The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced that applications are now being accepted for Texas Emissions Reduction Incentive grants – to help reduce emissions from polluting vehicles and equipment.
Grants offered under the agency’s Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) program provide incentives to eligible individuals, businesses, and governments in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area; the Dallas-Fort Worth area; the Beaumont-Port Arthur area; the Tyler-Longview area; the Austin area; and San Antonio area.
A total of $90 million in funding is being made available to replace, repower, or retrofit heavy-duty on-road vehicles, non-road equipment, marine vessels, locomotives, and stationary equipment. Funding is also available for on-site and on-vehicle infrastructure to reduce idling. Projects must result in a reduction in nitrogen oxides emissions of at least 25 percent.
Applications will be accepted until Aug. 13, 2010.
The TERP program has awarded contracts totaling almost $790 million that will reduce more than 158,000 tons of ozone-forming NOx in Texas.
For up-to-date information on application workshops and assistance events, TERP program information, eligibility requirements, and copies of the application forms, please visit www.terpgrants.org or call 800-919-TERP (8377).