Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) State Grants
Environmental Protection Agency
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq., as amended, authorizes EPA to award assistance agreements to states and territories to develop and implement such grant, rebates, and loan programs in the states and territories as are appropriate to meet state and territory needs and goals relating to the reduction of diesel emissions. In providing grants, rebates, and loans under this program, states must give priority to projects which: maximize public health benefits; are the most
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Helps states and territories pay for upgrading older diesel vehicles and equipment to reduce harmful emissions. This includes replacing or retrofitting engines and using cleaner technologies.
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What Benefits Are Offered?
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Submit Notice of Intent to Participate (NOIP) by September 10, 2024
- Submit Workplan, Budget Narrative, and Fleet Description by October 8, 2024
- Submit application package to Grants.gov by November 8, 2024
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.gov/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- September 10, 2024NOIP submission deadlineSeptember 17, 2024Final allocation notificationOctober 8, 2024Workplan and Budget Narrative submission deadlineNovember 8, 2024Application submission deadlineOctober 1, 2023Project period beginsDecember 10, 2024Incremental amendments completedSeptember 30, 2026Project period end date
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information)
- Key Contacts Form
- EPA Form 4700-4 (Preaward Compliance Review)
- Certification Regarding Lobbying (Grants.gov Lobbying Form)
- EPA-reviewed Project Narrative
- EPA-reviewed Work Plan
- EPA-reviewed Budget Narrative
- EPA-reviewed Fleet Description spreadsheet
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- Vehicle replacements
- Engine replacements
- Verified exhaust retrofits
- Verified idle reduction technology
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- Federal Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)
- Federally mandated projects
- 📏Expense Caps
- EPA Verified Highway Idle Reduction Technologies without new exhaust after-treatment retrofit 25% 75%
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 50%
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Cannot use other federal funds on your DERA State Grant projects
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- A signed eligibility statement is required to verify the eligible use of grant funds
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- quarterly
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- DERA Quarterly Programmatic Reports
- Final DERA Programmatic Report
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- EPA Form 4700-4, Preaward Compliance Review
- Certification Regarding Lobbying
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding and use of agency logos
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
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This program offers funding up to $9,000,000 (minimum $5,196,353).
The application deadline is November 8, 2024.
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