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Work Group Meeting for Heavy-Duty Projects in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Funding Plan

Meeting will be held on July 17, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate in a work group meeting to seek input from stakeholders on heavy-duty vehicle and off-road equipment investments as part of the upcoming FY 2019-20 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives, which includes funding for the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and Low Carbon Transportation Investments.  This work group meeting will include discussion of potential heavy-duty demonstration and pilot project categories, as well as potential changes to the Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Program (HVIP and low NOx engine incentives).  The meeting agenda and handouts, if any, will be posted to the program website ahead of the meeting.

The work group meeting will be held by teleconference at the following date, time, and location:

DATE:                July 17, 2019
TIME:                 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION:       California Environmental Protection Agency
                          California Air Resources Board | 1st Floor Training Rooms 
                          1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814

The meeting will also be accessible by teleconference:

Dial-In #:        800-857-6259
Passcode:     5956128

If attending the meeting in person, please check-in at the 1st floor security desk upon arrival.

Background

California Climate Investments Low Carbon Transportation Funding

The Low Carbon Transportation program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.  CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation Program is designed to accelerate the transition to low carbon freight and passenger transportation with a priority on providing health and economic benefits to California’s most disadvantaged communities.  These investments support the State’s goals of a 50 percent reduction in petroleum use in vehicles by 2030 and reducing short-lived climate pollutants, as well as the goal to deploy 5 million ZEVs by 2030.  These investments also reduce ozone precursor emissions and toxic diesel particulate emissions, supporting the State’s goals in these areas.

The Legislature has appropriated nearly $1.6 billion to CARB for Low Carbon Transportation projects over the past five budget cycles.  These funds are being used to fund zero-emission and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles through CVRP; light-duty vehicle equity projects to increase access to clean transportation in disadvantaged communities and for lower‑income Californians; deployment incentives for clean trucks and buses using zero-emission, hybrid, and low nitrogen oxides (NOx) technologies; and advanced technology demonstration projects for freight trucks and equipment.

For more information about the Air Quality Improvement Program and Low Carbon Transportation Investments, visit the program website.

More Information

Annual Funding Plan

The annual funding plan is each year’s blueprint for expending Low Carbon Transportation and AQIP funds appropriated to CARB in the State budget.  The plan describes CARB’s policy drivers and vision for advanced technology mobile source investments, eligible project categories and criteria, project funding allocations, program implementation details, and provides the justification for these investments.  The Funding Plan will also address the requirements of AB 1550 (Gomez, Chapter 369, Statutes of 2016) related to disadvantaged and low-income community investments.

For more information about the development of the FY 2019-20 Funding Plan, please visit the Funding Plan website.

Contact

If you have questions or comments regarding this work group or you are interested in being placed on a project-specific email list, please contact Mr. Jason Crow, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 323-7525.

If you require a special accommodation or need this document in an alternate format (i.e. Braille, large print) or another language, please contact Ms. Stella Ling‑Taylor, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 322-6369 as soon as possible.  TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.