Air Pollution Control Program
Missouri Clean Diesel Program
The goal of Missouri's Clean Diesel Program is to improve air quality in four highly populated urban areas in Missouri where monitoring values are either violating or are close to violating federal air quality standards.
The department is very active in pursuing funding opportunities for Missouri's diesel equipment fleet owners and operators. When opportunities do become available, they will be listed on this page as well as any partner websites.
2011 Missouri Clean Diesel Program
Under the state allocated Diesel Emission Reduction Act, or DERA, funding for 2011, the Department of Natural Resources’ Air Pollution Control Program received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund a clean diesel program in Missouri and awarded subgrants to organizations in four different areas of the state facing the biggest air quality challenges. These areas included the St. Louis area, the Kansas City area, the southwest Missouri area and the southeast Missouri area. The department awarded subgrants to local organizations in each of these areas to implement the project. Two different requests for proposals were released by each subgrantee in October 2011 in order to select the projects that would receive funding.
One request for proposal in each area was dedicated to early vehicle replacements and the other request for proposal solicited projects including: EPA or California Air Resources Board verified emission control retrofits, EPA verified idle reduction retrofits, EPA verified low rolling resistance tire retrofits, EPA verified aerodynamic technology retrofits, EPA certified fuel conversion kits and engine repowers that use EPA certified engine configurations. Certain matching requirements were incorporated into each requests for proposal depending on the type of project that was being applied for and the type of fleet (public or private) submitting the application.
Both requests for proposals targeted on-road and off-road medium and heavy duty diesel vehicles. Target vehicles included but were not limited to: school buses, transit buses, medium and heavy duty trucks, marine engines, locomotives, construction equipment, cargo handling equipment, agriculture equipment, mining equipment and energy production equipment.
The lotteries to select the projects in each of the four areas of the state were held January 6, 2012. The projects that have been selected to receive funding are summarized below. For more information on projects selected, visit the subgrantee's website through the links provided below.
St. Louis Area - St. Louis Regional Clean Cities
- Siefoff Trucking: Eight fuel operated heaters and seven trailer fairings for long haul trucks.
- Destination Moon: One set of low rolling resistance tries for a long haul truck.
- Special School District of St. Louis: 12 fuel operated heaters for school buses.
- DeSoto School District: One fuel operated heater for a school bus and one early replacement for a school bus.
Kansas City Area - Mid-America Regional Council
- Transway Inc.: One set of low rolling resistance tries for a long haul truck.
- Dynamic Expositions: Three sets of low rolling resistance tires and trailer fairings for long haul trucks.
- American Central Transport: One auxiliary power unit for a long haul truck.
- Kansas City Missouri Public Works: 10 fuel operated heaters for class 8 trucks.
- Jackson County Public Works: One fuel operated heater for a class 8 truck.
- People’s Transportation Services: One early replacement for a school bus.
- Blue Springs School District: One early replacement for a school bus.
Southwest Missouri Area - Ozarks Center for Sustainable Solutions
- Convoy of Hope: Two auxiliary power units for long haul trucks.
- Reasoner’s Equipment: One auxiliary power unit for a long haul truck.
- Neosho School District: Eight fuel operated heaters for school buses.
- Ozark School District: One fuel operated heater for a school bus.
- Lockwood School District: One early replacement for a school bus.
Southeast Missouri Area - Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission
- Harlan Miller Trucking: One auxiliary power unit for a long haul truck.
- Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.: Two auxiliary power units for long haul trucks.
- Meyer Bus Line: Eight fuel operated heaters for school buses.
- DRPAMJ Transport: One early replacement for a school bus.
Improving Air Quality
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is committed to developing ways to reduce diesel emissions which contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone. Diesel emissions are known to cause and aggravate lung and respiratory diseases such as asthma. Reducing emissions is an important step toward protecting public health and improving the air quality in Missouri.