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APU financial incentives (Continued from Page 50) North Carolina: rebates The Division of Air Quality of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Re- sources was awarded federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to offer rebates on idle reduction equip- ment. As of late May, more than $250,000 was still available for rebates of up to $2,500 per APU purchase, with a limit of three per company. Primary contact: Heather Hildeb- randt, heather.hildebrandt@ncdenr. gov, (919) 733-1498 NCDENR, Division of Air Qual- ity, www.ncair.org, click “Motor Vehicles,” then “Idle Reduction,” (919) 733-3340 Oregon: low-interest loans The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency in Eugene, Ore., received EPA funding and loan money from the Oregon Department of Energy to conduct its Everybody Wins demonstration project to assist a small number of truckers in the I-5 corridor in buying APUs. Phase II of the project planned to outfit 250 trucks operating primarily within Oregon. LRAPA, www.lrapa.org, click Proj- ects and Programs, then Every- body Wins, (541) 736-1056 Pennsylvania: low-interest loans, grants The Small Business Pollution Prevention Assistance Account Loan Program, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Envi- ronmental Protection, has provided low-interest loans of up to 75 per- cent of the cost of waste, pollution or energy use reduction projects. Interest rates of 2 percent for up to 10 years apply. The DEP’s Small Business Advantage Grant program also awards up to $7,500 in grants toward funding up to 50 percent of an applicant’s project, including SEPTEMBER 2010 OVERDRIVE 61 truck APUs. DEP says the program may reopen this year. Primary contact (Advantage grants): David Barnes, (717) 772-5160, epadvantage- grant@state.pa.us; (PPAA loans): Gene Delvecchio, gdelvecchi@state.pa.us, (717) 783-8411; Pennsylvania DEP Office of Energy and Technology Development, www.depweb.state.pa.us, click “Energy,” then “Small Business Ombudsman’s Of- fice,” (717) 783-0909 Tennessee: rebates Tennessee’s Idle Smart Clean Diesel rebate program covers up to 50 percent of the cost of idle-reduction technologies. It’s Products & services Visit www.overdrive.hotims.com and enter 180