EPA gives N.B. project, one other funds for engines

BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $495,000 to fund two marine projects in the state, including one in New Bedford.
According to a news release, CLF Ventures Inc. has received $300,000 to re-power the tugboat Navigator, which operates in the New Bedford harbor. EPA is providing partial funding for the project, which CLF is undertaking in partnership with Riverside Marine Construction Inc. It will replace two unregulated and two EPA Tier-1 diesel marine engines with cleaner EPA Tier-3 certified marine diesel engines.
The other grant is going to the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, which will use $195,000 to re-power two commercial lobster boats. The vessels benefiting from this grant operate out of Boston and Beverly.
The two grants will cover up to 40 percent of the equipment and labor costs for each of the marine-engine projects.
The grants are part of nearly $20 million in grant and rebate funds awarded by EPA nationwide for “clean-diesel” projects in 2014. •

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