TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is issuing this NOFO to announce the availability of funds and solicit applications from eligible entities to help ports nationwide transition to zero-emission (ZE) operations under the EPA’s Clean Ports Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 05/28/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
The EPA’s goals for the Clean Ports Program are to:
- build a foundation for ports across the country to transition to fully ZE operations, positioning ports to serve as a catalyst for transformational change across the freight sector;
- reduce mobile source pollution in nearport communities, especially disadvantaged communities; and
- help ensure that meaningful community engagement and emissions reduction planning are port industry standard practices.
The ZE Technology Deployment Competition is designed to fund deployment of strategies and solutions that will help ports achieve zero-emission operations. This includes funding the purchase of ZE equipment, technologies, and related infrastructure directly serving a port, as well as funding support expenses related to deployment.
Project activities eligible for funding under this NOFO include:
- ZE Mobile Equipment: Eligible project costs include the purchase and deployment of new eligible battery-electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, vessels, powertrains, and other mobile equipment that directly serve a port, which fall in these general categories:
- Cargo handling equipment (e.g., terminal tractors, forklifts, top handlers, side picks, straddle carriers)
- Drayage trucks
- Locomotives and railcar movers
- Harbor craft and other vessels (e.g., commercial and Tribal fishing vessels, tugs, ferries, patrol boats, workboats, dredges, pilot boats, barges
- ZE Infrastructure Serving Mobile Equipment: Eligible project costs include the purchase and installation of new or expanded electric charging and/or hydrogen fueling infrastructure serving eligible ZE port equipment purchased as part of the applicant’s grant award, as well as shore power infrastructure for marine vessels. Equipment not purchased as part of the grant award may also utilize the charging and fueling infrastructure.
- ZE Technology Deployment Support Activities: Eligible project costs include ZE technology deployment project support activities directly related to the implementation of an eligible ZE technology project, including acquiring eligible ZE equipment and infrastructure, or deploying the technology into regular service.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,790,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000,000
- Award Floor: $2,000,000
Period of Performance
4 years
Eligibility Criteria
EPA’s Policy for Competition of Assistance Agreements competition under this solicitation is available to:
- Port authorities;
- State, regional, local, or Tribal agencies that have jurisdiction over a port authority or a port
- Air pollution control agencies and
- Private entities that:
- apply for a grant in a Statutory Partnership with an entity described in 1-3 above; and
own, operate, or use the facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port.
- apply for a grant in a Statutory Partnership with an entity described in 1-3 above; and
The term “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
