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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 18-787

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Opening of the Grant Application Acceptance Period for the Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program

[48 Pa.B. 3010]
[Saturday, May 19, 2018]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) announces an opportunity to apply for $688,697 that has been made available through the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA). A portion of this funding, $275,479, is from the settlement of a lawsuit with Volkswagen and its subsidiaries, relating to diesel vehicle emission violations, and is being used as the Commonwealth's voluntary match funding under the DERA program. This funding is available through the Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program (Grant Program) for eligible diesel emission reduction projects that will improve air quality and protect public health and the environment in this Commonwealth by reducing emissions from diesel-powered vehicles and engines.

 The Department is seeking applications for projects that will replace, repower or retrofit fleet diesel-powered highway and nonroad vehicles, engines and equipment. Funding is available for public and private entities that operate diesel-powered fleets throughout this Commonwealth. These entities may include school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, other State agencies, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in this Commonwealth, air quality or transportation organizations, and metropolitan or rural planning organizations. Projects must use technologies certified or verified by the EPA or the California Air Resources Board to lower diesel emissions, unless otherwise noted in the Grant Program guidelines. The technology may be a single technology or a combination of available technologies. The majority of the fleet's annual operation time must occur within this Commonwealth.

 The Department will not reimburse grant recipients for project costs incurred prior to the grant performance period set forth in the applicable grant agreement.

 The application package, including guidance and application instructions, is available electronically on the Department's Driving PA Forward webpage at www.dep.pa.gov/drivepaforward. The application package is also available by contacting Samantha Harmon, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality, 12th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, (717) 787-9495.

 The Department will accept online applications until 4 p.m. on July 6, 2018. A webinar on the Grant Program will be held on June 6, 2018. See the Grant Program guidelines for registration information. Fax and e-mail submissions of applications will not be accepted.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-787. Filed for public inspection May 18, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]


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