Environmental Programs Associated with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
 Air Quality Programs – Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA)
Total Nationally: $300 million
30 percent to states and 70 percent for competitive grants
Total for MDEQ Air Quality Program: $1.73 million to retrofit diesel school buses in areas where ozone standards are of concern.
$210 million nationally in Competitive National Grants to support to support Clean Diesel activities. The application closes April 28, 2009. For grants in the Southeast, EPA Region 4 will receive approximately $19 million dollars to use for eligible projects between $500,000 and $2,000,000. The competitive grant is open to regional, state, local, tribal or port agency with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality; and nonprofit organization or institution and should focus on Regional Priories as specified below:
Websites with more information about the application process
http://epa.gov/otaq/eparecovery/documents/recovery-act-national-clean-diesel-rfa.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/diesel/grantfund.htm
www.southeastdiesel.org
www.epa.gov/cleandiesel
www.grants.gov
www.recovery.gov
www.dieselforum.org/multimedia/webinars
 Water Quality Management Planning – Section 604(b) Funds
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Superfund
Brownfields
More Information
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Post Office Box 2261
Jackson, Mississippi 39225
601.961.5171
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Main_ARRA?OpenDocument
EPA Recovery Information:
http://www.epa.gov/recovery/ |