EPA Ports Initiative Newsletter

April 23, 2024

Newsletter Items: 

• Reminder to Register for April 25^th Webinar: EPA's Clean Ports Program – Frequent Questions and Answers
• Updated Questions and Answers Document Available Now
• View the Recording and Presentation from EPA’s Clean Ports Program and MARAD’s PIDP: An Overview of Complementary Funding Opportunities Webinar

Reminder to Register for April 25^th Webinar: EPA's Clean Ports Program – Frequent Questions and Answers

Register Now! On April 25^th from 1 PM – 2 PM (ET), EPA’s Ports Initiative will host a webinar to go over frequent questions and answers about the two Clean Ports Program Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs).

This session will be recorded and posted to our website. Spanish interpretation and closed captioning will be available.

For information on upcoming and past events from EPA’s Ports Initiative, please visit our Events page. 

Updated Questions and Answers Document Available Now

New frequently asked questions were added to the Questions and Answers document on the Clean Ports Program webpage on April 16th. Please review this document to answer any questions about the two Clean Ports Program funding opportunities. Note that many questions are variations of each other so your exact question may not be listed; please look for similar questions. 

The EPA Ports Initiative team will continue to update this document periodically while the NOFOs are open. If you have additional questions, please email cleanports@epa.gov. The deadline to submit questions before the NOFOs close is May 6, 2024. 

View the Recording and Presentation from EPA’s Clean Ports Program and MARAD’s PIDP: An Overview of Complementary Funding Opportunities Webinar

On April 11^th, the EPA and the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) hosted a joint webinar to discuss their recently released federal funding opportunities – the EPA’s Clean Ports Program Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) and MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) NOFO.   

Thank you to all stakeholders who attended! If you missed the webinar or want to review the materials, the slides and recording from the webinar are now available on the Ports Initiative Events page. The presentation is available in English and Spanish. The recording is available in English (Spanish recording coming soon).

For more information on resources and best practices to address diesel emissions at ports, please visit EPA's Ports Initiative website.

Previous newsletters can be found here: EPA Ports Initiative Newsletter | US EPA