The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) is pleased to
announce its Grant Solicitation for the Zero-Emission Drayage
Truck Demonstration Project. The funding opportunity was
approved by the Board as part of the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Funding
Plan for the Assembly Bill 118 Air Quality Improvement Program
and Low Carbon Transportation Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Investments. Up to $23,658,500 is available for this project.
This project, along with the separate Multi-Source Facility
Demonstration Project, is part of a $50 million allocation for
advanced technology freight demonstrations. These two projects
complement a separate project to deploy early commercial
zero-emission trucks and buses which will be solicited later this
year. Solicitations for each Fiscal Year 2014-15 demonstration
and pilot project will be released separately.
Projects funded under this solicitation will demonstrate full
zero-emission drayage trucks, and drayage trucks that offer
zero-emission miles (near zero-emission) by employing on-board
range extending internal combustion engines or other
technologies.
California-based public agencies such as air districts, ports,
and local government entities or agencies and California-based
non-profit organizations with expertise implementing large scale
advanced technology demonstrations and requisite knowledge of
drayage truck operations may apply via this solicitation to
become the demonstration project Grantee(s). Applications are
due to ARB by 5:00 p.m., September 24, 2015.
ARB will hold an Applicant Workshop to answer questions regarding
this Grant Solicitation on July 16, 2015. The Applicant Workshop
will provide an opportunity for potential applicants to ask
clarifying questions regarding general application requirements.
The meeting will be held at the following date and time:
Date: July 16, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Place: Cal/EPA Headquarters
Conference Room 710
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814
Teleconference Information:
Call-in Phone Number: 800-593-0695
Passcode: 37043
Written questions submitted before the Applicant Workshop will be
given priority. Questions may be emailed to Mr. Earl Landberg at
earl.landberg@arb.ca.gov. Questions may be submitted by 5:00
p.m., July 14, 2015.
The Grant Solicitation and all associated documents may be found
on ARB's webpage at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/solicitations.htm.
For more information about Advanced Technology Demonstrations
Projects, please visit
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/demo.htm.
For more information about the Air Quality Improvement Program,
please visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqip.
For more information about the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Funding Plan
for the Air Quality Improvement Program and Low Carbon
Transportation Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments, please
go to
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/fundplan/fundplan.htm.
If you have questions regarding this Grant Solicitation, please
contact Mr. Earl Landberg at earl.landberg@arb.ca.gov or (916)
323-1384.
Background: The Advanced Technology Freight Demonstration
Projects under the Low Carbon Transportation Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund Investments accelerate the introduction of
advanced emission reducing technologies that are on the cusp of
commercialization into the California marketplace. A public
investment in these technologies helps to achieve significant
emission reductions in greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants and
toxic air contaminants, sooner than would be possible otherwise.
This commitment from the State encourages industry to
expeditiously invent, develop, test, and introduce cutting edge
emission reducing technologies. Finally, Advanced Technology
Freight Demonstration Projects leverage public investment with
private capital and ingenuity to go beyond what is currently at
the technological forefront. This project will provide
greenhouse gas, criteria pollutant, and toxic air contaminant
emission reduction benefits to specific disadvantaged
communities. Eligible disadvantaged communities are identified
by the California Environmental Protection Agency's California
Communities Environmental Health Environmental Health Screening
Tool (CalEnviroScreen 2.0) that assesses all census tracts in the
State to identify areas disproportionately burdened by and
vulnerable to multiple sources of pollution.
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