00A01856
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Description: The agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District to replace in-use, non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in EPA Region 1.
The recipient will replace 17 eligible vehicles with comparable, eligible zero-emission vehicles under the School Bus Sub-Program, resulting in cleaner air and improved health for communities in Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts.
Activities: The activities include replacing eligible internal combustion engine Class 7 vehicles with eligible zero-emission vehicles; purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining charging and fueling equipment to maintain the new zero-emission vehicles; and providing workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, fueling, and operation of the new zero-emission vehicles.
Subrecipient: The activities to be implemented through a subaward to Highland Electric Fleets include project management, vehicle procurement, charger installation management, and community engagement event management.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include replacing 17 diesel buses with zero-electric buses and installing 17 Level 3 chargers.
Training will be provided to staff, drivers, mechanics, and public safety officials about how to properly operate and maintain the zero-emission buses and chargers, and two community engagement events will be held to engage with and educate the community.
The expected outcomes include reduced greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions, reduced fuel consumption, lower school district operating and maintenance costs, improved air quality, reduced student absenteeism, reduced bus idling, reduced bus maintenance, trained staff, improved safety, and increased public awareness and understanding about the environmental and economic effectiveness of the implemented technology.
The intended beneficiaries include Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District (Grantee) and Highland Electric Fleets (Subrecipient).
Other beneficiaries include disadvantaged community residents who will benefit from improved ambient air quality in communities in which the vehicles operate.
The recipient will replace 17 eligible vehicles with comparable, eligible zero-emission vehicles under the School Bus Sub-Program, resulting in cleaner air and improved health for communities in Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts.
Activities: The activities include replacing eligible internal combustion engine Class 7 vehicles with eligible zero-emission vehicles; purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining charging and fueling equipment to maintain the new zero-emission vehicles; and providing workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, fueling, and operation of the new zero-emission vehicles.
Subrecipient: The activities to be implemented through a subaward to Highland Electric Fleets include project management, vehicle procurement, charger installation management, and community engagement event management.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include replacing 17 diesel buses with zero-electric buses and installing 17 Level 3 chargers.
Training will be provided to staff, drivers, mechanics, and public safety officials about how to properly operate and maintain the zero-emission buses and chargers, and two community engagement events will be held to engage with and educate the community.
The expected outcomes include reduced greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions, reduced fuel consumption, lower school district operating and maintenance costs, improved air quality, reduced student absenteeism, reduced bus idling, reduced bus maintenance, trained staff, improved safety, and increased public awareness and understanding about the environmental and economic effectiveness of the implemented technology.
The intended beneficiaries include Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District (Grantee) and Highland Electric Fleets (Subrecipient).
Other beneficiaries include disadvantaged community residents who will benefit from improved ambient air quality in communities in which the vehicles operate.
Funding Goals
1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Essex,
Massachusetts
United States
Geographic Scope
County-Wide
Related Opportunity
Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District was awarded
Zero-Emission Vehicle Cleaner Air in Hamilton-Wenham School District
Project Grant 00A01856
worth $4,989,500
from EPA Region 1: Boston in March 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Massachusetts United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 66.049 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program.
$2,069,356 (29.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grants.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/30/25
Period of Performance
3/1/25
Start Date
2/28/27
End Date
Funding Split
$5.0M
Federal Obligation
$2.1M
Non-Federal Obligation
$7.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
00A01856
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Independent School District
Awarding Office
68HF01 REGION 1 (GRANTS OFFICE)
Funding Office
68Q000 REGION 1 (FUNDING OFFICE)
Awardee UEI
M1BLXH9GYD55
Awardee CAGE
384A4
Performance District
MA-06
Senators
Edward Markey
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
Modified: 1/30/25