If a grantee would like to purchase a Tier 3 engine instead of a Tier 2 engine as described in the grant agreement, what is the procedure for making this change?
ARB would not have a problem with a grantee purchasing a Tier 3 piece of equipment over a Tier 2, because the equipment would achieve more emission reductions than anticipated. Since the grantee will be exceeding the requirements of the grant agreement, there really is no procedure for making this change. The retrofit installation requirement is still required on the Tier 3 equipment. If the grantee decides to purchase a Tier 3 instead of the Tier 2 + retrofit equipment, it will need to verify with the equipment dealer that there are retrofits verified for the Tier 3 piece of equipment. The grantee must exhaust all options of trying to find an appropriate piece of Tier 3 equipment that can be retrofitted before it can purchase a piece of equipment Tier 3 equipment that can not be retrofitted. Failure to do this may jeopardize the grantee’s reimbursement.
