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Community Air Protection Program - AB617
Assembly Bill 617 (2017) established the Community Air Protection Program to reduce exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution.
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District's Community Air Protection Program (CAPP) projects are part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.
Completed projects as of July 2023
CAPP Project Life Annual Equipment Usage Reporting | CAPP Annual Report Form
The Mojave Desert AQMD is conducting a survey to solicit input from local residents in regards to the Community Air Protection Program (CAPP).
If you would like to participate in this survey, download a fillable PDF here. Submit completed surveys via email to Martial Haprov or print and mail it to:
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
attn: AB617 Survey
14306 Park Ave.
Victorville, CA 92392-2310
View and download the Policies and Procedures of MDAQMD's Community Air Protection Program here.
Watch our annual AB617 community meeting, held Aug. 28, 2024:
Watch our annual AB617 community meeting, held Aug. 23, 2023:
Download the Aug. 23, 2023 community meeting PowerPoint slides here.
Aug. 9, 2022 Community Meeting
Updated July 13, 2021:
Updated Sept. 16, 2020:
NEWS RELEASE: New electric buses create cleaner air for desert students
MDAQMD grants help school districts purchase zero-emission buses
Sept. 15, 2020
When local districts return to some normalcy, students at three schools will be breathing noticeably cleaner air as they travel on zero-emission buses.
With more than $1.7 million in state grant funds administered by the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD), Adelanto Elementary School District has received two battery electric buses with another on the way; Apple Valley Unified School District (AVUSD) has received two; and Lucerne Valley Unified School District has received one.
Read the full release here.
Updated Aug. 24, 2020:
Aug. 20, 2020 Community Meeting
Click the image above to view the official video recording of our Aug. 20, 2020 Community Meeting.
Earlier updates:
Rule 1157.1
The Mojave Desert AQMD Governing Board on Sept. 23, 2019 adopted Rule 1157.1 — BARCT Requirements for Boilers and Process Heaters Outside the FONA. View the rule here.
To learn more about AB617 please use the following links:
MDAQMD AB 617 BARCT Implementation Schedule
Assembly Bill 617 of 2017 (Health & Safety Code §40920.6) includes a specific requirement for each district that is a nonattainment area for one or more air pollutants to adopt an expedited schedule for the implementation of best available retrofit control technology (BARCT), by the earliest feasible date, but in any event not later than December 31, 2023, for each industrial source that, as of January 1, 2017, was subject to a market-based compliance mechanism adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 38562.
AB617 Presentation slides
These slides were presented to the MDAQMD governing board by Executive Director Brad Poiriez at our February 26, 2018 meeting.
Community Air Protection Program Information Website
Additionally you may contact the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regarding this program via email:
English: CommunityAir@arb.ca.gov
Spanish: AireComunitario@arb.ca.gov
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