March 21, 2019

The Honorable Member, State Senate State Capitol, Room 5097 Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: Senate Bill 216 – SUPPORT As Amended March 20, 2019

Dear Senator Galgiani:

On behalf of the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC), I am writing to express our support for your Senate Bill 216, which allows the Carl Moyer Program (Program) to include a heavy-duty truck exchange program. RCRC is an association of thirty-six rural California counties, and the RCRC Board of Directors is comprised of elected supervisors from those member counties.

The Program provides grant funding for engine and equipment upgrades that go above and beyond the emissions standards required under existing law. The Program is focused on reducing air pollution to help the State achieve its federal and state air quality standards. To date, the Program has funded many projects to replace or retrofit heavy- duty trucks, buses, construction equipment, locomotives, agricultural equipment, and lawn mowers.

Under the existing Program, if a grant is awarded for truck replacement, the older truck must be scrapped. While this method undoubtedly reduces emissions, it is not the most efficient mechanism to maximize emissions reductions. This is because the scrapped truck may still be a cleaner truck than many other trucks on the road in a given region. RCRC supports SB 216 because we believe that the proposed truck exchange programs can achieve even deeper emissions reductions by allowing fleets to partner in the application process. In such exchanges, only the dirtiest vehicle will be scrapped. Conceptually, SB 216 allows Fleet B to take over the truck that Fleet A would otherwise have to scrap in exchange for Fleet B scrapping a dirtier vehicle than it obtains from Fleet A. As California works to further reduce its vehicle emissions, we believe that SB 216 achieves greater emission reductions at the same overall cost.

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For the above reasons, RCRC supports your SB 216. If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or (916) 447- 4806.

Sincerely,

JOHN KENNEDY Legislative Advocate

cc: The Honorable Anthony Portantino, Member of the State Senate The Honorable Bill Dodd, Member of the State Senate The Honorable Jim Cooper, Member of the State Assembly The Honorable Heath Flora, Member of the State Assembly Members of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee Consultant, Senate Environmental Quality Committee