MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Top officials of the federal Environmental Protection Agency are honoring South Carolina agencies for using stimulus money to help keep the air clean.
Gina McCarthy, the EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, is being joined in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday by EPA acting regional administrator Stanley Meiburg and other officials.
They visit the State Ports Authority's Wando Welch Terminal for the event.
The EPA is recognizing the authority for using stimulus money to retrofit cargo handling and other port diesel equipment so there is less pollution.
The state Department of Education is being honored for using hybrid buses and retrofitting older buses so they run cleaner.
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