The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting grant applications to fund projects that will reduce emissions from diesel engines.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/14/2022
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Details:
The 2022 Diesel Emissions Reduction grant program is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program. The purpose of DERA funding is to support projects designed to achieve significant diesel emissions reductions. These include emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter.
Projects to replace diesel vehicles with electric vehicles receive bonus points during the scoring process. Bonus points are also available to projects in environmental justice communities or historically under-resourced counties, as well as to projects submitted by minority-owned or women-owned businesses.
These annual grants support a wide range of projects, including the replacement of school buses, nonroad construction and agricultural equipment, heavy-duty on-road vehicles and locomotives with new, clean equipment and vehicles.
Mobile Sources Emissions Reduction grants can fund a wide range of projects. Projects include:
- Repowering on-road and nonroad equipment with newer, cleaner engines
- Replacing old on-road and nonroad equipment with new, cleaner vehicles
- Converting vehicles to run on alternative fuels
- Expanding medium and heavy duty electric vehicle usage throughout the state
Funding Information
More than $1 million is available to fund eligible projects through the Mobile Source Diesel Emission Reduction grant program.
Eligibility Criteria
Businesses and organizations from the public and private sector are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
