Grant program to replace smog-producing farm equipment
By ToppStories
NEWS RELEASE--VALLEY AIR DISTRICT
A new valley air district incentive program is targeting off-road agricultural tractors
for replacement.
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The Agricultural Off-Road Tractor Replacement program application period runs through Dec. 31. Funding comes from a combination of local, state and federal sources.
“This new program addresses a critical component of the valley’s economy,” said Samir Sheikh, director of the district’s Strategies and Incentives Department, which is administering the program. “Agriculture deservedly needs all the financial help available, especially in these challenging times,” he added.
Eligibility criteria include:
• Equipment must be self-propelled, off-road agricultural tractors.
• They must have uncontrolled (Tier 0) engines.
• Tractors must operate at least 75 percent of the time in California and
50 percent of the time in the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
District.
• To be eligible for District funding, projects cannot be eligible for Natural
Resources Conservation Service EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives
Program) funding.
Projects are funded on a dollar-per-horsepower basis and contracts must
be established before purchases are made. Funds will be disbursed during
spring to early summer 2011.
For more information, contact the Strategies and Incentives program at
(559) 230-5800.
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