MDAQMD's Mobile Emissions Reduction Program provides incentives for reducing emissions from mobile sources via two main grant programs - The Carl Moyer Program and the AB 2766 Program.

The Carl Moyer Program

The purpose of The Carl Moyer Program is to reduce emissions by providing grants for the incremental cost of cleaner heavy-duty vehicles and equipment such as on-road, off-road, locomotive, stationary agricultural pump, forklift, and airport ground support engines.

The grants are administered by MDAQMD with funds from the State via the California Air Resources Board (CARB).  The Carl Moyer Program Guidelines adopted by CARB in 2005, establish the program requirements, and the project criteria for all eligible project cateories.

The three major program requirements are:

• all projects approved for funding must follow the Carl Moyer Program Guidelines, principally to fund the incremental cost of cleaner than required heavy-duty vehicles and equipment, and

• all projects funded must meet the cost-effectiveness criterion ($14,300 or less/weighted ton NO x, ROG and PM reduced)

• the district must provide matching funds for Carl Moyer Program funding

Since the MDAQMD began its participation in the program, MDAQMD has awarded over 4.3 million dollars to eligible projects and reduced NOx emissions by over 965 tons from heavy duty diesel equipment!

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CARL MOYER PROGRAM GUIDELINES

AB 2766 Funds

Assembly Bill 2766 (Sher) authorized MDAQMD to impose up to a $4 motor vehicle registration fee per vehicle licensed within the State of California to provide funds for air districts to meet new responsibilities mandated under the California Clean Air Act (CCAA).   AB 2766 states that the fees shall be used to support district operated planning, monitoring, enforcement and technical studies necessary to implement the CCAA.  

On July 31, 1995, the Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Program was established by the MDAQMD Governing Board.    The program allocates a portion of the available AB 2766 funds to local government entities and other organizations capable of effectively utilizing the funds to reduce air pollution from mobile sources.

Another portion of the AB2766 funds   allocated to the program creates a competitive grant pool that is used to fund other local projects that reduce emissions from mobile sources.

Since the programs inception, MDAQMD has awarded close to 3 million dollars to creative and cost effective projects which reduce mobile source emissions in the District's boundaries.

For more information regarding funding opportunities provided by the MDAQMD, please call:

Roseana Navarro-Brasington, Transportation Program Coordinator 760-245-1661 ext. 5706.