Want to help advocate for cleaner air? Take action now – share your support of AB 892 (Furutani) with your legislative representatives.
The Cleaner Air Partnership recently communicated its support of AB 892, which will provide local air districts with the much-needed flexibility to deploy funds associated with 2006’s Proposition 1B’s Goods Movement Emissions Reduction Program (GMERP).
GMERP is the clean air component of Proposition 1B, which reduces emissions and improves air quality in trade corridors by supporting projects such as the replacement of older, dirtier engines in heavy-duty diesel truck fleets and cleaner locomotive technologies.
Passage of AB 892 will enable local air districts to more efficiently implement vital clean air projects associated with goods movement by allowing reallocation of unspent project funds to backup projects listed in the same grant agreement, rather than the existing lengthy process of reverting funds to the legislature for reallocation.
Please join the Cleaner Air Partnership in supporting this vital measure.
By Dr. Tom Cahill
UC Davis DELTA Group
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