stop electrification | $280,000 |
| MA | Construction | Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection | Retrofit roughly 25 wheeled loaders with diesel particulate filters | $373,750 |
| MA, NH | Marine | Conservation Law Foundation Ventures | Repower fishing/excursion vessels | $391,500 |
| ME | Marine | Maine Department of Environmental Protection | Replace four engines on two marine vessels | $250,000 |
| MI | School Bus, Transit Buses | Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities | Repower school, transit, and university buses with 2010 engines that have diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crank case ventilation systems | $725,000 |
| MI | Construction | Michigan Infrastructure & Transpiration Association | Repower 12 pieces of construction equipment in non-attainment area | $524,962 |
| MN | Construction, Long Haul Trucks, Ports and Airports, School Bus, Other | Environmental Initiative Inc. | Retrofit construction, school bus, municipal fleets with diesel oxidation catalysts; repower municipal, construction and marine vehicles and vessels | $485,419 |
| MO | Construction, Marine, Rail, Refuse Hauler, Utility Vehicle | Missouri Department of Natural Resources | Replace or retrofit 42 diesel engines, nonroad construction equipment, marine vessels, and locomotives with diesel oxidation catalysts, closed crankcase ventilation systems, diesel particulate filters and/or automatic engine shutdown/startup devices | $947,338 |
| MO | Rail, School Bus | Missouri Department of Natural Resources | Retrofit or replace 196 school buses, eight locomotives; repower one locomotive | $999,460 |
| MO | Marine | Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission | Repower one Mississippi River push boat | $494,978 |
| NC | Ports and Airports | Mecklenburg County | Repower or replace 126 pieces of diesel cargo handling equipment with cleaner diesel or electric equipment | $800,000 |
| NJ, NY | Marine | New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition | Replace 21 engines on eight marine vessels to Tier 2 standards | $896,838 |
| NY | School Bus | National School Transportation Association | Replace three school buses; retrofit 155 school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and/or idle reduction strategies | $460,753 |
| NY | Rail | New York City Department of Small Business Services | Repower two short haul locomotives: one with Tier 3 gen-set technology and one with Tier 4 mother-slug configuration | $2 million |
| OH | Construction, Long Haul Trucks, Ports and Airports, Refuse Hauler, School Bus, Other | Clean Fuels Ohio | Replace or install exhaust and idle controls on school buses, refuse haulers, construction equipment and long haul trucks | $716,073 |
| OH | Construction, Long Haul Trucks, Marine, School Bus, Other | Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission | Emission reduction projects in Franklin County | $400,000 |
| OR | Marine | Oregon Department of Environmental Quality | Repower a river channel dredge vessel with certified engines | $502,522 |
| PA | Construction, Delivery Truck, Refuse Hauler, Utility Vehicle | Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities | Replace 17 heavy duty highway diesel vehicles and one yard tractor with compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles | $888,750 |
| PA | Rail | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Repower Tier 0 diesel locomotive with a Tier 3 nonroad engine and diesel particulate filter | $1.2 million |
| PR | Delivery Truck, Long Haul Trucks | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | Retrofit 96 heavy duty trucks with diesel oxidation catalysts; replace ten heavy duty trucks with 2010 or newer models | $886,095 |
| TX | Marine | Houston-Galveston Area Council | Repower 3 marine vessels with Tier II marine engines | $991,041 |
| TX, LA, MO | Delivery Truck | Leonardo Academy Inc. | Replace class 8 long haul and local delivery trucks with trucks equipped with either hybrid-electric or selective catalytic reduction systems | $971,090 |
| TX | Marine | Port of Houston Authority | Switch to cleaner fuel in 11 ocean going vessels | $943,413 |
| UT | Agriculture, Construction, Long Haul Trucks, School Bus | State of Utah Clean Diesel Program | Target emissions from school buses, long haul trucks, and construction and agriculture equipment | $684,056 |
| WA | Marine | Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation | Repower nine marine vessels | $750,000 |
| WA | Marine | Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation | Repower 11 marine vessels with 13 cleaner diesel engines | $576,525 |
| WA | Construction | Washington Department of Ecology | Install 153 diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC) on nonroad construction equipment and heavy-duty on-road construction trucks | $400,000 |
| WA | Marine, Ports and Airports | Puget Sound Clean Air Agency | Repower a tugboat with two new Tier 2 main engines and two Tier 3 auxiliary engines | $650,000 |
| WI, IL, OH | Construction, Marine | Leonardo Academy Inc. | Repower Tier 0 construction and marine equipment with Tier 2 or Tier 3 engines | $900,000 |
2011 Emerging Technology Awards
| State | Fleet(s) | Recipient | Description | EPA Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Refuse Hauler | Miami-Dade County | Replace 15 diesel refuse haulers with hydraulic hybrid refuse haulers | $1.5 million |
For information on 2011 State allocation, visit the State Allocations tab