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Recently, the staff at Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District had the chance to see some exciting grant-funded projects firsthand—the UC Davis Student Farm’s first electric tractor and the Winters Joint Unified School District’s latest electric school bus!

The impressive electric tractor, complete with a backup camera and touchscreen controls, is helping to reduce emissions on the farm. It’s already hard at work in the Student Farm’s research fields and specialty crop beds, performing tasks such as mowing, hauling, discing, and trailering.

The District helped fund the electric tractor through our grant programs. Electric vehicles, like this tractor, are essential for improving air quality by reducing harmful emissions from traditional gas-powered machinery. With cleaner agricultural equipment, we’re helping create better air quality for the community and the planet.

In addition, Yolo-Solano Air Quality awarded $130,000 to Winters school district to help purchase their new electric school bus through our Clean School Bus Program. This program is funded by the California State Department of Motor Vehicles, which collects $2 for each vehicle registered within the District’s boundaries.

“The kids love it,” says Paul Pinedo, WJUSD Transportation Manager. “They’re excited.”

Our Clean School Bus Program is one of many programs that we offer to improve air quality and protect public health in our community. Diesel school buses emit fine particulates and other pollutants that pose a health risk, particularly to children. Electric school buses significantly improve air quality, and provide students a smoother, quieter ride.

To learn more about our grant programs and how they help improve air quality, visit: YSQAMD Incentives

The 2024 Annual Report provides an overview to the public on District activities and programs, local air quality issues, budgeting and accounting practices, and highlights work completed during the last year to protect health and improve air quality within the District. This comprehensive document not only encapsulates the district’s endeavors over the past year but also sets a promising trajectory for the future of air quality management in the region.

In 2024, the District continued to work toward meeting and maintaining federal air quality health standards through adopting and enforcing air quality programs and plans, maintaining air monitoring networks, and administering air quality grant programs. The District is pleased to report that it will be submitting a clean data finding to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 2008 Federal Ozone Standard as part of the Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area, putting the region on track to meet its attainment deadline of midyear 2025.

The District also undertook an ambitious effort to increase grant program investment in low-income and disadvantaged communities. The District expanded outreach efforts by attending events within these communities, working with local businesses and public agencies to promote grant programs, and using social media to spread the word about new opportunities. Notably, the District awarded more than $1.8 million in grant funding to a variety of projects located within low-income and disadvantaged communities, including tractor replacements, EV charging installation, residential heat pump voucher incentives, and lawn and garden equipment replacements. These incentive efforts are vital for improving air quality in the communities most impacted by the harmful effects of air pollution.

Read Full Report Here

For every Permit to Operate (PTO), facilities are required to submit an annual throughput form that identifies the level of production for that permitted process. This information is compiled by the District to quantify actual emissions from each of the permitted sources, and then the District develops an emissions inventory which is reported annually to the California Air Resources Board.

The District doesn’t mail Throughput Forms. Instead, they are provided electronically. All throughput forms are now available on a searchable online database where forms for all active permits can be downloaded in PDF format. Forms can be searched by entering the permit number (P-XX-XX), physical address associated with the permit, the company name, or the facility ID number. All of this information can be located on the Permit to Operate. The forms have also been emailed to each facility’s responsible contact and are also available by clicking the link FIND YOUR FORM below.

Click the link INSTRUCTIONS for guidance on completing the Throughput Forms. The forms are due by March 31, 2025. Please note electronic or digital signatures are accepted.

Permit holders who fail to submit the requested information may have their PTOs revoked. Operating without a permit is a violation of District rules and state law and involves serious penalties.

Please submit your throughput report(s) by e-mail to the District at throughput@ysaqmd.org (best option) or via mail or fax (530-757-3670).

If you have questions, need assistance, or would like the District to send you a blank Throughput Report form specific to your permit(s), please send an e-mail request with your permit number(s) to throughput@ysaqmd.org.

If you need to speak with someone, please call the District at (530) 757-3650.

INSTRUCTIONS        FIND YOUR FORM