California Air Resources Board

The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) staff is releasing a draft of the 2021 California Agricultural Equipment emissions inventory (AG2021) and invites you to participate in a public webinar on Thursday, July 15, 2021, beginning at 1:00 p.m.. The purpose of this webinar is to update stakeholders on the methodology and data that are used to develop AG2021 model, and present the resulting emissions from the newly developed model. Please email written comments on the Draft 2021 California Agricultural Equipment emissions inventory to Julie Schiffman by July 30, 2021.  The document will be posted soon on the webpage linked below, under the Agricultural Equipment section near the top of the page.

Inventory Documentation

Webinar

This meeting will be conducted through the GoToWebinar online webinar system and questions from participants will be taken using the webinar software.

Date:                 Thursday, July 15, 2021
Time:                 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the webinar. Please note that your registration information is a public record and, if no exemptions from disclosure apply, may be subject to disclosure if a member of the public submits a request for these public records under the California Public Records Act (California Government Code, sections 6250-6276.48). To the extent feasible, we encourage registrants to use their business email addresses, not personal email addresses.

The webinar materials will be posted in advance of the webinar at Mobile Source Webinars. 

Background

The agricultural sector is a key component of California’s economy and job market, and relies on primarily diesel equipment such as tractors, combines, harvesters, and more.  This diesel equipment, particularly the older units, contribute to air quality issues in California, especially in the San Joaquin Valley.  The new emissions inventory is an update to the population, activity, emission rates, and resulting emissions from agricultural equipment in the state.

The updated inventory was developed using data from a recent agricultural equipment survey conducted in 2019, updated USDA acreage data, satellite data on farm acres per county, and a few more sources.  The updated inventory also captures  equipment replaced through incentive programs that have helped farmers replace thousands of agricultural tractors and other equipment to cleaner, newer engines since 2009.

This public webinar along with the release of the draft document are intended to allow public comment and review of the data sources and methodology prior to a final release of the inventory in August 2021. If you have questions about the meeting purpose, scope and logistics, please contact Julie Schiffman.

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Special Accommodation Request

Consistent with applicable laws, special accommodation or language needs may be provided for any of the following:

• An interpreter to be available at the meeting;
• Documents made available in an alternate format or another language;
• A disability-related reasonable accommodation.

To request these special accommodations or language needs, please contact Julie Schiffman as soon as possible, but no later than two business days before the scheduled meeting. TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.