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aqip -- Grant Solicitation for the Fiscal Year 2015-16 Off-Road Mobile Agricultural Equipment Trade-Up Pilot Project in the San Joaquin Valley
Posted: 18 Dec 2015 16:16:33
The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) is pleased to announce its Grant Solicitation for the Off-Road Mobile Agricultural Equipment Trade-Up Pilot Project in the San Joaquin Valley (Trade-Up Pilot Project). Funding of up to $500,000 for this project was approved by the Board in June 2015 as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 16 Funding Plan for Low Carbon Transportation Investments and the Air Quality Improvement Program. The Trade-Up Pilot Project is an opportunity for ARB to test the concept of a new, multi-step type of equipment incentive intended for owners of high emitting mobile agricultural equipment in the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin that may not qualify for existing voluntary incentive funding, and for which new equipment purchases are infeasible. This competitive solicitation is open to California-based public entities. The Grantee (applicant) may subcontract with public, private or California-based non profit organizations. Grantee and Subcontractor relationships must be disclosed in the application and the Grant Agreement. Applications are due to ARB by 5:00 p.m., January 25, 2016. ARB will hold an Applicant Teleconference to answer questions regarding this Grant Solicitation on January 5, 2016. The Applicant Teleconference will provide an opportunity for potential applicants to ask clarifying questions regarding general application requirements. The teleconference will be held at the following date and time: Date: January 5, 2016 Time: 10:00 a.m. to Noon (Pacific) Call-in Number: 1-888-769-8913 Passcode: 23453 Written questions may be emailed to Ms. Meri Miles at Meri.Miles@arb.ca.gov up to 5:00 p.m. (Pacific), January 4, 2015. The Grant Solicitation and all associated documents may be found on ARB’s webpage at http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/solicitations.htm For more information about the Air Quality Improvement Program, please visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqip. For more information about the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Funding Plan for the Air Quality Improvement Program and Low Carbon Transportation Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments, please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/fundplan/fundplan.htm If you have questions regarding this Grant Solicitation, please contact Ms. Meri Miles at Meri.Miles@arb.ca.gov or (916) 322-6370. Background: In 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law the California Alternative and Renewable Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of 2007 (Assembly Bill 118, Statutes of 2007, Chapter 750). AB 118 created the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), a voluntary incentive program administered by ARB to fund clean vehicle and equipment projects, air quality research, and workforce training. The Trade-Up Pilot Project is funded entirely through AQIP, which is targeted to reduce criteria pollutants and air toxics, often with greenhouse gas emission reduction co-benefits. Emissions from mobile agricultural equipment are among a number of significant sources of air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin, and reducing these emissions is necessary to meet federal health-based air quality standards. ARB incentive programs and regulations are already reducing emissions from a wide variety of diesel engines in the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin, however, a continuing transition to the cleanest technologies is needed in order to meet air pollution standards in 2023 and 2032. Existing local, State, and federal agricultural equipment incentives are currently helping growers purchase new equipment in exchange for scrapping old equipment. A trade-up incentive for incrementally cleaner, used equipment may hold potential as a new incentive pathway for growers with high-emitting equipment that are not able to take advantage of current programs. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.