Diesel Clean Up Programs
OEC
is actively working with fleets, policymakers, organizations
and industry to identify funding sources for clean diesel
projects. While we encourage fleets to adopt clean-up strategies
as much as possible, we recognize that cash-strapped transportation
departments often need outside funding for clean diesel projects.
Below is a brief summary of some grant opportunities available
to reduce diesel pollution.
OEC's Diesel Clean Up Fact Sheet
| Ohio EPA's Diesel School Bus Retrofit Grant Program |
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created a grant program to help school districts retrofit vehicles with pollution controls and switch to cleaner fuels. Grants are funded through civil penalties collected by the Agency and through the Diesel Emission Reduction Act.
Since the program began, Ohio EPA has awarded more than $1 million dollars to over 40 school districts that retrofitted more than 1,000 school buses. For more information about the grant, visit the Ohio EPA website.
The OEC can help your school district apply for this grant. Contact David R. Celebrezze at David@theOEC.org or (614) 487-7506.
| Diesel Emission
Reduction Act (DERA) |
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OEC worked with Senator
Voinovich and a diverse stakeholder group in developing
legislation to create a comprehensive national diesel
retrofit program. The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
of 2005 (DERA), which is still in effect, established voluntary national and state-level
grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of
diesel emissions.
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The legislation:
- Authorized $1 billion over 5 years
($200 million annually);
- Provided that 70% of the funds
are distributed by EPA;
- Allocated 20% of funds to states
to develop retrofit programs with an additional 10%
available as an incentive for state’s to match the
federal dollars being provided;
- Established priority areas for projects
– such as those that are more cost-effective and
affect the most amount of people – and focuses the
federal program on public fleets; and
- Included provisions to help develop
new technologies, encourage more action through non-financial
incentives, and require EPA to outreach to stakeholders
and report on the success of the program.
What
you can do to help clean up dirty diesel engines:
Concerned about the health effects of diesel emissions?
Want your local school district to change their bus idling
policy? Need help knowing where to start?
You
can be part of the solution!
Apply for the DERA grant program! Click for details.
| Ohio Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program |
The Ohio Department of Development has released its Ohio Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program (ODERGP). Diesel fleets can apply for a grant to cover emission control retrofits, anti-idling equipment, replacement of older vehicles and repowering engines. This grant program covers 80% of the cost with a 20% match from the applicant.
Click here for more information.
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