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Millions of dollars for emissions reduction

Nov. 27, 2006

San Francisco’s Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has approximately $10.3 million in new funds available for eligible emissions reduction projects through the Carl Moyer Program. Anyone who owns and operates heavy equipment in San Francisco’s Bay Area may apply, including truck fleets.

Companies interested in learning more about the program are invited to attend a workshop on December 1 in San Francisco, December 4 in Oakland, December 5 in San Jose, or December 6 in Vallejo, CA..

More information is available at: www.baaqmd.gov/pln/grants_and_incentives/carl_moyer/index.htm.

At the workshops, BAAQMD staff will describe the guidelines for the Carl Moyer Program and how to apply for a grant as well as answer questions and offer tips on how to prepare a successful application. Application forms will also be available at the workshops.

The California air Resources Board (CARB) has also posted Carl Moyer program Guidelines and Procedures for Year 8 on its Web site at: www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/moyer/moyer.htm.

About the Author

Wendy Leavitt

Wendy Leavitt joined Fleet Owner in 1998 after serving as editor-in-chief of Trucking Technology magazine for four years.

She began her career in the trucking industry at Kenworth Truck Company in Kirkland, WA where she spent 16 years—the first five years as safety and compliance manager in the engineering department and more than a decade as the company’s manager of advertising and public relations. She has also worked as a book editor, guided authors through the self-publishing process and operated her own marketing and public relations business.

Wendy has a Masters Degree in English and Art History from Western Washington University, where, as a graduate student, she also taught writing.