The purpose of this American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) resource webpage is to invite you to participate and partner with the San Joaquin Valley Air District, and provide you with the tools and information necessary to bring projects that benefit air quality into our region. The goal of this $787 billion stimulus plan is to make supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, State and local fiscal stabilization, as well as other national purposes.

A significant portion of funds available under ARRA are in the areas of transportation, energy, and environment, and provide tremendous potential opportunities to advance projects that not only address critical infrastructure and other needs, but also help address the air quality situation in the San Joaquin Valley. As a public health agency aiming to improve the health and quality of life for San Joaquin Valley residents, the Air District would like to provide all assistance possible in your efforts to secure available funds for these projects.

The Air District has been actively involved in helping to coordinate regional efforts and providing assistance to ensure that the Valley receives its fair share of available funds. These efforts include working closely with the Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley in coordinating a regional ARRA plan, providing grant-writing and other ARRA-related assistance to various interested parties, identifying and partnering with various organizations interested in working jointly on projects with the Air District, and preparing competitive grant applications to bring and make funds available locally for projects that provide air quality benefits.

• Assistance is Available
• Contact Us
• Current ARRA Partnership Opportunities
• Potential ARRA Opportunities
• Additional Resources

Assistance is Available

Several funding deadlines are already fast-approaching, and new funding opportunities are opening rapidly. The Air District is here to help you in any way possible, and there are several ways that we may be able to assist you in taking advantage of these funds:

1. Partnering with the Air District to apply for competitive grants

   Air District is currently looking to develop partnerships and prepare grant applications for the grant application opportunities listed below. Please contact the Air District through any of the below methods to discuss any potential project ideas that you may have.

2. Providing grant-writing, technical, and other assistance for all air quality-beneficial project submittals
   

   This assistance may be in the form of technical support in evaluating the air quality benefits of potential projects, providing air quality-related background information, identifying potential joint projects, and other direct grant-writing assistance.

Contact Us

The Air District is here to assist you in taking advantage of these funds, so please do not hesitate to contact us for assistance.

Current ARRA Partnership Opportunities

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Grants (Environmental Protection Agency)

Potential Project Opportunities:

• School Bus Replacements and Retrofits
• Ag-Pump Repowers
• Medium to Heavy-Duty Truck Replacements and Retrofits
• Off-Road Replacements and Retrofits
• Locomotive
• Other Proposals

Clean Cities Grant (Department of Energy)

Project Applications:

• Infrastructures along the main San Joaquin Valley trade corridors
• Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles Pilot Grant Program
• Other

Transportation Electrification Grant (Department of Energy)

Potential Project Opportunities in Transportation Sector Electrification (must also include vehicles to demonstrate proposed technology):

• Truck stop electrification and non-road vehicle electrification
• Electric idle reduction technologies
• Shoreside electrification
• Recharging and electrical support infrastructure

Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program (TIGGER) (Federal Transit Administration)

Potential project opportunity in working with transit agencies to replace existing buses with more energy-efficient buses (hybrid, fuel cell, etc.), and re-powering of existing buses.

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and State Energy Program (Department of Energy/California Energy Commission)

Developing potential regional energy efficiency program and infrastructure for small cities/counties in partnership with the San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization and small cities/counties.

Potential ARRA Opportunities

The below list comprises potential funding opportunities that may provide an air quality benefit. This is a working list that will be updated as more information is released by ARRA implementing agencies.

Department of Energy

For more information, please visit: http://www.energy.gov/california.htm and http://www.energy.gov/recovery

• Applied Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies
  Amount: $2.5 billion, including $800 million for biomass projects
• Biomass Waste to Energy Program
• Waste to Commercial Grade Hydrogen Demonstration
• Biogas Stationary Low-Emission Distributed Energy
• Other
• Fossil Energy Research and Development – Competitive Solicitation for Industrial Carbon Capture and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects
  Amount: $1.52 billion
• Industrial greenhouse gas emissions control projects
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Manufacturing of Advanced Battery and Components
  Amount: $2 billion
• Zero Emission Transit Buses
• Plug-In-Hybrid Electric Vehicle Deployment Program
• Plug-In-Hybrid Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program
• Manufacturing of Enhanced Lead Acid Battery Using Recycled Batteries
• Other
• Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program
  Amount: $300 million to fund existing state programs
• Energy Efficient Water Heater and Space Heater Rebate Program
• Natural Gas Fireplace Appliance Rebate Program
• Weatherization Assistance Program for Homes
  Amount: $5 billion nationally, $185 million to California
  For more information, please visit: http://www.energy.gov/california.htm
• Title 17 – Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
  Amount: $6 billion
  For more information, please visit: http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html
• Heavy-Duty Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
• Locomotive Equipment Retrofits
• Industrial Sources Pollution Control Equipment
• Off-Road Equipment Retrofits
• Biomass Waste to Energy
• Other Air Pollution Control Projects

Department of Transportation

• Office of the Secretary Supplemental Discretionary Grants for a National Surface Transportation System Amount: $1.5 billion
  For more information, please visit: http://www.dot.gov/recovery/
• Freight Transportation Systems
• San Joaquin Valley Corridor Electrification
• Innovative Fuel Transit Bus System
• Other

Additional Resources

California Energy Commission

• www.energy.ca.gov/recovery

California Department of Transportation

• www.caltrans.ca.gov/recovery

Federal Agencies

• Centralized federal government ARRA reporting site: www.recovery.gov

U.S. Department of Energy

• www.energy.gov/recovery
• Submitting questions on solicitations: http://e-center.doe.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DERA)

• www.epa.gov/recovery
• Questions on application process e-mail: Cleandiesel@EPA.gov
• Answers posted at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/eparecovery/documents/faq-national-rfa.pdf

U.S. Department of Transportation

• US DOT: http://www.dot.gov/recovery
• Federal Highway Administration: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery/index.htm
• Federal Transit Administration: http://www.fta.dot.gov/
• Federal Aviation Administration: http://www.faa.gov/recovery
• Federal Rail Administration: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2153
• Federal Maritime Administration: http://www.marad.dot.gov/about_us_landing_page/marad_recovery_act/ recovery.htm

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

• http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1ENR/pdf/BILLS-111hr1ENR.pdf

Energy Efficiency in the Economic Recovery Bill Summary

• http://www.pumps.org/uploadedFiles/Pumps/Membership/Member_Services/Energy Efficiency in the Economic Recovery Bill.pdf

Official IRS ARRA website

• http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html

ARRA Full Summary of Provisions from Senate Finance, House Ways & Means Committees pdf

• http://finance.senate.gov/press/Bpress/2009press/prb021209.pdf

Federal Government Funding Opportunities

• https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx