Clean Diesel Grant Program 2009-2012

CLEAN DIESEL GRANT PROGRAM 2009-2012

The previous South Dakota Clean Diesel Grant Program was funded by two sources. Approximately $1.7million was awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Stimulus Projects) and approximately $850,000 was awarded under EPA's State Clean Diesel Grant Program (DERA Projects) from 2009-2012. The Program provided funds that assisted in the purchase of new public school buses to replace old, high-emitting public school buses, and to equip in-use diesel school buses with exhaust control retrofit devices that significantly reduce toxic soot emissions. The primary goal of the Program was to reduce your school children’s exposure to both fine particulate and smog-forming pollution. SD DENR provided the grant funding and administered the Program.

Previous Schedule

Date	Activity
April 27, 2009	Call for Round One Projects Opens
July 17, 2009	Call for Round One Projects Deadline
April – July, 2009	Evaluate & Select Round One Projects
July 31, 2009	Announce Round One Awarded Stimulus Projects Announce Round One Awarded DERA Projects
October 19, 2009	Call for Round Two Projects Opens
December 4, 2009	Call for Round Two Projects Deadline
Oct 19 – Dec 18, 2009	Evaluate & Select Round Two Projects
December 18, 2009	Announce Round Two Awarded Stimulus Projects Announce Round Two Awarded DERA Projects
August 2009 – July 2010	Schools will purchase buses and DENR will award DOC projects for Round One and Two - DOC Invitation for Bids (Search 24870 for Round 1 and 25011 for Round 2)
September 2010	Deadline for all invoices and paperwork to be submitted to DENR for Rounds One and Two
December 3, 2010	Call for Round Three Projects Opens
February 11, 2011	Call for Round Three Projects Deadline
February 11 - 25, 2011	Evaluate & Select Round Three Projects
February 25, 2011	Announce Round Three Awarded DERA Projects
February 2011 – August 2011	Schools will purchase buses and DENR will award DOC projects for Round Three - DOC Invitation for Bids (Search 25620 for Round 3)
September 2011	Deadline for all invoices and paperwork to be submitted to DENR for Round Three Projects
October 3, 2011	Call for Round Four Projects Opens
November 18, 2011	Call for Round Four Projects Deadline
November 18 - December 2, 2011	Evaluate & Select Round Four Projects
December 2, 2011	Announce Round Four Awarded DERA Projects
December 2011 – August 2012	Schools will purchase buses and DENR will award DOC projects for Round Four - DOC Invitation for Bids (Search 26115 for Round 4)
September 2012	Deadline for all invoices and paperwork to be submitted to DENR for Round Four Projects

Press Release on Clean Diesel Stimulus Grant Recipients for Round One