Invitation to participate in public workshops
The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) and
local air districts invite your participation in public workshops to discuss
new grant funds available to reduce emissions in the communities most affected
by air pollution. Funds are available
for voluntary incentive grants through the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality
Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program), for fleets to replace or
repower heavy duty engines—both on-road and off-road—and support clean vehicle
infrastructure. This will reduce public
health impacts of mobile source engines consistent with the goals of Assembly
Bill (AB) 617 (Garcia, Chapter 136,
Statutes of 2017). We
are looking for feedback from local communities to inform air districts’
project outreach and project identification processes for these funds. In particular:
- What
types of cleaner vehicles and equipment do you think would most effectively reduce
air pollution exposure in your community?
- Are
there Moyer Program guideline changes to apply to these funds that will help
bring about the types of projects you think are needed?
San Joaquin Valley*
DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION: San Joaquin Valley APCD Offices Board Meeting Room 1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726
*This workshop will include a video
conference to SJVAPCD regional offices:
Northern Region Office 4800
Enterprise Way, Modesto, California 95356
Southern Region Office 34946
Flyover Court, Bakersfield, California 93308
Sacramento**
DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 TIME: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION: California Environmental Protection Agency Building Sierra Hearing Room 1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814
**A webcast of this event will be available at: Webcast Link. Questions and comments may be e-mailed during the workshop.
South Coast
DATE: Thursday, February 22, 2018 TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION: City of Commerce Council Chambers 2535 Commerce Way Commerce, California 90040
Bay Area
DATE: Thursday, February 26, 2018 TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION: Elihu Harris Building Auditorium 1515 Clay Street Oakland, California 94612
Presentations
will be similar in the four locations, with additional information in
Sacramento related to distribution of funds outside the South Coast, San
Joaquin Valley and Bay Area districts. Staff
presentations and handouts will be posted before the workshops on the Moyer Program webpage.
Background
In 2017, the Governor signed AB 134 (Chapter 14, Statutes
of 2017) appropriating $250 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds to
achieve early action emission reductions in the communities most burdened by
air pollution. Assisting engine
replacement, repower, and infrastructure projects in disadvantaged and low income
areas supports the goals of AB 617 which calls for community air monitoring and
action plans to reduce smog-forming and toxic emissions. Funds this year will reduce mobile source emissions
under state guidelines either through the Carl Moyer Program or clean truck
projects through the Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program (Proposition
1B). As a whole, the projects will also
result in reductions in greenhouse gases.
The funds are distributed as follows:
- $107.5 million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District
- $80 million to the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Management District
- $50 million to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- $12.5 million to other California air districts, as determined by CARB in consultation with the districts
The
workshops will provide an overview of the types of projects supported by the
Moyer Program which along with Proposition 1B clean truck projects can reduce
community pollution impacts and benefit public health as envisioned by AB
617. CARB and air district staff will
seek local ideas and input as the districts prepare to select projects under
state guidelines. Comments on the
project types preferred by community groups and individuals will help inform
air district project outreach and identification processes. To facilitate timely expenditures that
provide more immediate community benefits, CARB staff also plans to propose
limited changes to the Carl Moyer Program Guidelines for these funds for Board consideration
at its meeting on April 26, 2018 to April 27, 2018. Concepts for those guideline changes will be
presented at future public workshops for comment and questions. The public will also have the opportunity to
share views on other pollution sources that should be addressed with any future
funds beyond the mobile source focus of the Carl Moyer and Proposition 1B
programs.
Since 1998, the Carl Moyer Program has successfully
reduced smog-forming and toxic emissions in California through incentive grants
to vehicle and equipment owners. The
grants provide a significant share of project costs, and help stimulate
manufacture of cleaner technologies.
Projects are solicited and selected by local air districts under CARB
guidelines that specify project cost-effectiveness and criteria to ensure
projects can receive emission reduction credit in federal air quality
plans. Carl Moyer Program grants can
fund a wide variety of project types including replacement or repower of heavy-duty
trucks, transit and school buses, off-road construction and agricultural
equipment, locomotives, infrastructure, and light-duty vehicle retirement. Proposition 1B clean truck projects include
replacement and repower of heavy-duty diesel trucks that haul goods, plus
infrastructure to support truck electrification.
For
more information and to download workshop materials, go to the Moyer Program webpage.
For
questions about this workshop please contact:
Mr. Kyle Goff, Air Pollution
Specialist, (916) 324-1988
Mr. Doug Thompson, Manager, Incentives
Oversight Section, (916) 322-6922
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