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EPA-OAR-OTAQ-24-02: 2024 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Tribal and Territory Grants

Closed Closed December 6, 2024 Opportunity EPA-OAR-OTAQ-24-02 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: 2026 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Program (EPA-OAR-OTAQ-26-01). Status: Closes January 22, 2027 (76 days left). It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$800,000
• Total funding$9.0 million
• Expected awards18
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Please see Section III of the funding opportunity announcement for eligibility information.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $800,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (47% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) 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. Eligible activities include the retrofit or replacement of existing diesel engines, vehicles, and equipment with the EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) certified engine configurations and verified retrofit and idle reduction technologies. Applications will be accepted from federally recognized Tribal governments (or intertribal consortia), Alaska Native Villages, or government agencies of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, which have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. The EPA anticipates awarding a total of approximately $9 million under this NOFO: $8 million for Tribes and $1 million for territories. The EPA anticipates awarding approximately twelve (12) to eighteen (18) grants or cooperative agreements to Tribal governments (or intertribal consortia) or Alaska Native Villages and three (3) to five (5) grants or cooperative agreements to territory government entities, subject to the availability of funds, the quantity and quality of applications received, and other applicable considerations.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, EPA-OAR-OTAQ-26-01, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.