In January 2001,
Governor Gray Davis issued Executive Order D-24-01 to
establish the Emission Reduction Credit Bank, which would be
administered by CARB. The NOx and PM10 emission reduction
credits generated by this program through a financial
incentive process will be made available to natural gas
fired turbine power plant peaking sources that need emission
offsets in order to add new or expanded capacity for plants
that are on-line in 2001.
CARB was allocated $68 million to fund NOx and PM10
emission reduction projects under this Executive Order. In
March 2001, CARB issued a state-wide solicitation for
eligible projects. CARB requested AQMD to administer those
emission reduction projects that are qualified under CARB guidelines
and are located in the South Coast Air Basin.
During the past five years, the
AQMD has received and spent approximately $30,000,000 on emission reduction
projects under this program. This amount
included monies for special projects: $3.1 million for the
installation of PM traps on on-road vehicles, $1 million for NOx and PM reduction projects at the Port of Los Angeles,
and $0.5 million for the development of diesel particulate
matter filters for airport ground support equipment (GSE).
The total sum of $24,322,925, which excludes the three
special projects, has been allocated towards NOx and PM
reduction projects that include construction equipment,
marine vessel, on- and off-road vehicles, and MSRC projects.
The Board-approved projects are listed in the Board letters in Table 1.
Table 1
Date |
Agenda |
June 3, 2005
Agenda #7
|
Recognize and Appropriate
Funds from U.S. EPA and CARB, and Execute Contract for Truck Stop
Electrification |
April 1, 2005
Agenda #7 |
Execute Contracts Under
State Emissions Mitigation Program |
May 7, 2004
Agenda #8 |
Approve Renewal of Grant
Agreements under the State Emissions Mitigation Program |
February 6, 2004
Agenda #3 |
Execute Additional
Contract to Generate Emissions Credits Under the State Emissions Mitigation
Program |
November 7, 2003
Agenda #6 |
Issue Program Announcement for Projects to
Mitigate NOx and PM Emissions for AQMD’s State Emissions Mitigation Program |
August 1, 2003
Agenda #4
|
Execute Contracts for Projects
under CARB Emission Reduction Credit Bank Program |
August 1, 2003
Agenda #7
|
Execute Contract to Cost Share
Demonstration of Technologies to Reduce PM Emissions
From Airport Ground Support Equipment |
March 7, 2003
Agenda #7
|
Execute Contracts for Projects at
the Port of Los Angeles |
March 7, 2003
Agenda #8
|
Execute Additional Contracts to
Generate Emissions Credits Under the State Emissions
Mitigation Program |
February 7, 2003
Agenda #6
|
Amend Contract with Ebensteiner
Company to Generate Emission Credits Under State
Emission Mitigation Program |
December 6, 2002
Agenda #4
|
Amend Recipient for Forklift
Projects under the State Emissions Mitigation Program |
December 6, 2002
Agenda #6
|
Issue RFP for Demonstration of
Technologies to Reduce PM Emissions From Airport Ground
Support Equipment in South Coast Air Basin |
December 6, 2002
Agenda #7
|
Approve Issuance of Program
Announcement and Application to Solicit Projects Under
the CARB Emission Reduction Credit Bank |
October 4, 2002
Agenda #5
|
Execute Contract to Purchase Global
Positioning System Units for Marine Vessels and Amend
April 5, 2002 Board Action to Include Inadvertently
Excluded Contractors |
September 13, 2002
Agenda #6
|
Execute Contracts to Fund Diesel
Particulate Trap Retrofit Projects for Local and
Regional Public Fleets Under State Emissions Mitigation
Program |
September 13, 2002
Agenda #9
|
Approve Issuance of Program
Announcement for Projects at Port of Los Angeles under
the NOx and PM Emission Reduction Credit Program and
Execute a Memorandum of Agreement with Port of Los
Angeles |
July 12, 2002
Agenda #4 |
Execute Contracts with Ski Resorts to Replace
Existing Snow Making Equipment and with School Districts to Install PM Traps
on Backup Generators; and Approve Issuance of Program Announcement for
Lower-Emission School Bus Replacement and Retrofit Program Funding |
July 12, 2002
Agenda #7
|
Issue Program Announcement for
Diesel Particulate Trap Retrofit Projects for Local and
Regional Public Fleets; and Execute Contract with City
of Los Angeles to Generate Emissions Credits Under State
Emissions Mitigation Program |
April 5, 2002
Agenda #8
|
Execute Additional Contracts to
Generate Emissions Credits Under the State Emissions
Mitigation Program |
March 1, 2002
Agenda #9
|
Execute Additional Contracts to
Generate Emissions Credits Under State Emissions
Mitigation Program |
December 21, 2001
Agenda #4
|
Execute Additional Contracts to
Generate Emissions Credits Under State Emission
Mitigation Program |
October 19, 2001
Agenda #9
|
Execute Additional Contracts to
Generate Emissions Credits Under State Emissions
Mitigation Program |
September 21, 2001
Agenda # 7
|
Execute Additional Contracts to
Generate Emissions Credits Under the State Emissions
Mitigation Program |
July 20, 2001
Agenda #10
|
Establish State Emissions
Mitigation Fund, Recognize State Funding, and Authorize
Contracts for Credit Generation |
|