Funding Level: $20,000,000
Overview: Competitive grant program that will support the creation of national, state or local innovative clean diesel financial programs, which maximize job creation and preservation. Innovative financial programs include those where the loan recipient receives a unique financial incentive (i.e., better than regular market rates or conditions) for the purchase of retrofitted vehicles or equipment. For projects that can be commenced expeditiously and that reduce diesel emissions and maximize job creation and preservation through the use, development and commercialization of emerging technologies. An emerging technology is a device or system that reduces emissions from diesel engines or diesel engine powered vehicles or equipment that has not certified or verified by EPA or the California Air Resources Board (CARB) but for which an approvable application and test plan have been submitted for verification. Only those technologies that have been approved and placed on EPA’s Emerging Technology List, found at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/diesel/prgemerglist.htm, qualify as emerging technologies for the purpose of this funding solicitation.
For More Information: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/eparecovery/progemerge.htm
Federal Contact: Environmental Protection Agency
State Contact: Florida Office of Economic Recovery