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El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and Department of Transportation recommending the Board:
1) Acting as the AQMD Board of Directors, authorize the Air Pollution Control Officer to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with El Dorado County for $982,683.25 in Targeted Airshed Grant funding for County roadwork projects for a term commencing upon full execution and terminating July 30, 2027;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the MOU; and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the associated budget transfer to accommodate the receipt and expenditure of $144,286 in TAG funding for road projects for Fiscal Year 2022-23. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Targeted Airshed Grant.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The federal Targeted Airshed Grant ("TAG") program assists local, state, and tribal air pollution control agencies with developing plans and conducting projects to reduce air pollution in non-attainment areas that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) determines are the top five most polluted areas relative to ozone, annual average fine particulate matter (PM2.5), or 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The overall goal of the TAG Program is to reduce air pollution in the nation’s areas with the highest levels of ozone and PM2.5 ambient air concentrations.
The Sacramento Region Non Attainment Area (which includes all or part of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, and Solano counties) was designated as a Non Attainment Area for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("NAAQS") in 2009. EPA has determined the region is among the top five most polluted areas in the U.S. relative to the 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and is eligible for TAG funding. The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District ("SMAQMD"), El Dorado County Air Quality Management District ("AQMD"), Placer County Air Pollution Control District, and Yolo-Solano A...
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