Sen. Cramer: EPA Awards Over $400,000 to Reduce Diesel Emissions in North Dakota

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $410,409 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. This grant, through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Program seeks to reduce diesel emissions and exposure throughout North Dakota.

This project will support the replacement of highway vehicles and school buses with newer, cleaner vehicles to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons.