Clean Diesel Initiative Grant To Retrofit Minnesota Equipment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region V Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative has awarded a $977,242 grant to Minnesota Environmental Initiative (MEI). The grant was awarded as part of EPA’s ongoing efforts in the National Clean Diesel Campaign. This project will help reduce exposure to diesel emissions from a variety of heavy-duty diesel vehicles and construction equipment.

Work conducted through this grant includes installation of more than 230 engine and exhaust retrofit technologies, such as diesel oxidation catalysts and diesel particulate filters, on school buses, heavy duty trucks and construction equipment across Minnesota.

Grant projects also include the repowering of seven pieces of construction equipment with newer, cleaner EPA-certified diesel engines. One piece of construction equipment will receive an engine upgrade that improves the environmental performance of the existing engine.

More than half of the fleets to be upgraded as a result of this grant are located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. MEI also will reduce emissions with heavy-duty and construction fleets contracted for work on the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project.

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