Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District

APCD Funding and Incentive Programs
Innovative Technologies Group

APCD's Innovative Technologies Group promotes the application of clean fuels and energy projects.

Cash for Clean Diesel

APCD Board Approves Local Participation in Year 11 of the State's Carl Moyer Program

Funding for Diesel Engine Operators

The Santa Barbara County APCD continues to seek proposals from private and public entities in the county for projects to reduce air pollution from heavy-duty diesel engines, according to the terms and conditions of the California Air Resources Board's (ARB) Carl Moyer Air Quality Memorial Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program).

On July 24, 2009, the APCD received the first disbursement of Carl Moyer Program funds for Year 11.  Total grant award for Moyer Year 11 will equal $610,797 with $549,717 of that being allocated to Moyer eligible projects.  

The APCD will also have additional grant funding for eligible projects over the next several years from the $2 DMV fee (approved by the APCD Board on 12/16/2004, pursuant to AB923). Staff will evaluate each project on a first come, first served basis and approve projects until all funds have been expended. When funding projects, we will also consider cost-effectiveness, project mix, viability, timeliness, and past performance history with the APCD.

Equipment categories eligible for grant funding include:

Contact for all equipment categories: Innovative Technologies Group

Typical Carl Moyer Program projects include heavy-duty engine repowers, replacements, and retrofits for both diesel and alternative- fueled equipment. Other new project categories include zero-emission projects, Old Car Buy Back (Light-duty scrap) and Agriculture Assistance.

Eligible projects that are not covered under the Carl Moyer Program include the purchase of new school buses, and installation of particulate matter control devices on existing school buses under the Lower Emission School Bus Program.

The APCD grant funding comes from three main sources: the ARB's Carl Moyer Program, the DMV Motor Vehicle Registration Fee Surcharge Program, and the state's Lower Emission School Bus Program. If additional funding becomes available from these or other sources during this request period, more emission reduction projects will receive grant funds.

Program applications for grant funding can be downloaded below under the appropriate equipment category below. For specific information on a category, consult the 2008 Approved Revision to the Carl Moyer Program Guidelines, or contact APCD staff as noted below. See How to View and Download Documents for information on file formats. Application forms are available in both Word (.doc) and Adobe (.PDF) formats below.

Program Documents and Links:

The following equipment categories are eligible for grant funding.

On-Road heavy-duty engines
 
  • Download grant funding application form:  onroad-app.doc or onroad-app.pdf
  • On-Road trucks, buses, refuse collection and transport, line-haul, low-bed and other haul trucks, etc.
  • Repower or retrofit of heavy-duty diesel powered on-road engines.
  • See ARB Carl Moyer Program Guidelines for more detailed program information.
Off-Road heavy-duty engines
 

 

Marine engines
 
Agricultural stationary engines
 

 

Other: Forklifts, airport ground support equipment, locomotives, particulate matter (PM) projects, etc.
  • Please contact APCD staff directly for more details on these projects. Also, consult the 2008 Carl Moyer Guidelines and approved Program Advisories for project selection criteria and funding eligibility.

For more information, call the APCD at (805) 961-8800, or contact Al Ronyecz at (805) 961-8877.

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