The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), signed into law on February 17, 2009, provides $300 million to support Clean Diesel activities nationally. These funds are in support of Sections 791-797 of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Program (DERA) in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Section 793 authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support grant and loan programs administered by States and the District of Columbia that are designed to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions.
NDEP received $1,730,000 from EPA's State Clean Diesel grants program. These funds will support replacement of school buses that are model year 1991 or older with new, cleaner operating buses. NDEP staff has worked with school district fleet managers to define specifications for the replacement buses and an application process that school districts can use to identify buses for replacement. Recovery Act funding will support replacement of 17 buses statewide. 15 County School Districts will receive at least one new school bus, Nye and Lyon will receive two buses. Clark and Carson City did not have buses eligible for replacement.
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