42 U.S.C. § 7433 — Grants to reduce air pollution at ports

(a) Appropriations: (1) For fiscal year 2022, Congress appropriated $2,250,000,000 to the EPA Administrator, available through September 30, 2027, to competitively award rebates and grants to eligible recipients for: (A) buying or installing zero-emission port equipment or technology used at, or directly serving, one or more ports; (B) planning or permitting connected to buying or installing that equipment; and (C) developing "qualified climate action plans." (2) Congress appropriated another $750,000,000, also available through September 30, 2027, to award rebates and grants for those same activities specifically at ports located in areas designated "nonattainment" for an air pollutant under section 7407. (b) Limitation: Funds awarded under this section can't be used by any recipient or subrecipient to buy or install zero-emission port equipment or technology that won't be located at, or directly serve, the port or ports involved. (c) Administering funds: The Administrator must set aside 2 percent of these funds for administrative costs necessary to carry out this section. (d) Definitions: (1) An "eligible recipient" is: (A) a port authority; (B) a state, regional, local, or tribal agency with jurisdiction over a port authority or a port; (C) an air pollution control agency; or (D) a private entity that applies for a grant in partnership with one of those, and that owns, operates, or uses the facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port. (2) "Greenhouse gas" means carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. (3) A "qualified climate action plan" is a detailed, strategic plan that (A) sets goals, strategies, and accounting practices to reduce greenhouse gases, listed air pollutants (and their precursors), and hazardous air pollutants at one or more ports; (B) includes a strategy to work with, communicate with, and address effects on low-income and disadvantaged near-port communities and other affected stakeholders; and (C) describes how the recipient has made, or will make, the port or ports more resilient. (4) "Zero-emission port equipment or technology" means human-operated equipment or human-maintained technology that either (A) produces zero emissions of any air pollutant listed under section 7408(a) (or its precursors), and of any greenhouse gas other than water vapor, or (B) captures 100 percent of those emissions produced by an ocean-going vessel while it's docked at berth.