Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program: heavy-duty fleet modernization projects.

Existing law establishes the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer program) , which is administered by the State Air Resources Board, to provide grants to offset the incremental cost of eligible projects that reduce emissions of air pollutants from sources in the state. Under the Carl Moyer program, the state board is authorized to provide funding for, among other things, eligible heavy-duty fleet modernization projects, including a project that replaces an old engine or vehicle with a newer engine or vehicle certified to more stringent emissions standards than the engine or vehicle being replaced. The bill would require the state board to develop and implement a trade-down program that provides assistance to owners of high-use, newer model, heavy-duty fleet vehicles to convert those vehicles for lower use, commercial operations in a manner that reduces emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter. The bill would provide that the trade-down program would be eligible for funding under the Carl Moyer program as an eligible heavy-duty fleet modernization project if it meets a specified criterion.