Grants for Drayage and Cargo Handling Equipment
The Seaport and Rail Yard Areas Emissions Reduction Program (SPRY) provides grants for upgrading or replacing older drayage and container handling equipment. See below for details about eligibility and how to apply.
Accepting Applications Soon
We expect to begin accepting applications in April 2024—subject to change. Join our email list to get updates.
The information below is provided for reference only. When we begin accepting applications, we will update this webpage with the final requirements and documents.
Limited funding is available. We will award grants for eligible applications in the order we receive them based on criteria outlined in the Request for Grant Applications.
How to Apply
Step 1 Determine if you are eligible
Eligible applicants
- Individuals, corporations, organizations, governments, government agencies, and any other legal entity. May include a corporation headquartered outside of Texas that operates eligible equipment in Texas.
Eligible projects
- Replacing or repowering drayage and cargo handling equipment and vehicles with newer ones.
- New vehicles and equipment must emit nitrogen oxides (NOX) at a rate that is at least 25% less than the vehicles or equipment being replaced.
- Applicants must have owned or leased eligible vehicles and equipment for at least the two years preceding the signature date on the application.
- Examples:
- aerial lifts and cranes
- crawler tractors
- container handling equipment
- excavators, graders, and skid steer loaders
- forklifts
- haul trucks and yard trucks
Eligible areas
- Seaports or rail yards must be in an eligible county.
- Equipment must operate in nonattainment areas or affected counties.
- Old vehicles and equipment must have operated in eligible seaports or rail yards for at least 200 days per year for the preceding two years.
- New or repowered vehicles and equipment must operate 200 days per year in eligible seaports or rail yards for the duration of the project (five years). In addition, 50% or 80% of the annual and total use must occur in nonattainment areas and affected counties.
Review documents to ensure eligibility
Note: We will add links to documents below once we begin accepting applications.
- Request for Grant Applications
- SPRY Guidelines
- Example Grant Contract
Step 2 Estimate your maximum grant amount
Grant recipients may be eligible for up to 80% of the eligible costs associated with the purchase, lease, or repower of the equipment. Grant cannot exceed the maximum amount listed in the Maximum Eligible Grant Amount Tables.
Maximum Eligible Grant Amount Tables
Download the table applicable to your project.
If the tables below do not include the vehicle or piece of equipment you want to apply for, please contact us at 800-919-TERP (8377).
Note: We will add links to documents below once we begin accepting applications.
- Non-Road: Aerial Lifts, Cranes, Crawler Tractors
- Non-Road: Container Handling Equipment
- Non-Road: Excavators, Graders, Skid Steer Loaders
- Non-Road: Forklifts
- Non-Road: Rough Terrain Forklifts, Tractor Backhoe Loaders
- Non-Road: Rubber Tire Gantry Cranes
- Non-Road to Non-Road: Terminal Tractors
- Non-Road to On-Road: Terminal Tractors
- On-Road to On-Road: Terminal Tractors
- On-Road to Non-Road: Terminal Tractors
- On-Road to Non-Road: Haul Trucks to Yard Trucks
- On-Road: Haul Trucks
Step 3 Collect documents and fill out forms
Note: We will add a link to the application below once we begin accepting applications.
- Project Application (TCEQ-20556)
- IRS Form W-9
Step 4 Submit your application
Secure Site
Submit securely by uploading the file to our FTPS site and selecting the share file(s) button. Enter "SPRY-Apply@tceq.texas.gov" as the email address. Note: applications uploaded without completing the share file(s) step will not be considered as submitted.
- Learn how to create an account and submit your application in this step-by-step video guide.
- See detailed directions for using our FTPS site .
Regular Mail
TCEQAir Grants Division, MC-204 (SPRY)
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Express Mail
TCEQAir Grants Division, MC-204 (SPRY)
12100 Park 35 Circle
Building F, 1st Floor, Suite 1301
Austin, TX 78753