Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover Counties receive $416,400 in grants to reduce air pollution
Multiple counties received grants from The North Carolina's DAQ for projects working to reduce air pollution from diesel-powered vehicles.
(WWAY) — Multiple counties received grants from The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) for projects working to reduce air pollution from diesel-powered vehicles.
DEQ awarded $1.369 million in grants total across North Carolina, with more than $909,000 going toward new electric vehicles.
Local counties and their projects include:
- Bladen County
- Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc. received $140,800 to replace a diesel yard spotter with an electric yard spotter.
- Brunswick County
- Bald Head Transportation, Inc. received $185,600 to replaces 2 marine diesel propulsion engines trucks with new, cleaner technology.
- New Hanover and Lee
- Waste Management of Carolinas received $90,000 to replace 3 diesel refuse trucks with 3 low-NOx compressed natural gas (CNG) refuse trucks.
For more information, you can visit the Division of Air Quality’s website.
