Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust for California

• The Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust provides about $423 million for California to mitigate the excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions caused by VW's use of illegal emissions testing defeat devices in certain VW diesel vehicles. Five categories of vehicles and equipment are eligible for funding, as shown below.

  • Zero-Emission Transit, School, and Shuttle Buses

  • Zero-Emission Class 8 Freight and Port Drayage Trucks

  • Zero-Emission Freight and Marine Projects

  • Combustion Freight and Marine Projects

  • Light-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure

    • Hydrogen Stations

    • Charging Stations

Available Counties

• Amador County APCD Includes all of Amador County

• Antelope Valley AQMD Includes northeast portion of Los Angeles County

• Bay Area AQMD Includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, and the western portion of Solano and southern portion of Sonoma counties

• Butte County AQMD Includes all of Butte County

• Calaveras County APCD Includes all of Calaveras County

• Colusa County APCD Includes all of Colusa County

• Eastern Kern APCD Includes eastern portion of Kern County

• El Dorado County AQMD Includes all of El Dorado County

• Feather River AQMD Includes all of Sutter and Yuba counties

• Glenn County APCD Includes all of Glenn County

• Great Basin Unified APCD Includes all of Alpine, Inyo, and Mono counties

• Imperial County APCD Includes all of Imperial County

• Lake County AQMD Includes all of Lake County

• Lassen County APCD Includes all of Lassen County

• Mariposa County APCD Includes all of Mariposa County

• Mendocino County AQMD Includes all of Mendocino County

• Modoc County APCD Includes all of Modoc County

• Mojave Desert AQMD Includes the Northern portion of San Bernardino County, and the eastern

• portion of Riverside County Monterey Bay Air Resources District

• Includes all of Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties

• North Coast Unified AQMD Includes all of Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity counties

• Northern Sierra AQMD Includes all of Nevada, Plumas, and Sierra counties

• Northern Sonoma County APCD Includes Northern portion of Sonoma County

• Placer County APCD Includes all of Placer County

• Sacramento Metro AQMD Includes all of Sacramento County

• San Diego County APCD Includes all of San Diego County

• San Joaquin Valley APCD Includes all of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus,

• Tulare, and Valley air basin portions of Kern counties

• San Luis Obispo County APCD Includes all of San Luis Obispo County

• Santa Barbara County APCD Includes all of Santa Barbara County

• Shasta County AQMD Includes all of Shasta County

• Siskiyou County APCD Includes all of Siskiyou County

• South Coast AQMD Includes Los Angeles County except for areas covered by the Antelope Valley AQMD, Orange County, and the western portion of San Bernardino and Riverside counties

• Tehama County APCD Includes all of Tehama County

• Tuolumne County APCD Includes all of Tuolumne County

• Ventura County APCD Includes all of Ventura County

• Yolo-Solano AQMD Includes all of Yolo and the eastern portion of Solano counties