Las Vegas City Wire

Individuals seeking to obtain a Clean Air Grant from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection now have until Jan. 31 instead of Jan. 15, according to the agency.

“(The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) is providing up to $8 million in VW grants to public agencies, schools, nonprofits and private businesses to help replace diesel fleets and equipment with cleaner alternatives,” Gov. Steve Sisolak tweeted Jan. 5.

A release from the agency said the money is available to help public and private fleets with the replacement of older diesel-powered vehicles and equipment with new alternative fuel and zero tailpipe emission vehicles and equipment that emit fewer harmful exhaust emissions such as nitrogen oxides.

Last November, the agency hosted a webinar to discuss the 2021 Diesel Emission Mitigation Fund Competitive Application.

The public can watch the webinar at https://youtu.be/b236tcR-LyY and download the presentation slides at https://ndep.nv.gov/uploads/air-vwset-docs/demf_2021_webinar_slides.pdf.

Grant applicants must complete both the 2021 Competitive Application and Vehicle Information Spreadsheet – which are found at https://ndep.nv.gov/air/vw-settlement/demf – and submit the documents with any additional information in support of their applications to NevadaDEMF@ndep.nv.gov.

“As outlined in Nevada’s plan, our goal is to fund projects that efficiently and cost-effectively reduce nitrogen oxide emissions while supporting areas of the state with a disproportionate share of Nevada’s air pollution burden,” the agency said in the release.