California Health and Safety Code 44299.52 – (a) Eligible projects may include, but shall not be limited to, …
(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 44299.52
- Conformity: means that a transportation program, project, and plan promulgated by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments is able to successfully comply with Sections 7410 and 7506 of Title 42 of the United States Code, so as to qualify for an approval, license, or permit, or to obtain financial assistance, from the federal agencies specified in those sections. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- Program: means the Sacramento Emergency Clean Air and Transportation Program created by this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- 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 newer engine certified to lower emissions standards may be eligible for funding under this program. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- 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 44299.50
- SACOG: means the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area: means the area defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register notice dated November 6, 1991 (56 Fed. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- Sacramento Region Districts: means the El Dorado Air Pollution Control District, Feather River Air Quality District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
(2) NO x 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 NO x emissions standards than the engine being replaced.
(3) Purchase and use of NO x emission-reducing add-on equipment for covered vehicles.
(4) Implementation of practical, low-emission retrofit technologies, repower options, advanced technologies, or low sulfur diesel or alternative fuel mixtures for covered engines and vehicles.
(b) In determining eligible projects, SACOG or the Sacramento Region Districts shall not exclude any technology based on the type of fuel utilized by that technology.
(c) Eligible applicants may be any individual, company, or public agency that owns one or more covered vehicles that operate primarily within the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area or otherwise contribute substantially to the NO x emissions inventory in the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area.
(d) The program shall provide grants to eligible projects that help reduce onroad NO x emissions on a timely and cost-effective basis within the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area in order to maximize the reduction in NO x emissions from available funds, thereby aiding the area in its efforts to achieve applicable air quality conformity goals in 2002 and 2005.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 532, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)