§7433 Grants to reduce air pollution at ports

Summary

Provides $2,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, available until September 30, 2027, to give competitive grants and rebates to eligible recipients to buy or install zero-emission port equipment, pay for related planning or permits, and make qualified climate action plans. An extra $750,000,000 (same availability) is for the same work but only for ports in air-quality areas designated as nonattainment under section 7407. Money cannot be used for equipment that won’t be placed at or directly serve the port. Two percent of the funds are held back for administrative costs. Eligible recipients are: a port authority; a State, regional, local, or Tribal agency that oversees a port; an air pollution control agency; or a private company that applies with one of those public entities and that owns, operates, or uses port facilities or equipment. “Greenhouse gas” means carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. A “qualified climate action plan” sets goals, actions, and tracking for cutting those gases, listed pollutants under section 7408(a) (or their precursors), and hazardous air pollutants; it includes how the port will work with and address effects on low‑income and disadvantaged nearby communities and other stakeholders; and it explains steps to make the port more resilient. “Zero-emission port equipment or technology” is human‑operated or human‑maintained gear that either makes zero emissions of the listed pollutants and greenhouse gases (except water vapor) or captures 100 percent of those emissions from an ocean-going ship while at berth.