(a)  Eligible projects may include, but shall not be limited to, any of the following:

(1)  Purchase of new very low- or zero-emission covered vehicles or covered engines to replace older heavy-duty diesel vehicles or engines.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 44299.77

  • District: means the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Program: means the San Joaquin Valley Emergency Clean Air Attainment Program created by this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
  • repower: as used in this chapter , generally refers to replacing an older, uncontrolled engine with a new, emissions-certified engine, although replacing an older emissions-certified engine with a new engine certified to lower emissions standards may be eligible for funding under this program. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
  • Retrofit: means making modifications to the engine and fuel system such that the retrofitted engine does not have the same specifications as the original engine. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
  • San Joaquin Valley federal ozone nonattainment area: means the area defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on page 56699 of Volume 56 of the Federal Register dated November 6, 1991. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75

(2)  NOx emission-reducing retrofit of covered engines, or replacement of old diesel engines and drives powering covered sources with newer diesel engines and drives certified to more stringent NOx emissions standards than the engine being replaced.

(3)  Purchase and use of NOx emission-reducing add-on equipment for covered vehicles.

(4)  Implementation of practical, low-emission retrofit technologies, repower options, advanced technologies, or low sulfur or alternative fuel mixtures for covered engines and vehicles.

(b)  In determining eligible projects, the district shall not exclude any technology based on the type of fuel utilized by that technology.

(c)  Eligible applicants may be any person or public agency that owns one or more covered vehicles that operate primarily within the San Joaquin Valley federal ozone nonattainment area or otherwise contribute substantially to the NOx emissions inventory in the San Joaquin Valley federal ozone nonattainment area, as determined by the district.

(d)  The program shall provide grants to eligible projects that help reduce onroad and off-road NOx emissions on a timely and cost-effective basis within the San Joaquin Valley federal ozone nonattainment area in order to maximize the reduction in NOx emissions from available funds, thereby aiding the area in its efforts to achieve applicable air quality goals.

(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 532, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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