The Diesel Emission Reduction Grant Program is now administered jointly by the Ohio Department of Transportation (public sector projects) and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (private sector projects). The Diesel Emission Reduction Grant Program was administered by the Ohio Department of Development from 2009 to 2010 and includes the projects listed below.

For more information on current Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program opportunities, please visit http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oeef/derg.aspx.

Below are brief summaries of the projects that have been awarded grants through the second round of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program:

• City of Dublin, in partnership with City of Westerville - Replacing eight model year 1999/2000 short haul diesel trucks.
• Columbus City Schools - Replacing 15 model year 1990 school buses with new school buses.
• CSX Transportation, Inc. - Repowering four Switcher Locomotives with GENSET diesel engines.
• Great Lakes Construction - Repowering two model year 1987/1988 track type bulldozers.
• Industrial Railway Switching & Services - Retrofitting three switcher locomotives with the private vendor's "Lean and Green Locomotive Package" technology to reduce overall vehicle emissions.
• John R. Jurgensen - Replacing two track type bulldozers and four hydraulic excavators with new vehicles.
• Kenston Local School District - Replacing one model year 1998 school bus with a new plug-in hybrid school bus.
• Manchester Local School District - Replacing one model year 1991 school bus with a new plug-in hybrid school bus.
• Osnaburg Local Schools, in partnership with Massillon Local Schools and North Canton Local Schools – Retrofitting six school buses with DPF/CCFS applications and replacing three school buses with new model year buses.
• Portage County Solid Waste Management District - Replacing one model year 1999 diesel truck used for the collection of recyclables.
• Ross Local School District - Replacing five model year 1988/1990/1991 school buses with new buses.
• Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority - Repowering 50 model year 2001/2002 public transit buses.
• Stark County Commissioners, in partnership with Stark County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities - Replacing seven model year 1993/1995 school buses with new model year buses.
• Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority - Replacing an existing diesel generator set on port facility gantry crane.
• Wood County Commissioners, in partnership with Wood County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities - Replacing five model year 1998/2001/2002 diesel powered school buses with new liquid propane- injected (LPI) engines
• Wood County Engineer’s Office – Replacing two model year 1990/1996 diesel powered dump trucks with new trucks

Click here to see applications for projects that were awarded grants through the first round of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program.