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El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (District) recommending the Board, acting as the Air Quality Management Board of Directors, adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 220-2019 authorizing the Air Pollution Control Officer to:
1) Execute grant agreement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) accepting initial funding in the amount of $363,109.24 for the implementation of the 2018-19 appropriation of the Woodsmoke Reduction Program (Program), pending approval from County Counsel and Risk Management;
2) Execute Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and/or MOU amendments with Placer County Air Pollution Control District to administer the Program in Placer County, pending approval from County Counsel and Risk Management;
3) Execute Memorandum of Understanding and/or MOU amendments with Amador County Air Pollution Control District to administer to Program in Amador County, pending approval from County Counsel and Risk Management;
4) Execute agreements and/or amendments to existing agreements with participating contractors to install woodstoves to ensure old woodstoves are rendered inoperable and to instruct residents on proper operation of new woodstove, pending approval from County Counsel and Risk Management;
5) Implement and expend the funds in accordance with the grant agreement with CARB; and
6) Execute any future grant or funding agreements with CARB and other necessary actions to receive additional funding to support the implementation of the Woodsmoke Reduction Program through the statutory term of the Program.
FUNDING: AQMD - State Grant Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On July 17, 2007, the Board approved an incentive program to reduce winter time particulate matter emissions by removing old wood burning fireplaces and stoves or replacing them with new clean burning EPA certified wood or pellet stoves. To date over 1118 old stoves have been replaced in the County reducing annual criteria pollutant emissions by 268 ton...
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