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Environmental Management/Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommending the Board approve Fiscal Year 07/08 AB 923 funds from the AQMD to be used as matching funds for two Carl Moyer Program qualified projects located in the Lake Tahoe Air Basin (LTAB), primarily funded by the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD); and Chairman be authorized to execute the two contracts in an amount not to exceed $52,792 for same.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: AQMD Special Revenue Fund
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $52,792
Funding
Budgeted $52,792
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $52,792
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
No impact to Net County Cost. Funds available and appropriated in the AQMD Special Revenue Fund.
Background:
El Dorado County is divided between two air basins, the LTAB and the Mountain Counties Air Basin (MCAB). The El Dorado County portion of the MCAB is currently designated as a serious federal nonattainment area under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and the El Dorado County portion of the LTAB is designated as attainment for the federal and state ozone standards.
The SMAQMD manages the Carl Moyer Program (CMP) funds for El Dorado, Placer and Yolo-Solano air districts. Allowable funding for qualified projects within the Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area, which includes the west slope of El Dorado County, is fully awarded by the SMAQMD from the CMP funds. In 2001, SMAQMD adopted a resolution that allows projects in the LTAB to qualify for CMP funding provided that a match is contributed from the corresponding air district.
On March 21, 2006, the AQMD Board of Directors approved an increase of Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) fees under AB 923. AB 923 specifies that the fee increase can only be used to fund projects eligible for grants under the exis...
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