| Regulation XVI and Regulation XXV provide opportunities
to generate mobile source or area source emission reduction
credits from on- and off-road vehicles, lawn and garden
equipment, marine vessels, marine vessel hotelling
operations, truck/trailer refrigeration units, truck stop
electrification, and agricultural pumps. The mobile source
and area source credit programs are based on variety of
purchase, retrofit, repower, or scrapping projects. MSERCs
and ASCs, once approved by the AQMD, can be sold or traded
on the open market and used to offset emissions from
stationary sources, RECLAIM, Regulation XIII, or employee
commute programs.
In 2001, the AQMD’s Governing Board adopted six pilot
credit generation rules. The purpose of these rules is to
provide opportunities to generate NOx emission reductions
from mobile and area sources for use in the RECLAIM
program. The six pilot credit generation rules include:
Rule 1612.1 – Mobile Source Credit Generation Pilot
Program
Rule 1631 – Pilot Credit Generation Program for Marine
Vessels
Rule 1632 – Pilot Credit Generation Program for Hotelling
Operations
Rule 1633 – Pilot Credit Generation Program for
Truck/Trailer Refrigeration Units
Rule 1634 – Pilot Credit Generation Program for Truck
Stop Electrification
Rule 2507 – Pilot Credit Generation Program for
Agricultural Pumps
All of the above pilot credit generation rules have been
approved by U.S. EPA for inclusion in the State
Implementation Plan (SIP).
NOTE: Each credit rule has specific requirements that
must be followed. Before implementing any MSERC or ASC
program you should read the rule carefully and review all
application forms, plan forms, and fee schedules.
For more information contact:
| Vicki White, Air Quality Specialist |
| Technology Advancement Office |
| (909) 396-3436 |
|
vwhite@aqmd.gov |
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