Two opportunities for grant funding currently available through the Air District! The APCD offers several incentive programs to help you replace old, polluting engines and equipment and help improve SLO County's air quality. In 2014 alone, $1.4 million was spent in grant funding, reducing 31 tons of pollutants in SLO County.
Marine Grant Program: The APCD has approximately $115,000 available to help fund engine replacement projects for commercial fishing boats and other commercial vessels on the Central Coast. If you own or operate a commercial vessel that is ported in San Luis or Morro Bay harbor and operate in the waters offshore of San Luis Obispo County, you may be eligible for a grant of up to 65% of the replacement cost of your diesel engine.
This program provides funding to help replace older, high-emission commercial marine vessel diesel engines with newer, cleaner engines. See if your vessel qualifies for a grant by completing our simple, one page questionnaire, but act fast, if no applications are received by October 31, 2015, grant funds may be directed for use in other grant programs!
School Bus Replacement:
The Lower-Emission School Bus Program is a grant program that provides funds to purchase new buses to replace old, high-emitting public school buses, and to equip existing diesel school buses with retrofit devices that reduce toxic particulate matter (PM) emissions by at least 85%.
Funds are currently available for public school bus grants - interested San Luis Obispo County School Districts should complete the application found on the APCD web site below.
The deadline to apply is September 30, 2015.
If you are interested in either of these grant funding opportunities, please contact Vince Kirkhuff at [email protected] or 805-781-4247. | 
