The California Air Resources Board and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District have freed up an additional $3 million in grants for truckers to comply with the state's Jan. 1 deadline for the state's port truck rule
that will reduce diesel emissions in and around port communities.
Truckers who made timely application for retrofit funding to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District but were denied when the money ran out, and who will be unable to enter the port when the new rule goes into effect, may be eligible for the grants. Those who meet all of the Proposition 1B eligibility criteria will receive an extension (expected in February) to operate their trucks at ports and rail yards until April 30.
The new funding will provide $5,000 per truck toward the cost of retrofitting the vehicle with a diesel particulate (soot) filter, with a goal of cleaning up an additional 580 trucks operating at
the Port of Oakland over the next four months. The air regulators will also continue to talk with particulate filter retrofit manufacturers about offering truckers flexible payment plans for the remaining costs of the devices that are not covered by the grants.
Air quality officials laid out a five-step process for people who were previously denied retrofit funding for trucks serving the Port of Oakland:
1. Come to the Bay Area Air District's trucker's information center office at 11 Burma Road in Oakland between 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. daily between Jan. 4 and Jan. 8;
2. Express continued interest in receiving funding to Air District staff, at the $5,000 level. This information will be recorded and placed in the applicant's file;
3. Be prepared to submit any additional required information to the Air District (ownership records, device quotes, proof of mileage, proof of port visits, etc.), before Jan. 22, if
required;
4. Be prepared for a truck pre-inspection to confirm eligibility; and,
5. Be prepared to quickly line up the additional funding or financing to purchase a diesel particulate filter that complies with the port truck rule and that works on your truck.
The average cost of a DPF is $16,000, with the devices removing 85 percent of the diesel emissions from older trucks.
With this announcement, state, local and federal air agencies and ports now have provided $25 million in funding to help clean up more than 1,500 trucks at the Port of Oakland.
CARB passed the port truck rule in December 2007, which requires truck owners operating in and out of ports and intermodal rail yards to retrofit and replace their trucks over the next several years. CARB estimates that the regulation will prevent 580 premature deaths over the next five years.
that will reduce diesel emissions in and around port communities.
Truckers who made timely application for retrofit funding to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District but were denied when the money ran out, and who will be unable to enter the port when the new rule goes into effect, may be eligible for the grants. Those who meet all of the Proposition 1B eligibility criteria will receive an extension (expected in February) to operate their trucks at ports and rail yards until April 30.
The new funding will provide $5,000 per truck toward the cost of retrofitting the vehicle with a diesel particulate (soot) filter, with a goal of cleaning up an additional 580 trucks operating at
the Port of Oakland over the next four months. The air regulators will also continue to talk with particulate filter retrofit manufacturers about offering truckers flexible payment plans for the remaining costs of the devices that are not covered by the grants.
Air quality officials laid out a five-step process for people who were previously denied retrofit funding for trucks serving the Port of Oakland:
1. Come to the Bay Area Air District's trucker's information center office at 11 Burma Road in Oakland between 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. daily between Jan. 4 and Jan. 8;
2. Express continued interest in receiving funding to Air District staff, at the $5,000 level. This information will be recorded and placed in the applicant's file;
3. Be prepared to submit any additional required information to the Air District (ownership records, device quotes, proof of mileage, proof of port visits, etc.), before Jan. 22, if
required;
4. Be prepared for a truck pre-inspection to confirm eligibility; and,
5. Be prepared to quickly line up the additional funding or financing to purchase a diesel particulate filter that complies with the port truck rule and that works on your truck.
The average cost of a DPF is $16,000, with the devices removing 85 percent of the diesel emissions from older trucks.
With this announcement, state, local and federal air agencies and ports now have provided $25 million in funding to help clean up more than 1,500 trucks at the Port of Oakland.
CARB passed the port truck rule in December 2007, which requires truck owners operating in and out of ports and intermodal rail yards to retrofit and replace their trucks over the next several years. CARB estimates that the regulation will prevent 580 premature deaths over the next five years.
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