West Coast Collaborative

DERA 2011 Awarded Projects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $50 million for clean diesel projects that reduce diesel emissions and improve air quality. Projects replace, retrofit or repower more than 8,000 older school buses, trucks, locomotives, marine vessels, and other diesel powered machines. Please visit the NCDC webpage and click on the link on the right hand side to view the Press Release.  You can also check out the project list or presentation.

DERA Act Signed

In January 2011, President Obama signed the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) of 2010 (HR 5809), which reauthorizes DERA for another five years. DERA was originally created in 2005 and provides grants to state, local, and tribal governments for programs to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines. This legislation authorizes $100 million annually for five years, for a total of $500 million, though the actual annual amount will depend on each year's funding appropriation. According to EPA, every $1 spent on DERA upgrades has resulted in $13 worth of health and environmental benefits, and EPA estimates that 11 million diesel emissions are in operation with uncontrolled emissions.

2010 EPA West Coast Collaborative Partners Meeting

The 2010 West Coast Collaborative Partners Meeting was a great success thanks to all of our Partners! To view all the presentations from the meeting, please click here.

West Coast Collaborative Recovery Act Funding Awards

Non-EPA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Funding

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