Public Work Group Meetings for the Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Program
The California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Funding
Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Program
provides incentive funding for agricultural harvesting equipment, heavy-duty trucks, agricultural pump engines, tractors, and other equipment
used in agricultural operations.
Though the FARMER Program Guidelines describe project
categories currently available for funding in the FARMER Program, additional
project categories and modifications to an existing project category are under
development by CARB staff. These
proposed additional project categories would allow air districts greater
flexibility in project funding and help to streamline implementation. CARB staff are holding public work group
meetings to seek input from stakeholders on the following proposed additional
and modified project categories: heavy-duty agricultural trucks, large agricultural
equipment, and agricultural utility terrain vehicles (UTVs). More details about the proposed project
categories will be available prior to the work group meetings.
These work group meetings will provide an opportunity for public
stakeholders to engage with CARB staff to develop specific eligibility
criteria, incentive funding levels, requirements, and other criteria associated
with the proposed new and modified eligible project categories. Input
from these meetings will be incorporated into the final project criteria before
being approved and being made available for funding by local air districts.
The work groups will be held at the following locations, dates, and times:
Central Valley Location:
DATE: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Central Valley Regional Office 1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726
The public may also attend this Central Valley work group meeting by video teleconference at the air district's Modesto and Bakersfield offices:
Modesto Office 4800 Enterprise Way Modesto, California 95356
Bakersfield Office 34946 Flyover Court Bakersfield, California 93308
Red Bluff Location:
DATE: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION: Tehama County Air Pollution Control District 1834 Walnut Street Red Bluff, California 96080
Teleconference:
CARB staff will also be holding a teleconference call for interested stakeholders unable to attend either of the meetings, but would still like to participate. The teleconference will be held at the following date and time and will only be accessible by telephone call.
DATE: Thursday, August 30, 2018 TIME: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (PST) DIAL-IN #: 1-800-369-2173 PASSCODE: 3985271
Following entry of the passcode, teleconference participants will be prompted to provide their name and affiliation before being connected to the teleconference call.
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