Detroit, MI — Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13) announced that $88.2 million in new funding to support clean diesel grant and loan programs administered by states and the District of Columbia is available through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

State program funds may be used to develop and implement grant and loan programs for clean diesel projects that maximize job creation and preservation through the implementation of verified and/or certified retrofit technologies and EPA verified idle reduction technologies. States may also elect to include emerging diesel emission reduction technologies in their grant and loan programs.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to participate in the Recovery Act Funding for the State Clean Diesel Grant Program. Funds will be divided equally through a noncompetitive allocation process, meaning that all candidates with an approvable work plan and grant application will receive funding in the amount of $1.73 million. For more information and application forms, visit http://www.epa.gov/otaq/eparecovery/progstate.htm.

The Recovery Act seeks in part to spur technological advances in science and health and to invest in environmental protection and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. EPA manages over $7 billion in projects and programs that will help achieve these goals, offers resources to help other agencies “green” a much larger set of Recovery investments, and administers environmental laws that will govern Recovery activities. For information on EPA’s implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, visit http://www.epa.gov/recovery. For information about EPA’s clean diesel initiatives, visit http://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel.