OFFICE LOCATION:
Butte County Air Quality Management District
629 Entler Avenue, Suite 15
Chico, CA 95928
(530) 332-9400

Special Grants

Funding is made available for Special Grants through the District budget process or through State or federal grants.

Current Grant Programs:

Take Care of Our Air at our Schools! 4th-12th Grade Grant Opportunity - teachers can apply for $275 grants to conduct environmental service projects with their students in one of two areas: Save Energy (How can we reduce energy use at schools?) Cut Traffic and Pollution (What can we do to cut the traffic in and out of school parking lots?).

Take Care of Our Air Flyer, Grant Application. Need help coming up with a project Idea? Please Contact Armen Kamian, Associate Air Quality Planner, 332-9400 x108 or Daques Downey, Owner Greenline Cycles in Oroville 533-7885.

Grant funds are available to qualifying Dry Cleaners for replacement of existing perchloroethylene (perc) dry cleaning systems with non-toxic and non-smog forming systems such as water-based and carbon dioxide (CO2) cleaning systems.  For more information regarding financial assistance, refer to CARB's Non-Toxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program (AB998) or call (916) 322-2275.

Previous Special Grant Programs Funded:

Woodstove & Fireplace Replacement Program

The March 1, 2010 Woodstove & Fireplace Change Out Incentive Program has been sold out. This website will be updated if funds become available.Rebates are issued for each non-EPA certified woodstove or heating device replaced by an EPA Phase II certified woodstove, pellet, or gas stove.  This incentive program applies to stoves/fireplaces changed out only while funding is available.  The District will issue rebate vouchers only for the amount of funds available. 

Special Road Funds

Uncontrolled dust emissions arising from unpaved roads in Butte County significantly contribute to atmospheric concentrations of total, suspended, and fine particulate matter.  Specifically, roadway fugitive dust emissions contribute to potential exceedance's of the State and federal health-based Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS) for particulate matter below the 10-micron size range, (PM-10).  Among the potential results from violations of the AAQS in Butte County are increased risk to public health, damage to crops and agriculture, and requirements for the Butte County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to adopt and enforce new control requirements on stationary sources of emissions.  The AQMD has both a statutory and public policy desire to minimize fugitive dust emissions, including those arising from unpaved roads.  Toward this goal, the AQMD seeks to fund, from available Special Road Program funds, the paving of selected roads in Butte County, which are determined by the AQMD to be potentially significant sources of fugitive dust air pollution. Currently there are no Special Road Funds in the current or proposed budget. This website will be updated if funds become available.