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</span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">Afternoon,</span><span class="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management-Office of Air Resources is pleased to announce the release of the 2022 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)
grant funding Request for Proposal (RFP). Applications are now being accepted. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b>DERA reimbursement grants provide support for projects that protect human health and improve air quality by reducing harmful emissions from diesel engines.</b>
<b>Reimbursement grants will be given to on-road medium and heavy duty diesel vehicle replacement, nonroad engine/equipment and marine engine/vessel replacement projects.</b> </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">A limited number of awards will be given out on a competitive basis. Applications will be accepted through
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">November 29, 2022</span>.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Attached is a copy of the RFP and application. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">For more information on the grants please see
</span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">our</span><span class="normaltextrun">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/air/diesel-reduction.php" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">website</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">
or email Madeline Haines </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Madeline.Haines@dem.ri.gov" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Madeline.Haines@dem.ri.gov</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">.</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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