MBARD administers the Carl Moyer Program to meet state and federal clean air requirements and reduce the amount of diesel particulate matter (PM) that would otherwise be emitted. The Moyer program provides funding to encourage the replacement of older heavy-duty motors/engines operated in one or more of the Air District's three counties: Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz. In 2018, MBARD received additional grant funding from the Air Resources Board for the FARMER, Community Air Protection Incentives, and NOx Remediation Measure programs. The types of equipment funded include irrigation pump engines, mobile agricultural equipment, fishing, and commercial marine vessels, and construction equipment.

AB 617 Community Air Protection Program Incentives are part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities . 

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2024 DEERP:

October 2 Application Workshop, 10 AM, Zoom Webinar Link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86570665507       Telephone: +1 669 900 6833 and Webinar ID: 865 7066 5507

2023 DEERP:

Watch on YouTube: 2023 DEERP Application Workshop Video

OTHER GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

• Clean buses
• Combustion freight and marine projects
• Opportunities through the California Air Resources Board

Questions or Comments? Contact the DEERP Team:

• Ty Bell, Air Quality Planner - tbell@mbard.org   or (831) 718-8023
• Eli Lessman, Air Quality Planner - elessman@mbard.org or (831) 718-8029
• Irene Miranda, Air Quality Planner - imiranda@mbard.org or (831) 718-8021