Partners in Reducing Emissions from Mobile Sources

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Partners in Reducing Emissions from Mobile Sources

• Advancing Technology Choices EXPO
• April 18, 2008

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Funding Investments in Clean Air

• MSRC Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction
  Review Committee Quite a Mouthful
• So We Changed it to

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Who We Are What We Do

• Formed by California Legislature in 1990
• Codified in Health Safety Code (44220-44247)
• Unique to South Coast Only One MSRC
• Mission Fund Projects that Result in Direct
  Tangible Emission Reductions

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Who We Are What We Do

• Not Part of the South Coast AQMD per se
• Not a Legal Entity - MSRC Relies on AQMD to
  Perform Contract Administration Functions
• MSRC Retains Authority to Select Projects that
  Receive Clean TransportationTM Funding

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How Much Funding Where We Get It

• Source of Clean TransportationTM Funding is Motor
  Vehicle Registration Fees
• 1.20 for each vehicle registered in South Coast
• Annual Funding Allocation 14M
• MSRC has Invested gt ¼ BILLION DOLLARS

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What We Have to Show For It

• Each project funded by MSRC has air pollution
  reductions quantified reported to CARB
• MSRC-funded projects have eliminated over
  17,000,000 Pounds of criteria air pollutants
• Very cost-effective

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In the Old Days

• MSRC is one of the oldest longest continuously
  running incentive programs in California
• At one time, MSRC funding was the only game in
  town
• Nowadays, other funding sources eclipse MSRC
• Most notably, the Carl Moyer Program other
  South Coast AQMD programs
• MSRC makes effort to identify effective funding
  role avoid duplication with other funding
  sources

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Where We Put Our Funding
Over the MSRCs History, Alternative Fuel
Projects have Accounted for Greater than 60 of
Total Funding Investments
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Alternative Fuel Accomplishments

• Since Inception, the MSRC has Co-Funded
• gt2,200 Transit Buses
• gt1,500 Heavy-Duty Trucks
• gt250 CNG School Buses
• gt100 Alternative Fuel Refueling Stations
• 1,000s of Light Medium Clean Fuel Vehicles

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Projects That Qualify for Clean Transportation
Funding

• Clean Transportation Funding from MSRC granted to
  projects that reduce vehicle-related air
  pollution
• Projects must fall within the South Coast Air
  District
• Examples of motor vehicles currently considered
  for Clean Transportation Funding
• Buses
• Street sweepers
• Refuse trucks
• Tractors
• Earth movers

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How to Get Your Project Funded

• MSRC establishes categories eligible for funding
  based upon local needs and cost-effective
  emission reductions
• Funding focused on near-term pollution reduction
• MSRC recognizes that longer-term projects can
  result in substantial emissions reductions down
  the road
• Anyone proposing a qualifying project is
  encouraged to apply
• Local governments, other public agencies, private
  sector businesses and research institutions among
  those typically applying for funding

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FY 2007-08 Work Program

• 1 million Incentives for Heavy-Duty Natural Gas
  Off-Road Cargo Handling Equipment -
  oversubscribed
• 1.5 million Incentives for Heavy-Duty
  Alternative Fuel Engines for On-Road Vehicles
  heavily oversubscribed
• 3 million Local Government Match Program -
  oversubscribed
• Dollar-to-dollar match for alternative fuel
  infrastructure, heavy-duty alternative fuel
  vehicles, or remote fleet vehicle diagnostics

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FY2007-08 Work Program, continued

• 2.5 million Alternative Fuel Infrastructure
  Program heavily oversubscribed
• New or expanded fueling stations
• Natural gas, hydrogen, or natural gas/hydrogen
  blends
• Maintenance facility modifications
• Award not to exceed 50 of cost specific limits
  by category
• 245,000 Rideshare 2 School Program
• Additional FY 2007-08 Programs planned for
  release in the near future
• 1 million On-Road Diesel Emission Control
  Retrofit Demonstration Program for devices which
  reduce NOx
• 250,000 Showcase Gap-Filler Program

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For More Information

• Visit website for more information on RFPs and to
  sign up for automatic notifications of funding
  opportunities
• Or, contact Cynthia Ravenstein at 909-396-3269

• www.cleantransportationfunding.org