TCS Databases

A Taxpayers for Common Sense Project

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air

  • Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP): Incentives for Methane Mitigation from Conventional Wells

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities to reduce methane emissions from at marginal conventional wells, including deploying new technology, plugging wells, and improving community climate resiliency. Marginal wells are defined as onshore conventional wells producing less than or equal to 15 barrels of…

  • Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Program

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: Program covers up to 100 percent of costs for (1) incremental cost of replacing an existing heavy-duty vehicle with a zero-emission vehicle; (2) purchasing and operating associated infrastructure; (3) workforce development and training; (4) planning and technical activities. Bill Section: 60101 US Code: 42 USC…

  • Clean Ports Program

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: Rebates and grants for zero-emission port equipment or technology, related planning and permitting, qualified climate action plans, etc. $750 million of the total is for areas not in attainment with air pollution requirements. Bill Section: 60102 US Code: 42 USC 7433 New or Existing: New…

  • Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: $4.75 billion for Greenhouse Gas Air Pollution Implementation Grants, a competitive grant program for state, local, and tribal governments and air pollution control agencies to achieve greenhouse gas air pollution reduction. Applicants must submit information on “the quantifiability, specificity, additionality, permanence, and verifiability of such…

  • Diesel Emissions Reductions (DERA) Program

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants, rebates, and loans to identify and reduce diesel emissions resulting from goods movement facilities, and vehicles servicing goods movement facilities, in low-income and disadvantaged communities to address the health impacts of such emissions on such communities. Bill Section: 60104 US Code: 42 USC…

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution: Emissions from Wood Heaters

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants and other activities for testing and other agency activities to address emissions from wood heaters. Bill Section: 60105(d) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $15,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31 Implementation Status/Rulemaking:    On November 4, 2022, EPA published a Request for Information (RFI)…

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution: Methane Monitoring

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants and other activities for monitoring emissions of methane. Bill Section: 60105(e) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $20,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31 Implementation Status/Rulemaking:    On November 4, 2022, EPA published a Request for Information (RFI) on new and existing programs funded by…

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution: Clean Air Act Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants and other activities authorized under subsections (a) through (c) of section 103 and section 105 of the Clean Air Act. This includes establishing and administering a national research and development (R&D) program for the prevention and control of air pollution, as well as…

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution: Mobile Source Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: To provide grants to States to adopt and implement California’s greenhouse gas and zero-emission standards for on-road mobile sources. Bill Section: 60105(g) US Code: 42 USC 7507 New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $5,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31 Implementation Status/Rulemaking:    On November 4, 2022,…

  • Funding to Address Air Pollution at Schools: Competitive Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants and other activities to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants at schools in low-income and disadvantaged communities. Bill Section: 60106(a) New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $37,500,000 Timeline:      FY22-31 Implementation Status/Rulemaking:    On November 4, 2022, EPA…