Grant Funds Available To Clean Up Diesel Engine Throughout SLO County

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is seeking proposals for the 2008/2009 Carl Moyer Grant Program to reduce ozone forming and toxic emissions from aging heavy-duty off-road, on-road vehicles and stationary agricultural engines.  $861,610 is available for eligible projects within SLO County.  State allocated Carl Moyer Grant funds and locally generated DMV registration funds (AB 923) are used in this grant program to reduce toxic diesel emissions throughout SLO County.  Grant categories include: 

• $386,610 for off-road engines (retrofits or repowers);
• $300,000 for on-road diesel engines (retrofits, repowers or fleet modernization/replacement); and,
• $175,000 for stationary agricultural engines 25 hp and greater (retrofits or repowers).

 The APCD’s Request for Proposals (RFP) and grant application forms can be found online at www.slocleanair.org/programs/moyer.asp or call (805) 781-5912 to request an application to be mailed to you. Grant funds will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying projects with complete applications.  Applications deemed complete on the same date will be ranked by project cost-effectiveness (total emissions reduced relative to contract period and funds requested).  Project applications will be accepted by the APCD starting May 15, 2008.

Since the inception of the statewide Carl Moyer Grant Program, the APCD has allocated over $1.75 million to implement diesel emission reduction projects throughout the county.  These projects have successfully accelerated the replacement of seventy (70) high emission engines in San Luis Obispo County, resulting in the reduction of an estimated 405 tons of NOx and 21.2 tons of toxic diesel particulate matter (PM) over the project lifetimes. Implementation of the Carl Moyer Grant Program will enable the District to partner with local stakeholders and clean up a variety of high polluting heavy-duty engines and significantly reduce emissions of NOx and toxic diesel particulate.   In addition, early clean-up of these engines assist the fleet operators and the agricultural community meet early compliance with recently adopted state regulations.