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The California Air Resources Board (CARB 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).   The solicitation includes the
option for a new Grant Agreement for the 2017-18 fiscal year. 
Funding of up to $3,000,000 for this project was approved by the
Board in October 2016 as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 17
Funding Plan for Low Carbon Transportation Investments and the
Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP).  

The Trade-Up Pilot Project is a sequential and necessary step for
CARB to assess the feasibility 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 not practical. 

This competitive solicitation is open to California-based public
entities.  The Grantee (applicant) may subcontract with public,
private or California-based non profit organizations.  The Grant
Solicitation and all associated documents may be found on CARB’s
webpage at http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/solicitations.htm. 

Applications are due to CARB by 5:00 p.m. (PST), Friday, April
21, 2017. 

CARB will hold an Applicant Teleconference to answer questions
regarding this Grant Solicitation on Friday, April 14, 2017.  It
will provide an opportunity for potential applicants to ask
clarifying questions regarding general application requirements. 


The Applicant Teleconference will be held on the following date
and time:

Date:			Friday, April 14, 2017
Time:			10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (PST)
*Call-in Number:  	1-877-934-7128
*Passcode:		56290

*Note: Call-in numbers and passcodes may change.  Should a change
occur, the new call-in number and passcode will be listed on
CARB’s webpage at:  www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/meetings.htm. 
Potential applicants are encouraged to confirm the call-in number
and passcode by visiting the listed website prior to each
teleconference.

Written questions may be emailed to Ms. Erin Uchida at
erin.uchida@arb.ca.gov by 5:00 p.m. (PST), Thursday, April 13,
2017.  The questions and answers from the Applicant
Teleconference and any questions received via email will be
posted on the CARB webpage at
https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/solicitations.htm.  CARB will
not respond to questions regarding this solicitation after the
Applicant Teleconference has taken place.  

The grant solicitation and all associated documents may be found
on CARB’s webpage at: 
www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/solicitations.htm

For more information about Low Carbon Investments and the Air
Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), please visit:
www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/aqip.htm.

For more information about the Fiscal Year 2016-17 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.   

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 (AB) 118 (Núñez
Statutes of 2007, Chapter 750).  AB 118 created AQIP, a voluntary
incentive program administered by CARB, 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.

Contact: 
If you have questions regarding this funding opportunity or the
applicant teleconference, please contact Ms. Erin Uchida, Air
Resources Engineer, at (916) 323-0002 or by email at
erin.uchida@arb.ca.gov. 


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