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2009 Recovery Act:
National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Awarded Projects

EPA has awarded approximately $156 million in Recovery Act funding to promote diesel emission reduction strategies utilizing EPA or California Air Resource Board (CARB) verified and certified technologies.

2009 Recovery Act: National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Awarded Projects
State Sector/Fleet Recipient Description EPA Funding
AL Freight Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition Install truck stop electrification (TSE) areas in two sites, each with 50 spaces. $829,697
Al, GA, KY, FL, MS, NC, SC, TN Freight American Lung Association Install 200 low rolling resistance (LRR) tires; 55 battery powered air conditioners (AC) and seven engine replacement and repowers $1.2 million
AR Construction Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Upgrade 39 pieces of construction equipment $793,566
AZ Public Fleet City of Phoenix Department of Public Works Retrofit 46 Refuse Haulers with diesel oxidation catalysts and/or diesel particulate filters $829,697
CA Ports, Freight Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Install diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 103 delivery trucks $2 million
CA Freight California Air Resources Board Repower eight older switch yard (three engines per switcher) locomotives with new Tier 3 nonroad electrical generator set (genset) engines to operate in the South Coast $8.89 million
CA Construction California Department of Transportation Install Level 3 diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 46 engines $951,431
CA Freight, Ports City of Los Angeles Harbor Department Retrofit 27 vehicles including harbor vessels, trucks, sweepers, loaders, cranes, forklifts $1.99 million
CA Ports Port of Long Beach Replace, repower, or retrofit 118 pieces of cargo handling equipment $4.01 million
CA School Bus San Diego County Air Pollution Control District Replace, repower, or install diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 125 school buses $1.56 million
CA Agriculture San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Repower 30 nonroad vehicles used by agriculture sector in San Joaquin Valley $2 million
CA School Bus San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Install diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 190 school buses operating in San Joaquin Valley $4 million
CO Construction, Public Fleet City and County of Denver Install heaters on 48 refuse vehicles, nine snowplows; retrofit 53 vehicles with diesel oxidation catalysts; purchase 262,844 gallons of biodiesel $700,000
CO Freight Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Retrofit 180 long haul trucks with auxiliary power units (APU) $850,000
CO Freight, Public Fleet Regional Air Quality Council Retrofit 100 vehicles with auxiliary power units; repower one vehicle; retrofit 21 vehicles with diesel oxidation catalysts; purchase 56 heaters, 44 thermal coolers, 20 SmartWay trailer gap fairings, and 10 Smartway low rolling resistance tires $1.25 million
CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY Freight Cascade Sierra Solutions Retrofit 51 trucks with diesel particulate filters (DPF) and 105 trucks with auxiliary power units (APU) $850,000
CT Freight Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management Repower one vintage switch locomotive from one engine configuration to a three engine set (nonroad Tier 3 certified genset engines) $1.05 million
CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT Freight Cascade Sierra Solutions (SmartWay Rebate) Subsidize the purchase of approximately 1,887 pieces of idle reduction, reduced rolling resistance, aerodynamic, and emissions control equipment by owners of class eight trucks and trailers $1.15 million
FL Public Fleet City of Miami Replace 17 refuse haulers and switch to biodiesel $731,850
FL School Bus Leon County School Board Replace six school buses with compressed natural gas busses $347,288
FL Agriculture Miami-Dade Agriculture Repower 300 agricultural pumps $2 million
FL Public Fleet Miami-Dade County Replace five buses with hybrid electrics and replace eight buses with newer engines $731,850
GA Freight Georgia Department of Natural Resources Install a truck stop electrification (TSE) station with 85 spaces for long haul trucks $748,000
GA Ports Georgia Port Authority Install diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC) and closed crankcase ventilation (CCV) on 47 marine engines $164,000
GA Public Fleet, School Bus University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. Install diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 238 vehicles (buses, emergency vehicles, and utility vehicles) $1.71 million
IL Public Fleet City of Chicago Department of the Environment Retrofit vehicles with 163 diesel fired heaters, 35 diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs), and replace two old vehicles with two hybrid electric aerial trucks $1 million
IL ALL Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Retrofit 21 fleets (approximately 675 diesel vehicles and/or engines) with auxiliary power units, diesel oxidation catalysts, diesel multi-stage filters, direct-fired heaters and engine repowers (replace with cleaner engines) $4.17 million
IN, WI, OH, MN Freight American Lung Association - Upper Midwest Diesel emission reduction projects for 502 total vehicles in 22 fleets; includes engine repowers, retrofits, and idle reduction technologies $3.72 million
KS Construction, Public Fleet Johnson County Kansas Government Repower, replace, or install diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC), diesel multi-stage filters (DMF), diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 176 vehicles/equipment $1 million
KS Construction, Freight, Public Fleet Kansas Department of Health and the Environment Replace, repower, and/or install automatic shutdown systems, diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC), low pressure resistance (LRR) tires on 176 vehicles $4 million
KY Construction Kentucky Association of General Contractors Retrofit 87 pieces of construction equipment $2 million
LA Freight Railroad Research Foundation Repower four locomotives $2.93 million
MA Ports Chelsea Collaborative Repower 79 diesel transportation refrigeration units (TRU) with electric versions $1.56 million
MA Construction, Freight, Public Fleet Chelsea Collaborative, Inc Retrofit four long haul trucks, nine municipal vehicles, one rubber tire loader. Perform engine upgrades on four rubber tire loaders. $357,946
MA Public Fleet Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Install a combination of diesel multi-stage filters (DMF) and diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC) on 132 state-owned diesel vehicles $502,500
MD School Bus Maryland Department of the Environment Retrofit 76 school buses $1 million
MD Ports, Freight Port of Baltimore (Maryland Environmental Services) Retrofit two tugboats, seven locomotives, 50 short haul trucks, and 83 units of cargo handling equipment $3.5 million
MD, PA, VA Construction, Ports, Freight, Public Fleet Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Retrofit 14 and replace six transit buses, repower two harbor craft, retrofit 25 dump trucks, replace six cement trucks, repower one locomotive, replace one truck $4.32 million
MD, VA Ports Chesapeake Bay Foundation Repower three education vessels, nine watermen work boats, two tug boats $1.3 million
ME Construction Maine Department of Environmental Protection Retrofit nine highway construction vehicles and repower/retrofit twelve nonroad pieces of construction equipment $746,715
ME Freight Maine Turnpike Authority Install truck stop electrification with 30 spots at state-owned rest stop on I-95 corridor in Gardner, ME $1.21 million
ME, NH, VT Ports Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management Repower eight marine vessels to EPA Tier 2 certified engines. Vessels include: four ferries, three tugboats and one sight-seeing excursion vessel $1.65 million
MI Ports Great Lakes Commission Repower four marine engines from Tier 0 to Tier 2; repowering service generator sets on two Great Lakes bulk carriers $1.21 million
MI School Bus Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities Retrofit 405 public school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) and replace six public school buses with newer, cleaner 2010 models $1.07 million
MI School Bus Lenawee School District Replace older buses with two hybrid electric school buses, ten 2010-compliant school buses; retrofit 41 school buses with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and closed crankcase ventilation (CCV) $1.23 million
MN Construction, Locomotive, Long Haul, School Bus Minnesota Environmental Initiative Emissions reductions from 684 diesel vehicles/equipment including school buses, construction equipment, locomotives, and long haul trucks; Includes 588 diesel retrofit technologies, 72 idle reduction technologies, 22 engine repowers and two vehicle replacements $3 million
MO Construction, Freight, Ports, School Bus, Public Fleet Grace Hill Retrofit, repower, and/or replace than 575 vehicles will be targeted for retrofits; install idle reduction technologies on some of the vehicles; vehicle/engine types include barge, airport ground support equipment, delivery trucks, school buses, construction $2 million
MO School Bus Missouri Department of Natural Resources Replace, repower, or install diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC), diesel particulate filters (DPF) on 142 vehicles $975,609
MS School Bus Columbus, MS Municipal School District Replace 30 school buses $1.45 million
MT Public Fleet Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Decker Coal Repower four coal dump trucks $700,000
NC Agriculture, Construction Mecklenburg County Repower 28 engines and replace six engines $1.12 million
NC School Bus North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Retrofit or replace 127 school buses $509,000
ND School Bus Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative Emission reduction on 142 school buses. Include replacing nine school buses and install heaters on 66 engines $450,000
NE Freight University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska Transportation Center (UNL/NTC) Retrofit approximately 187 vehicles with EPA-verified idle reduction technologies $1 million
NE Construction, Freight, Public Fleet, School Bus Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Retrofit 211 vehicles with EPA-verified idle reduction technologies $1 million
NJ Freight Cascade Sierra Solutions Retrofit 789 trailers with aerodynamic technology $1.4 million
NJ, NY Ports Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Replace 636 drayage trucks $7 million
NJ, NY, PR Ports Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management Repower two ferries and three tugboats with Tier 2 engines $2.8 million
NM Ports City of Albuquerque Replace 50 pieces of airport ground support equipment $583,125
NY Construction Columbia University Retrofit 78 pieces of construction equipment with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) $2 million
NY Freight New York State Department of Transportation Replace one switcher locomotive engine with three engines $1.05 million
NY Ports Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Install shore power at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal $2.86 million
OH School Bus Hamilton County Environmental Services Replace 60 school buses $1.08 million
OH Construction, School Bus, Freight Ohio Department of Development Thirteen projects include rail engine repowers, municipal and school bus replacements, hybrid electric school bus replacements, construction repowers and retrofits, municipal vehicle retrofits, and idle reduction technologies $5 million
OK School Bus Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Retrofit or replace 180 school buses $1.85 million
OR Freight Cascade Sierra Solutions - Trailer Aerodynamics Program Retrofit 1,554 heavy-duty diesel-powered trailers with verified aerodynamic technologies $907,072
OR Construction, Public Fleet City of Portland Install verified diesel particulate filters (DPFs), partial flow filters (PFFs), and diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) on construction equipment; Pilot a clean diesel contracting policy $1.62 million
PA Construction, Freight, Public Fleet Allegheny County Health Department Replace two transit buses with diesel hybrid; retrofit 35 dump trucks; repower one locomotive; upgrade 23 construction vehicles $3.5 million
PA Freight Department of Environmental Protection Repower pre-1973 locomotives with a four-axle locomotive powered with an engine approaching Tier 3 emission standards (Mother) and a four-axle platform consisting of four traction motors without an engine (Slug) $1.5 million
RI Public Fleet City of Providence Retrofit 40 Class 7 trucks and two dumpers/tenders with DPFs $565,100
SC School Bus South Carolina Department of of Education Retrofit and replace 504 school buses $553,918
SC Ports South Carolina Port Authority Repower 36 pieces of cargo handling equipment, two tugboats, and one dredge. Install diesel multi-stage filters (DMF) on 40 trucks $2 million
SD School Bus Sioux Falls School District Replace ten school buses and install heaters on 20 school buses $500,000
TN Freight East TN Clean Fuel Coalition Crossville Install 50 truck stop electrification (TSE) spaces in two locations $581,849
TN Freight Tennessee Department of Transportation Install truck stop electrification area with 175 spaces $2 million
TX Freight City of Houston Replace 72 long haul trucks with hybrids $2.37 million
TX Freight North Central Texas Council of Governments Replace/repower 180 long haul trucks $2.19 million
TX Freight North Central Texas Council of Governments Install low rolling resistance (LRR) tires, aerodynamics, and auxiliary power units (APU) on 390 long haul trucks $1.55 million
TX Ports Port of Houston Authority Replace/repower 96 marine engines $2.86 million
TX Ports Port of Houston Authority Replace/repower 25 marine engines $611,466
TX Public Fleet VIA Metropolitan Transit Repower 51 transit buses $1.01 million
UT Agriculture Utah Department of Environmental Quality replace 12 engines, repower 26 engines and install 25 auxiliary power units (APU) $750,000
VA Public Fleet, School Bus Virginia Clean Cities (Hampton Roads) Retrofit with 35 transit buses with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and/or diesel oxidation catalysts plus closed crankcase ventilation; retrofit one refuse hauler, replace four school buses, and replace of 24 refuse haulers. $1 million
WA Ports Port of Tacoma Retrofit two ocean-going vessels; Add certified ship-side technology $1.49 million
WA Freight Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Repower three locomotive switcher engines $2.53 million
WI Freight Wisconsin Department of Commerce Retrofit approximately 444 vehicles with various idle reduction technologies $2.07 million
WI Freight Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Install an idle reduction system on 40 switcher locomotives (Wisconsin & Southern Railroad and Canadian Pacific Railroad) $571,107
WI, MN School Bus National School Transportation Association Replace 98 older school buses with 2007 busses; retrofit 62 busses with diesel particulate filters; install 26 fuel operated heaters $2.42 million
WY Construction Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Repower ten engines; install 50 diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) and 13 diesel particulate filters (DPF); install 17 engine upgrades $1.34 million

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