VENTURA — On March 8, 2022, the Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board approved $2.8 million in emission reduction grants for Ventura County businesses. This year’s grants will help pay for new, lower-emission agricultural equipment to replace 50 older, higher-pollution diesel engines. The total investment in 2022 air quality projects, including the cost-share contributed by grant recipients, will be over $4.9 million. Since 1999, the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District has awarded over $52 million to help businesses operating in Ventura County replace older equipment with cleaner, low-emission equipment.
“Our air quality incentive programs provide local farmers, businesses, public agencies and school districts with a great opportunity to modernize their equipment and help us keep the air clean in Ventura County,” said Dr. Laki Tisopulos, Air Pollution Control Officer of the VCAPCD. The VCAPCD has three separate incentive programs through which grants are awarded to the most cost-effective projects. These grants seek to maximize the reduction of smog-forming and toxic diesel particulate emissions countywide, with a large portion of the grants focusing on reducing pollution in disadvantaged and low-income communities.
The total annual emission reductions from the grants approved by the Board are 23.5 tons per year of ozone precursors, 1.97 tons per year of diesel particulate matter, and 214 metric tonnes per year of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. VCAPCD will begin accepting applications for the next cycle of the combined incentive program grants in the spring of 2022. To be placed on an email list to be notified when applications become available or when community meetings are being held for our incentive programs, interested parties can email Tyler Harris at tyler@vcapcd.org and specify the mailing list.
Further information can also be found at the following links:
VCAPCD CAP Program:
http://vcapcd.org/Community-Air-Protection.htm
CARB Carl Moyer Program:
CARB CAP Incentive Program:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/community-air-protection-incentives
CARB FARMER Program: