Blue Sky Program
AB 2766 and AB 923
(Motor Vehicle
Registration Funds)
The 2011/2012 Request For Proposals (RFP) begins
August 1, 2011. Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 pm on Sept 30, 2011.
The District shall hold a workshop on the grant program and answer questions from interested applicants. The workshop will be held on September 15, 2011, at 2:00 pm in the Wheatland Room at the Yuba County Government Center, 915 8th Street, Marysville.
For the 2011/2012 Blue Sky Grant, the District estimates
The
District receives a portion of the annual vehicle registration fees ($4) from
the Department of Motor Vehicles through legislation authorized under Assembly
Bill 2766 (Sher, 1990). The AB 2766 program provides incentive funding for
projects that reduce onroad and offroad motor vehicle pollutant emissions
(mainly oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and to a lesser extent particulate matter
(PM10)). Examples of successful projects may include:
Awarding the
difference in cost of replacing (repowering) an old dirty diesel engine with a
new cleaner emitting diesel or alternative fueled engine.
Projects that
reduce vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) such as bicycle lanes,
vanpools, shuttles and transit buses and associated infrastructure.
New
"alternative fueled" vehicles including natural gas powered school
buses, street sweepers, and transit buses.
Educational
programs designed to educate the general public about mobile source emission
reduction strategies.
Liquefied and
compressed natural gas or electric vehicle infrastructure projects.
Funding may also
be allocated for District related programs, including land use and
transportation planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies
necessary for implementation of the California Clean Air Act.
The FRAQMD will
be accepting project proposals for 2011/2012 Blue Sky Program starting August 1,
2011. Applications must be postmarked no later than 5:00 PM, September
30, 2011. The District office is located at 1007 Live Oak Blvd.
Suite B-3, in Yuba City.
Workshop for 2011/2012 RFP shall be held on September 15, 2011, at 2:00pm. The workshop will be held at the Yuba County Government Center Wheatland Room 915 8th Street, Marysville. For more information call Sondra Spaethe at (530) 634-7659 ext 210.
Application
Package - Please download all three documents
Request for Proposals here
Proposal Summary Form here
Addendum here
Flyer here
Requirements All project
applications will require an emissions reduction and cost-effectiveness report
with each submittal; use Methods to Find the Cost-Effectiveness of Funding Air
Quality Projects provided below. [top]
Air
Resources Board 1998 Criteria and Guidelines for the Use of Motor Vehicle
Registration Fees: The Guidelines document contains the Criteria and Guidelines
for the AB 2766 program. Appendix A contains examples of successful
projects. Appendix B contains motor vehicle registration fee
statutes. [top]
Appendix A - Examples of
successful projects
Appendix B - 1998 Statues
applicable to the motor vehicle registration fee program
Methods to find
the Cost-Effectiveness of Funding Air Quality Projects: There are two
files available for download. The MS Word instructional guide provides info,
sample projects, and examples of manual calculations. The Street Sweeper MS
Word document provides the latest methodology for sweeper projects. The
Microsoft Access database file will calculate emissions reductions and perform
the cost-effectiveness calculations electronically.
Methodologies
found in the CARB Carl Moyer program guidelines may also be used
for cost-effectiveness evaluations where the District determines that Motor
Vehicle Guidelines are incomplete or out-of-date.
IMPORTANT: Use the
"load factors" found in the "Carl Moyer Program
Guidelines" above, when performing calculations (or contact the District
for assistance). The Moyer load factors are more current.
Download the
Instructional guide (MS Word, 475KB; Adobe pdf, 1.3MB) with sample projects and
calculations, and/or the cost-effectiveness database file (2.4 megabytes; MS
Access 97 software required) at ARB's web site.
2009: Request for Proposals here, Addendum (Proposal Summary Form) here, Grantees
2008: Request for Proposal here,
Addendum here,
Flyer here, 2008 Workshop Presentation here
2007: Request for
Proposal, Public Notice for
RFP, Grantees,
2007 Workshop Presentation
2006: Grantees,
RFP, Workshop
Presentation (PowerPoint) (PDF)
2005: Announcement