Mobile Sources Forum: About

The Mobile Sources Forum (MSF) investigates and recommends mobile source emission control measures. Mobile sources includes both on-road sources (e.g., cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles) and off-road sources (e.g., aircraft and its support equipment, locomotives, commercial marine and pleasure craft, and equipment used for construction, logging, mining, agriculture, and lawn and garden care). Since emission standards for new on-road and off-road sources can only be set by the U.S. EPA (on-road standards can also be set by California), the MSF focuses more on the impact and treatment of existing sources, especially off-road sources. The MSF also participates in technical activities related to mobile sources. During its first couple of years (2000-02), the MSF led the development of a WRAP-wide mobile source emission inventory and worked with the Air Quality Modeling Forum to define and analyze the significance of mobile sources with respect to the requirements of §309 of the regional haze rule.

Diesel Retrofit Grant Availability Notice (04/09/08)

EPA Regions 9 and 10 - through the West Coast Collaborative – have announced the availability of approximately $5.1 million to deploy EPA or CARB verified or certified technologies to significantly reduce diesel emissions in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and the U.S. Pacific island territories, including tribal lands belonging to federally-recognized tribes in those areas.

The closing date and time for submission of proposals is Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. EPA Regions 9 and 10 anticipate awarding six to nine assistance agreements from this announcement, with awards ranging from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The full Request for Proposals (RFP) and additional information is available from EPA Region 10. The announcement is also available on Grants.gov. Questions about the RFP can be directed to Lucita Valiere, EPA Region 10, at dieselgrants@epa.gov. For more information and a copy of the RFP go to: http://www.westcoastdiesel.org/

EPA Region 8 - through the Rocky Mountain Collaborative - has announced the availability of approximately $1,600,000 - $2,000,000 to be awarded through a competitive process for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. EPA Region 8 anticipates awarding approximately 6-10 assistance agreements from this announcement, subject to availability of funds and the quality of proposals received, ranging from $100,000 to $750,000.

The closing date and time for receipt of proposals is June 16, 2008, 6 p.m Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). All hard copies of proposal packages must be received by Rebecca Russo by June 16, 2008, 6 p.m. (MDT) in order to be considered for funding. Electronic submissions must be submitted via www.Grants.gov by June 16, 2008 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

The full Request for Proposals (RFP) can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/region8/air/R8_DERA_RFP.pdf. For more information contact Rebecca Russo, U.S. EPA Region 8 at (303) 312-6757 or russo.rebecca@epa.gov.

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