(a)  Eligible projects may include, but shall not be limited to, any of the following:

(1)  Purchase of new very low- or zero-emission covered vehicles or covered engines to replace older heavy-duty diesel vehicles or engines.

(2)  NO x emission-reducing retrofit of covered engines, or replacement of old diesel engines and drives powering covered sources with newer diesel engines and drives certified to more stringent NO x emissions standards than the engine being replaced.

(3)  Purchase and use of NO x emission-reducing add-on equipment for covered vehicles.

(4)  Implementation of practical, low-emission retrofit technologies, repower options, advanced technologies, or low sulfur diesel or alternative fuel mixtures for covered engines and vehicles.

(b)  In determining eligible projects, SACOG or the Sacramento Region Districts shall not exclude any technology based on the type of fuel utilized by that technology.

(c)  Eligible applicants may be any individual, company, or public agency that owns one or more covered vehicles that operate primarily within the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area or otherwise contribute substantially to the NO x emissions inventory in the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area.

(d)  The program shall provide grants to eligible projects that help reduce onroad NO x emissions on a timely and cost-effective basis within the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area in order to maximize the reduction in NO x emissions from available funds, thereby aiding the area in its efforts to achieve applicable air quality conformity goals in 2002 and 2005.

(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 532, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)