Title
El Dorado County Air Quality Management District recommending the Board, acting as the Board of Directors of the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District, adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 056-2024 authorizing the acceptance of funding from the California Air Resources Board to implement the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program and authorizing the Air Pollution Control Officer to execute and submit all documents necessary for the administration of the Carl Moyer grant program in El Dorado County through December 31, 2029. The Moyer Year 24 El Dorado County tentative allotment is $801,901, Year 25 is $493,862, and Year 26 is $569,545; future years are to be determined.
FUNDING: Carl Moyer state grant program funding.
Body
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Western EDC is located within the Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area (SFNA), for the 1979 1-hour and 1997, 2008, and 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Ozone formation primarily occurs through the reaction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. According to California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions inventory data for the SFNA, mobile sources produce 88% of NOx emissions, while stationary sources contribute only 9%.
The Carl Moyer Program is a voluntary grant program that reduces air pollution from vehicles and equipment by providing incentive funds to private companies and public agencies to purchase cleaner-than-required engines, equipment, and emission reduction technologies. The program has been implemented since 1998 through a partnership between the CARB and California’s 35 local air pollution control and air quality management districts. By funding emission reductions that are surplus -- earlier and/or beyond what is required by regulation -- the Moyer Program complements California’s regulations. One of the first voluntary emission reduction programs implemented...
Click here for full text