Have an Idea to Solve Air Pollution? Inyo County Wants your Help!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
January 3, 2021 Larry Freilich, (760) 878-0011
[email protected]
INYO COUNTY SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION PROJECTS
$1.4 million in funding available through Clean Air Projects Program II
INDEPENDENCE, CA – The County of Inyo is now seeking proposals from individuals, groups,
and other entities interested in creating and completing projects to reduce local air
pollution.
A total of $1.4 million is available in competitive grant funding for projects that either
directly or indirectly reduce air pollution within what’s known as the Owens Valley Planning
Area, a swath of land from just north of the Aberdeen area to south of Olancha (see
attached map).
Individuals, non-profit organizations, businesses, and governmental and educational
institutions are all eligible to participate in the Clean Air Projects Program II (CAPP II), but
the projects must be located within the Owens Valley Planning Area and completed by June
30, 2025. The County will be accepting proposals for eligible projects through March 31,
2022.
The CAPP is the result of a 2011 Abatement Order issued to the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power by the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District. The order
stipulated that LADWP implement additional dust controls at Owens Lake and pay an excess
emission offset amount of $6.5 million – 85% of which was to go into a special fund
established by Great Basin for use on clean-air projects Inyo, Mono, and Alpine counties,
with special preference given to the Owens Valley Planning Area. Under the first round of
CAAP, more than $5.5 million was spent on air pollution reduction projects over a three-year
period.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF INYO
P. O. DRAWER N INDEPENDENCE, CALIFORNIA 93526
TELEPHONE (760) 878-0373
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD • DAN TOTHEROH • JEFF GRIFFITHS • RICK PUCCI • JENNIFER ROESER • MATT KINGSLEY
LESLIE L. CHAPMAN • Clerk of the Board • DARCY ELLIS • Assistant Clerk of the Board
CAPP II funds, which the County will be distributing on behalf of LADWP and Great Basin, are
available as a result of the Air Pollution Control District issuing LADWP an Order to Pay for
non-compliance in 2018.
Examples of eligible projects and more specific guidance, including the Request for
Proposals issued by Inyo County on January 3, can be found at:
https://www.inyocounty.us/government/clean-air-projects-program-ii.
To answer questions and help applicants prepare competitive proposals, Inyo County is
holding two virtual workshops on Thursday, January 20: one at 9 a.m. and one at 6 p.m.
Check the website for a link to the workshop.
Questions may also be directed to [email protected].
