Sec. 30102. Grants to reduce air pollution at ports
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The Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section 132 of such Act, as added by section 30101 of this Act, the following: In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,625,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to award rebates and grants to eligible recipients on a competitive basis— to purchase or install zero-emission port equipment or technology for use at, or to directly serve, one or more ports; to conduct any relevant planning or permitting in connection with the purchase or installation of such zero-emission port equipment or technology; and to develop qualified climate action plans.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $875,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to award rebates and grants to eligible recipients to carry out activities described in paragraph
(1)with respect to ports located in air quality areas designated pursuant to section 107 as nonattainment for an air pollutant. Funds awarded under this section shall not be used by any recipient or subrecipient to purchase or install zero-emission port equipment or technology that will not be located at, or directly serve, the one or more ports involved. Of the funds made available by this section, the Administrator shall reserve 2 percent for administrative costs necessary to carry out this section. In this section: The term eligible recipient means— a port authority; a State, regional, local, or Tribal agency that has jurisdiction over a port authority or a port; an air pollution control agency; or a private entity (including a nonprofit organization) that— applies for a grant under this section in partnership with an entity described in any of subparagraphs
(A)through (C); and owns, operates, or uses the facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port. The term qualified climate action plan means a detailed and strategic plan that— establishes goals, implementation strategies, and accounting and inventory practices (including practices used to measure progress toward stated goals) to reduce emissions at one or more ports of— greenhouse gases; an air pollutant that is listed pursuant to section 108(a) (or any precursor to such an air pollutant); and hazardous air pollutants; includes a strategy to collaborate with, communicate with, and address potential effects on stakeholders that may be affected by implementation of the plan, including low-income and disadvantaged near-port communities; and describes how an eligible recipient has implemented or will implement measures to increase the resilience of the one or more ports involved, including measures related to withstanding and recovering from extreme weather events. The term zero-emission port equipment or technology means human-operated equipment or human-maintained technology that— produces zero emissions of any air pollutant that is listed pursuant to section 108(a) (or any precursor to such an air pollutant) and any greenhouse gas other than water vapor; or captures 100 percent of the emissions described in subparagraph
(A)that are produced by an ocean-going vessel at berth. .