Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District

APCD Funding and Incentive Programs - Innovative Technologies Group

APCD's Innovative Technologies Group promotes the application of clean fuels and energy projects.

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Cash for Cleaner Engines

Funding for Diesel Engine Operators

The Santa Barbara County APCD continues to seek proposals from private and public entities in the county for projects to reduce air pollution from heavy-duty diesel engines, according to the terms and conditions of the California Air Resources Board's (ARB) Carl Moyer Air Quality Memorial Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program).

The APCD will also have additional grant funding for eligible projects over the next several years from the $2 DMV fee (approved by the APCD Board on 12/16/2004, pursuant to AB923). Staff will evaluate each project on a first come, first served basis and approve projects until all funds have been expended. When funding projects, we will also consider cost-effectiveness, project mix, viability, timeliness, and past performance history with the APCD.

Equipment categories eligible for grant funding include:

Contact for all equipment categories: email: Innovative Technologies Group

Typical Carl Moyer Program projects include heavy-duty engine repowers, replacements, and retrofits for both diesel and alternative- fueled equipment. The APCD grant funding comes from three main sources: the ARB's Carl Moyer Program, the DMV Motor Vehicle Registration Fee Surcharge Program, and the state's Lower Emission School Bus Program. If additional funding becomes available from these or other sources during this request period, more emission reduction projects will receive grant funds.

See also our other funding programs: Old Car Buy Back |  School Bus Program | Marine Shipping |  About ITG

Program applications for grant funding can be downloaded below under the appropriate equipment category below. For specific information on a category, consult the 2008 Approved Revision to the Carl Moyer Program Guidelines, or contact APCD staff as noted below. See How to View and Download Documents for information on file formats. Application forms are available in both Word (.doc) and Adobe (.PDF) formats below.

Program Documents and Links:

The following equipment categories are eligible for grant funding.

On-Road heavy-duty engines
 
  • Download grant funding application form:  onroad-app.doc or onroad-app.pdf
  • On-Road trucks, buses, refuse collection and transport, line-haul, low-bed and other haul trucks, etc.
  • Repower or retrofit of heavy-duty diesel powered on-road engines.
Off-Road heavy-duty engine re-power
 

 

  NEW!   Off-Road heavy-duty equipment replacement
Off-Road Replacement

 

 
Marine engines
 
Agricultural stationary engines
 
  • Download grant funding application form: agpumpform.doc or agpumpform.pdf.
  • Repower of "stationary" agricultural water pump diesel engines.
  • NEW regulations for farm engines , see this page.

 

Other: Forklifts, airport ground support equipment, locomotives, particulate matter (PM) projects, etc.
  • Please contact APCD staff directly for more details on these projects. Also, consult the Carl Moyer Guidelines and approved Program Advisories for project selection criteria and funding eligibility.

For more information, call the APCD at (805) 961-8800, or contact Al Ronyecz at (805) 961-8877.

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