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36. GRANT APPLICATION AND FUNDING FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT PROGRAM Grant approval to submit an application to be designated as the DERA State Clean Diesel Program grantee for Arizona, and accept grant funds upon award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the amount of $187,000. Grant award revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. The EPA has requested that Maricopa County Air Quality Department act as the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Program grantee for Arizona. The Program was previously administered by the Governor’s Office of Energy Policy, which has recently been dissolved. As the Arizona grantee, MCAQD will be designated as the administrator for all DERA State Clean Diesel Program funding allocations for the State of Arizona. Final grantee status will be pending designation from the Governor. The DERA State Clean Diesel Program is not a competition, it is an allocation process in which the state submits its interest to participate to EPA, and EPA awards a specific allocation based on funding availability and the number of states that apply. The base allocation for grant period October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017 is $187,000. No matching funds are required. The grant can fund the following verified technologies: exhaust control, idle reduction, locomotive idle reduction, engine repower, and truck stop electrification. All these technologies are very effective at reducing the PM 2.5 and nitrogen oxides that are generated from the diesel engine exhaust. MCAQD is already authorized to administer on behalf of the State the Travel Reduction Program and Voluntary Vehicle Repair and Retrofit Program. (C-85-16-008-G-00)