Clean Communities Grant Webinar

July 9, 2024

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EPA’s Clean Vehicle and Equipment Programs Overview

Tony Maietta – maietta.anthony@epa.gov

Lisa Holscher – holscher.lisa@epa.gov

DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ACT (DERA)

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INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA)

-CLEAN PORTS PROGRAM

-CLEAN HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE PROGRAM

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BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL)

-CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM

Health Impact of Diesel Pollution

Particulate Matter in diesel exhaust

• PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 inhaled deep into lungs past airway defenses
• Oxides of Nitrogen (NO_x) precipitates onto vegetation
• Air Toxics can injure beyond the lungs
• Greater risk in urban areas

DERA: www.epa.gov/dera/national

• Regional, state, local, tribal or port agency with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality; and
• Nonprofit organization or institution which
• Represents or provides pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that operate diesel fleets; or
• Has, as its principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality

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• For-profits and individuals can benefit through partnerships with eligible entities

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• Separate Tribal NOFO open until Dec. 6

Who can apply for DERA Grants?

• May include, but are not limited to:
• Buses;
• Class 5 – Class 8 heavy-duty highway vehicles;
• Marine engines;
• Locomotives engines; and
• Non-road engines, equipment or vehicles used in:
• Construction; Handling of cargo (including at a port or airport); Agriculture; Mining; or Energy production (including stationary generators and pumps)

Eligible Vehicles, Engines & Equipment

Among actions DERA can fund:

• Vehicle/equipment replacement including to alt-fuel and zero-emission
• Certified engine replacement including to alt-fuel* and zero-emission
• Idle reduction (on-road/locomotive/marine)

IRA Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Overview

• States, including U.S. territories
• Municipalities, including public school districts
• Indian Tribes
• Nonprofit school transportation associations

Who can apply for IRA CHDV Funding?

Eligible Vehicles:

• Class 6 and Class 7 school buses (minimum of 10)
• Other non-school bus Class 6 and Class 7 vehicles, including (but not limited to) (minimum of 3):
• Refuse Haulers/Dump Trucks, Class 6/7 Transit Buses, Delivery Trucks, Utility Trucks, Bucket Trucks, Other Box Trucks

Up to $932M: 70% for CSB, 30% for Vocationals

-$400M to serve nonattainment areas

EPA Region 5 anticipates $100M in funding

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NOFO open until July 25: https://www.epa.gov/clean-heavy-duty-vehicles-program/clean-heavy-duty-vehicles-grant-program

BIL Clean School Bus Program

$5B over 5 years (2022-2026) for zero-emission and clean-fuel (CNG and propane) school buses

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• $3B in Rebates (2022, 2023) and Grants (2023) outlaid so far

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• BIL prioritization for EJ, Rural, Tribal schools

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• Rebates more popular, easier

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2022 Rebates*

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Region 5 Ohio

70 awards 7 awards

311 EV 13 EV

46 Propane 26 Propane

$123.8m $5.9m

2023 Rebates*

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Region 5 Ohio

129 awards 20 awards

585 EV 97 EV

78 Propane 24 Propane

$161.1M $30.3M

*Source: https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/clean-school-bus-program-awards at 6/21/24

2024 CSB Program

Still TBD! Right now, IRA CHDV clean school bus component is where to look for 10+ bus projects

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Last year’s timing:

Grant component ~summer

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Rebate component ~fall

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Stay in touch!

1. CSB listserv at https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus
2. OH Clean School Bus Coalition at morales.juan@epa.gov
3. MCDI CSB Workgroup at maietta.anthony@epa.gov
4. Ohio EPA DERA/VW alauddin.alauddin@epa.ohio.gov

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IRA Ports Overview

• Port authority
• State, regional, local, or Tribal agency that has jurisdiction over a port authority or port
• Air pollution control agency

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• Private entity that:
• Applies in partnership with an eligible entity above, and
• Owns, operates, or uses facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port.

Who can apply for IRA Ports Funding?

• ZE Mobile Equipment that serves a port
• Cargo handling equipment (e.g., terminal tractors, forklifts, top handlers, side picks, straddle carriers), drayage trucks, locomotives and railcar movers, harbor craft and other vessels (e.g., commercial and Tribal fishing vessels, tugs, ferries, patrol boats, workboats, dredges, pilot boats, barges)
• ZE Infrastructure Serving Mobile Equipment
• Shore power for marine vessels, electric charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure as well as battery energy storage systems serving port equipment purchased as part of the applicant’s grant award, solar and wind power generation systems that are installed to primarily power mobile equipment, including port equipment purchased as part of the applicant’s grant award
• ZE Technology Deployment Support Activities

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Zero-Emission Technology Deployment (~$2.8B)

Climate and Air Quality Planning (~$150M)

• Emissions inventory and accounting practices (one or more required)
• Stakeholder collaboration and communication, including workforce planning analysis, with a focus on near-port communities
• Strategy analysis and goal-setting
• Resiliency planning

NOFO closed May 28:

• www.epa.gov/ports-initiative/cleanports

Community Change Grants and the Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program

Cristina Presmanes, Region 5 EPA

Presmanes.Cristina@epa.gov

Environmental Justice, Community Health

and Environmental Review Division

Overview�Inflation Reduction Action

• $3 billion through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to fund environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities
• $2.8 billion for grants
• $2 billion for the Community Change Grants Program
• $600 million for the Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program
• $200 million for Technical Assistance for grants
• Grants cannot exceed three years (no extensions)
• All grants must be awarded by September 30, 2026
• Availability to apply
• Community Change Grants: Now till November 21, 2024,11:59 PM Eastern
• Grantmaking Program: Applications open early fall 2024

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Community Change Grants Overview

• Track I
• Community Driven Investments for Change
• $10 - $20 Million per award
• Approx. 150 Awards nationally
• Track II
• Meaningful Engagement for Equitable Governance
• $1 - $3 Million per award
• Approx. 20 Awards nationally

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Community Change Grants Tracks

Track I Requirements

• Climate Action (at least one project must include at least one strategy from Section I.G of NOFO)
• Pollution Reduction (at least one project must include at least one strategy from Section I.G of NOFO)
• Community Engagement and Collaborative Governance Plan
• Community Strength Plan
• Readiness Approach
• Compliance Approach

Track II Requirements

• Build the capacity of communities to evaluate and redress environmental and climate injustices
• Give disadvantaged communities a meaningful voice in government decision-making processes
• Project examples:
• Educational and Training Programs
• Environmental Advisory Boards
• Collaborative Governance Activities

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Community Change Grants Eligibility

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Collaborating Entities may include entities that could be Statutory Partners and entities that cannot legally be statutory partners (Section III of NOFO)

Applicants must either be a partnership of two community-based nonprofit organizations (CBOs) or a partnership between a CBO and a federally recognized Tribe, local government or institution of higher education.

Community Change Grants Technical Assistance and Selection Process

Technical Assistance

• NOFO Questions
• CCGP@epa.gov
• Community Change TA
• https://communitychangeta.org/
• EJ_TechAssist@epa.gov
• 1 (800) 540-8123

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program Overview

• 11 Grantmakers, $600 Million
• $50 Million per Grantmaker, at least $40 Million reinvested to the community per Grantmaker
• Region 5 Grantmaker
• The Minneapolis Foundation (https://www.minneapolisfoundation.org/)
• Partnered with NDN Collective (https://ndncollective.org/)
• TCTACs
• Blacks In Green (BIG) TCTAC https://www.blacksingreen.org/resources/big-justice-tctac
• Great Lakes TCTAC https://greatlakestctac.umn.edu/

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program Eligibility and Project Tiers

• Nonprofit organizations
• Community-based and grassroots nonprofit organizations
• Philanthropic and civic organizations with nonprofit status
• Tribal governments (both federally recognized and state-recognized) and intertribal consortia (i.e., a partnership between two or more tribes that work together to achieve a common objective.)
• Native American Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, nonprofit corporations, partnerships, and associations that have the authority to enter into legally binding agreements)
• Local governments (as defined by 2 CFR 200.1 – includes cities, towns, municipalities, and counties, public housing authorities and councils of government)
• Institutions of higher education (e.g., private and public universities and colleges, including community colleges)
• Puerto Rico
• US Territories

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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