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Air Quality Management District recommending the Board, acting as the Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 083-2022 authorizing Air Pollution Control Officer (APCO) to:
1) Execute Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Shared Allocation Pool Master Agreement with the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD), authorizing the continuation of El Dorado County Air Quality Management District's (EDCAQMD) participation in the shared allocation pool for the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) FARMER program for projects in El Dorado County;
2) Execute FARMER Shared Allocation Pool District CARB Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 Allocation Agreement with the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD), authorizing the EDCAQMD to receive funding from the FY 2021-22 allocation based on applications received by EDCAQMD and approved for funding by PCAPCD as the administrator of the Shared Allocation Pool;
3) Execute funding agreements with approved grantees for projects in El Dorado County, pending approval from County Counsel and Risk Management;
4) Implement and expend the funds in accordance with the FARMER Shared Allocation Pool Master Agreement and the FARMER Shared Allocation Pool District CARB FY 21-22 Allocation Agreement; and
5) Execute any future grant contracts or agreements and funding agreements and other necessary actions to receive and expend additional FARMER funding through April 30, 2026.
FUNDING: Funding authorized by State Assembly Bills 134 and 109.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Program provides funding through local air districts for agricultural harvesting equipment, heavy-duty trucks, agricultural pump engines, tractors, and other equipment used in agricultural operations. Potential projects include orchard, vineyard and logging operation equipmen...
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