Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012
| Federal agencies that contribute to EPA's environmental goals, and how they make a difference. |
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Programs by EPA Strategic Goal 1. Climate Change and Improving Air Quality 2. Protecting America's Waters 3. Cleaning Up and Sustainable Development 4. Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution |
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Department of Transportation |
EPA Goal 1: Climate Change and Improving Air Quality |
Clean Fuels Grant Program
Purpose
The program has a two-fold purpose. First, the program was developed to assist
nonattainment and maintenance areas in achieving or maintaining the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards for ozone and carbon monoxide (CO). Second, the program
supports emerging clean fuel and advanced propulsion technologies for
transit buses and markets for those technologies.
Source(s) of Information
1. DOT: Clean Fuels Grant Program
Related EPA Program(s)
Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and Certification:
This program includes Federal activities for the development, implementation, and evaluation of regulatory, market-based, and voluntary programs
to reduce pollutant emissions from mobile sources and fuels, as well as reduce vehicle travel. Reducing emissions from mobile sources help
implement National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and reduce toxics deposition and regional haze. Types of mobile sources include:
light-duty vehicles/engines (automobiles, light trucks, and sport utility vehicles), heavy-duty engines (buses and large trucks),
non-road vehicles/engines (construction and farm equipment), and fuels (diesel and gasoline.)
Authorizing Legislation
• Clean Air Act Amendments, Title I
• Clean Air Act Amendments, Title II
• Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
• Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988
• National Highway System Designation Act
Other Programs under Goal 1
Other Programs from DOT
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