The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities to incentivize and accelerate the upgrading or retirement of the nation’s legacy diesel engine fleet.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Goals and Objectives
- DERA Programmatic Priorities
- DERA allows the EPA to prioritize certain applicants in the DERA Tribal and Territory Grants.
- Diesel Vehicles, Engines, and Equipment
- Projects may target in-use medium and heavyduty diesel-powered highway vehicles and diesel powered nonroad vehicles and equipment.
- Diesel Emissions Reduction Solutions
- Projects may upgrade existing diesel vehicles and equipment using the diesel emissions reduction solutions.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $800,000
Period of Performance
2 years
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with Assistance Listing 66.039, and the EPA’s Policy for Competition of Assistance Agreements (EPA Order § 5700.5A1), competition under this solicitation is available to Tribal governments (or intertribal consortia), Alaska Native Villages, or territory government agencies which have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality.
- Tribal governments are defined as Federally recognized Indian Tribal governments, which are any Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community (including Alaska Native Villages) certified by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided through the Bureau of Indian Affairs as well as any organization or intertribal consortium that represents Federally recognized Tribes.
- For the purposes of this NOFO, “intertribal consortium” is defined as a partnership between two or more eligible Tribal governments as defined above, that is authorized by the governing bodies of those Tribes to apply for and receive assistance under this program. Intertribal consortia are eligible to receive assistance under this program only if the consortium demonstrates that all members of the consortium meet the eligibility requirements for the program and authorize the consortium to apply for and receive assistance by submitting to the EPA documentation of (1) the existence of the partnership between Indian Tribal governments, and (2) authorization of the consortium by all its members to apply for and receive the assistance.
- For the purposes of this NOFO and as defined in 48 U.S.C. §1469a, eligible territories include the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
