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CLEAN FUELS FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM | |||||||
Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
Authorization |
0 |
0 |
$200M |
$200M |
$200M |
$200M |
$200M |
Guaranteed |
0 |
0 |
$100M |
$100M |
$100M |
$100M |
$100M |
Program Purpose
To assist transit operators in the purchase of low-emissions buses and related equipment, construction of alternative-fuel fueling facilities, modification of garage facilities to accommodate clean-fuel vehicles, and assist in the utilization of biodiesel fuel. [3008]
Funding Features
Funded from both the Mass Transit Account and General Funds.
Allocates available funding only to grantees that apply using a formula based on population, fleet size, bus passenger miles, and the severity of air quality nonattainment.
Establishes a cap on annual grants to any one recipient as follows:
Match is 80% of the cost of the eligible project.
Eligibility for Funding
Establishes eligibility of technologies including compressed natural gas (CNG), liquified natural gas (LNG), biodiesel fuel, battery, alcohol-based fuel, hybrid electric, fuel cell or other zero-emissions technology.
Eligible projects include purchase of clean-fuel buses, construction, modification and/or leasing of associated facilities, and repowering or retrofitting of existing buses.
Requires certification by grant applicants that vehicles purchased with funds under this program will be operated only with clean fuels.
September 14, 1998