Projects Funded by DERA Grants in South Carolina
2023-2024 State DERA Projects | |||
Entity: | County: | Award: | Project Description: |
City of West Columbia | Lexington | $71,900 | Funds will be used to replace a 2004 garbage collection truck with a 2024 garbage collection truck. The new truck will be a 2024 Peterbilt with an EPA-certified engine and will operate in the City of West Columbia, South Carolina. |
Palmetto Propane, Fuels, and Ice | Lexington | $93,000 | Funds will be used to replace two diesel trucks with two new 2024 trucks primarily fueled on propane. The trucks to be replaced are engine model years 2007 and 2008. |
Providence Environmental Concepts and Services LLC | Richland | $37,500 | Funds will be used to replace a 2002 grease haul truck with a new haul collection truck. The new truck will operate throughout South Carolina. |
SC Department of Education | York | $140,000 | Funds will be used to replace four diesel school buses with four new propane school buses. The school buses to be replaced are engine model year 2008 and operate in the Fort Mill School District in York County. The new buses will be assigned to the Fort Mill School District. |
Waste Management of Carolinas Inc | Spartanburg & Kershaw | $88,000 | Funds will be used to replace two diesel trucks with two new trucks fueled on compressed natural gas. The trucks to be replaced are engine model years 2007 and 2009 and will operate in the surrounding Elgin and Wellford areas of Kershaw and Spartanburg Counties. |
2021-2022 State DERA Projects | |||
Entity: | County: | Award: | Project Description: |
Berkeley County Government | Berkeley | $45,686 | Berkeley County Government is seeking to reduce its diesel emissions by replacing a 1978 CAT Soil Compactor with a 2023 Bomag BW211DH-5. |
Blossman Gas Inc. (21’) | Pickens | $48,750 | Project would replace three class 7 2006 model year trucks with three class 7 2023 model year trucks. The new trucks will be converted to run on propane. |
Ruan Transport Corporation | Florence | $98,000 | Vehicle replacement from old diesel to new EV - Ruan Transport Corporation would scrap an older Ottowa diesel yard tractor and replace with a new 100% electric T-Series Electric Terminal Tractor manufactured by Orange EV. |
Blossman Gas Inc. (22’) | Pickens | $78,750 | Blossman Gas is replacing three 2005-2012 Class 7 Tier 2 diesel delivery trucks with three 2024 Ford F-750 Class 7 33,000lbs vehicles with 7.3L V-8 Propane Autogas engine conversion kits. |
Benore Logistic Systems, Inc. | Spartanburg | $147,000 | Project would replace one 2006 class 8 diesel tractor with one zero emission Peterbilt 579EV tractor to serve in Greer, SC and the counties of Greenville and Spartanburg. |
2019-2020 State DERA Projects | |||
Entity: | County: | Award: | Project Description: |
C.R. Jackson | Lexington | $97,075 | Replace two 2003 asphalt distributor trucks with three 2020 asphalt distributor trucks. |
Green Energy Biofuel (19’) | Fairfield | $22,500 | Replace one 2000 vacuum truck with a 2020 vacuum truck. |
Palmetto Propane, Fuels, and Ice Inc. (19’) | Lexington | $65,000 | Replace two 2007 tanker trucks with two 2021 tanker trucks. |
W.P. Rawl & Son Inc | Lexington | $60,000 | Replace three 1998 tractors with three 2020 tractors. |
Green Energy Biofuel (20’) | Fairfield | $39,625 | Replace one 1998 service truck with a 2019 service tuck and replace a 1998 vacuum truck with a 2020 vacuum truck. |
Palmetto Propane, Fuels, and Ice Inc. (20’) | Lexington | $66,104 | Replace a 2001 and a 2007 diesel truck with two 2021 gasoline trucks. |
Berkeley County School District | Berkeley | $40,534 | Replace a 2003 bucket truck with a 2021 bucket truck. |
Haig Point Club & Community Association | Beaufort | $139,308 | Repower the Haig Point IV ferry from two 2010 Tier II marine diesel engines to two 2021 Tier III marine diesel engines. |
2019 National DERA Project | |||
Entity: | County: | Award: | Project Description: |
South Carolina State Ports Authority | Charleston | $1,800,000 | Repower twelve Tier II constant speed hi-power diesel genset rubber tire gantry cranes with EPA-verified Tier IV variable speed hybrid battery/ genset systems. |
2017-2018 State DERA Projects | |||
Entity: | County: | Award: | Project Description: |
Capital Concrete (17’) | Lexington | $118,000 | Replace two concrete mixing trucks. |
Carolina Concrete (17’) | Laurens | $48,432 | Replace one concrete mixing truck. |
SEFA Transportation | Statewide | $160,000 | Replace eight class 8-day cab tractors. |
Carolina Concrete (18’) | Laurens | $102,500 | Replace one class 8 concrete mixing truck and one class 8-day cab tractor. |
2016 State DERA Projects | ||
| Entity | County | Project |
| Fort Sumter Tours | Charleston | Repower one marine vessel; two propulsion engines and two generators with battery electric propulsion. |
2014-2016 State DERA Projects | ||
| Entity | County | Project |
| J.C. Wilkie Construction | Lexington/Statewide | Replace one pre-2003 HD dump truck with one 2013 or newer HD dump trucks and replace two pre 2003 HD on-road transports with two 2013 or newer on-road transport trucks. |
| South Carolina Department of Education | Statewide | Replace 16 school buses from 1988 to 2006 with 16 school buses 2014 or newer. |
| Capital Concrete | Lexington | Replace four concrete mixing trucks model year 1991-2003 with four 2013 or newer model year concrete mixing trucks. |
| South Carolina Department of Education | Statewide | Replace 13 school buses from 1988 to 2006 with 13 school buses 2016 or newer. |
2012-2013 State DERA Projects | ||
| Entity | County | Project |
| South Carolina State Ports Authority | Charleston | Drayage truck replacement program for pre-1994 model trucks to be replaced with 2004 or newer trucks. |
| Midlands Biofuels, LLC | Fairfield | Clean fuels program to offset the cost of biodiesel for public entities. |
| Severt & Sons Produce | Statewide | Replace one pre-2004 long haul truck with one 2013 long haul truck. |
| Severt & Sons Produce | Statewide | Replace one pre-2004 long haul truck with one 2014 long haul truck. |
| J.C. Wilkie Construction | Lexington | Replace one 1999 non-road tire loader with a Tier 3 non-road tire loader and one 1993 heavy duty dump truck with a 2014 heavy-duty dump truck. |
2012 State DERA Projects | ||
| Entity | County | Project |
| Stevens Towing Company, Inc. | Charleston | Repower of one tug with Tier II engines and repower one tug with Tier III engines. |
| Charleston Navigation Company | Charleston | Repower of pilot boat with Tier II engines and Tier III generators. |
| Midlands Biofuels, LLC | Statewide | Clean fuels program to offset the cost of biodiesel for public entities. |
| Terminal Investment Corporation (TICO) | Charleston | Replacement of 15 terminal tractors. |
| Moran Towing of Charleston | Charleston | Repower two tugs with Tier III generators. |
| South Carolina Forestry Commission | Statewide | Replace four 1996 transport trucks with two 2013 and two 2014 transport trucks. |
| W.P. Rawl | Statewide | Replace two farm tractors with Tier III tractors. |
| Severt & Sons Produce | Statewide | Replace six pre-2004 long haul trucks with 2013 long haul trucks. |
| South Carolina State Ports Authority | Charleston | Replace a diesel conveyor with an electric conveyor for agriculture commodities. |
| Convoy Solutions | Dillon | Install 33 space Truck Stop Electrification at the Flying J (I-95 exit 181). |
| Convoy Solutions | Spartanburg | Install 24 space Truck Stop Electrification at the Pilot (I-85 exit 63). |
| Blutide Marine Construction | Charleston | Repower one tug with Tier III engines. |
2008-2011 State DERA Projects | ||
| Entity | County | Project |
| Greenville County | Greenville | Install seven DOCs and two engine repowers for the Recycling Center transport fleet. |
| USC | Richland | Retrofit six passenger busses with DPFs and CCVs. |
| USC | Richland | Purchase biodiesel processor to convert dining hall used cooking oil to biodiesel for use in campus vehicles. |
| Hanson Aggregates | Chesterfield, Greenville, Spartanburg, York | Repower two 2 water trucks, one haul truck and one motor grader. |
| Anderson County | Anderson | DPFs for two loaders. |
| Blythewood High School | Richland | Construction material for biodiesel building to process used cooking oil for use in onsite landscaping equipment. |
| Moran Towing of Charleston | Charleston | Convert one tug to ULSD and one tug to biodiesel. |
| South Carolina Public Railways | Charleston | Repower one Electro Motive Diesel locomotive. |
| Ashmore Brothers | Spartanburg | Replace one soil compactor. |
| Carolina contracting | Lexington | GMS - Grading Management System for grading dozer. |
| South Carolina Department of Corrections | Statewide | Replace one HD on-road truck. |
| Moore’s Line Striping | Lexington | Purchase two HD on-road trucks and one light duty tractor - replace trench roller compactor and min-excavator. |
| South Carolina State Ports Authority | Charleston | Drayage Truck Program - replace 50 trucks with 2004 or new models. |
| City of Spartanburg | Spartanburg | Replace one tractor and two leaf machines. |
2009 State DERA Projects | ||
| Entity | County | Project |
| South Carolina Public Railways | Charleston | Repower two Electro Motive Diesel locomotives. |
| South Carolina Trucking Association | Statewide | Purchase and install 54 auxiliary power units on medium and HD trucks. |
| Vulcan Materials | Richland/Anderson | Repower two non-road haul trucks and one motor grader. |
| Carolina Contracting | Lexington | Repower dump truck. |
| Savannah River Site | Aiken | Retrofit nine emergency response vehicles with DOCs. |
| CMC Steel | Lexington | Replace engines in two forklifts. |
| Sutton Construction | York | Repower one motor grader. |
| City of Columbia | Richland | Install three DOCs and 17 partial flow filters on 20 on-road diesel trucks. |
| Lexington County | Lexington | Install 23 DOCs and 10 CCVs on county vehicles. |
| Spartanburg County | Spartanburg | Install 12 advanced emissions control devices on diesel generators and HD diesel vehicles. |
| City of Charleston | Charleston | Install five DOCs and three DPFs on City refuse/transfer trucks. |
| Greenville County | Greenville | Install DOCs and CCVs on 50 vehicles in public fleets. |
| Bowers Nursery | Lexington | Repower a 1964 crew cab truck with a 2007 compliant diesel engine. |
| Charleston County School District | Charleston | Purchase and install DOCs and CCVs on 30 buses. |
| University of South Carolina | Richland | Retrofit two garbage trucks with DPFs and CCVs. |
| South Carolina Forestry Commission | Statewide | Install 65 DOCs on off-road equipment. |
| South Carolina Department of Education | Statewide | Install GPSs on 176 school transportation vehicles to manage an anti-idling program. |
| Midlands Biofuels | Statewide | Clean fuels program to offset the cost of biodiesel for SC municipalities. |
| Lake Wylie Marina | York | Repower forklift from Tier I to Tier II. |
DOC=Diesel Oxidation Catalyst ULSD=Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
DPF=Diesel Particulate Filter GMS=Grading Management System
CCV=Closed Crankcase Ventilation HD=Heavy Duty