Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Home Page

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Air and Radiation Division
77 W. Jackson Blvd. (A-18J)
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 353-2212

Division Director
Cheryl L. Newton (newton.cheryl@epa.gov)
Deputy Director
Bruce Sypniewski (Sypniewski.bruce@epa.gov)

News Items and Highlight Activities:

FY2011 MCDI Clean Diesel Grants Home Page
September 2011 MCDI e-Update
MNRiskS Multipollutant Risk Screening Tool webinar presentation now available on our Webinars page
MCDI Grant Summaries (easy to read one-page reports about MCDI grants published as they close/complete work)

Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative's Effect Since Inception:

Engines Impacted as of December 2010: Over 1,000,000*

*construction equipment, locomotives, municipal vehicles, school buses, transit buses, heavy-duty trucks, cargo handling equipment, marine vessels, and more.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Region 5 State Activities

You can click the links below to visit each state's clean diesel program, and view each state's request for applications for ARRA state allocation funding (where applicable).

Illinois (RFA closing date: Continuous): http://www.illinoisgreenfleets.org/
Indiana (RFA closing date: May 15, 2009): http://www.in.gov/idem/5255.htm
Michigan (RFA closing date: June 15, 2009, 5pm EDT): http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3310_30151_30313-198413--,00.html
Minnesota (RFA closing date: June 25, 2009, 2pm CDST): http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/cleandiesel-grants.html
Ohio (RFA closing date: September 1, 2009): http://www.epa.ohio.gov/oeef/schoolbus.aspx
Wisconsin (RFA closing date: August 3, 2009): http://dnr.wi.gov/air/mobile/CleanDieselGP.htm

What is the Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative?

The Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative is a collaboration of federal, state and local agencies, along with communities, non-profit organizations and private companies working together to reduce emissions from diesel engines in the Midwest.

We estimate there are approximately 3.3 million diesel-powered engines in the Midwest that we can affect through voluntary action. We have set an ambitious goal to reduce emissions from 1 million diesel-powered engines by 2010.

Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative will do this through operational changes, technological improvements and use of cleaner fuels. The Initiative also supports EPA Region 5 state clean diesel coalitions in order to foster clean diesel activities that reduce fuel use and emissions. Together, we target diesel engines across all fleets.

Further Background Information about the Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative:

Notice something wrong? If you click a link on the MCDI web site and it does not work, please let us know by contacting Anthony Maietta at maietta.anthony@epa.gov