Clean Diesel Program

Arizona State Clean Diesel Program

The 10 million diesel engines operating nationwide today provide more power and fuel efficiency than those that burn gasoline or natural gas. However, these engines emit more than 300,000 tons of particulate matter (PM) and more than 6 million tons of nitrogen oxides (NO_x) into the air annually. These pollutants contribute to public health problems such as asthma, lung cancer, and many more serious cardiac and respiratory diseases.

Diesel engines manufactured today are cleaner than ever before, thanks to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. Since diesel engines can operate for more than 30 years, millions of older higher polluting engines are still in use today. Thus, the State Clean Diesel Grant Program, or DERA, was created under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The act gave the EPA the ability to promote diesel emission reductions by giving states the ability to provide grant monies. These grants are used to provide funding for local fleets to replace, repower, or retrofit older higher emitting diesel engines with newer diesels or newer vehicles that use alternative fuels.

Documents

Name of Document	Type	Date Published	Active or Closed
FY23 DERA Informational PowerPoint	PDF	28 February 2023	Active
FY22 State DERA Program Guide	PDF	19 January 2023	Active
FY23 DERA Technical Data Worksheet	XLS	02 February 2023	Active

State Clean Diesel Grant Awards

Awards for Federal Fiscal Year 2020

Phoenix Union High School District #210

DERA Award Amount: $198,900

Project Details: Replace one 2008 Blue Bird Cummins diesel school bus with one 2022 Blue Bird all electric school bus. Matching funds of 55% will be provided by the Phoenix Union High School District.

Yuma Union High School District #70

DERA Award Amount: $92,000

Project Details: Replace two 2005 International diesel school buses with two 2021 propane school buses. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by the Yuma Union High School District.

Yuma Elementary School District #1

DERA Award Amount: $48,989

Project Details: Replace one 2004 International diesel school bus with one 2021 propane school bus. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by the Yuma Elementary School District.

Sysco Foodservices of Arizona

DERA Award Amount: $103,000

Project Details: Replace two 2004, and two 2006 diesel Class 8 short haul combos with four new diesel trucks. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by the Sysco Corporation.

Cartwright School District #83

DERA Award Amount: $198,630

Project Details: Replace one 2007 diesel school bus with one 2022 all electric school bus. Matching funds of 55% will be provided by the Cartwright School District.

White Water II, LLC

DERA Award Amount: $60,488

Project Details: Replace one 1997 Class 7 and one 1999 Class 6 short haul diesel delivery trucks with two 2021 Class 6 diesel trucks. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by White Water II, LLC.

Avondale Elementary School District #44

DERA Award Amount: $40,000

Project Details: Replace one 2008 diesel school bus with one 2022 diesel school bus. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by the Avondale Elementary School District.

Awards for Federal Fiscal Year 2019

Avondale Elementary School District #44

DERA Award Amount: $120,000

Project Details: Replace two 2006 and one 2009 model year diesel school buses with three new 2020 ultra-low sulfur diesel buses. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by Avondale Elementary School District #44.

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Sysco Food Services of Arizona

DERA Award Amount: $262,500

Project Details: Replace two 1999, one 2000, three 2001, and four 2002 Class 8 Short Haul Combos with 10 new 2020 diesel trucks. Matching funds of 75% will be provided by Sysco Foodservices of Arizona.

Awards for Federal Fiscal Year 2018

Turbine Alloys, LLC

DERA Award Amount: $49,580

Project Details: Turbine Alloy’s LLC is a small locally owned metal recycling company. They specialize in aircraft aluminum. They are using their FY18 DERA grant to replace two short haul class 6-7 diesel trucks with two cleaner burning 2019 Class 6 Hino diesel trucks. The new diesel trucks will reduce pollutants by approximately 90 percent and reduce fuel use and carbon dioxide by ten percent. In their lifetime, these new vehicles will reduce pollutants by about 3,223 short tons. In addition to recycling, the staff at Turbine Alloys LLC, are also doing their part to clean up our air.

The old vehicle being scrapped and replaced is on the left. The new vehicle is to the right.

Deer Valley Unified School District #97

DERA Award Amount: $149,636

Project Details: Replace four 2001 older model diesel school buses with new vehicles powered by model year 2019 cleaner burning diesel engines that emit less pollution.

Awards for Federal Fiscal Year 2017

Deer Valley Unified School District #97

DERA Award Amount: $288,421

Project Details: Replace one 1997, three 1999 and three 2000 older model diesel school buses with new vehicles powered by model year 2019 cleaner burning diesel engines that emit less pollution.