Section 275.240  Agency Action

a)         The Agency shall review and approve applications that meet the requirements of Section 275.230  of this Subpart in June and December of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, consistent with fund availability and prioritization as set forth in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this Section.

b)         The Agency shall establish priority classes for rebate applications for rebates in the following order:

1)         Vehicles of small fleet owners located in the covered area that refuel at a public fueling operation;

2)         Vehicles of small fleet owners located outside of the covered area that refuel at a public fueling operation;

3)         Other vehicles located in the covered area that refuel at a public fueling operation;

4)         Other vehicles located outside of the covered area that refuel at a public fueling operation;

5)         Vehicles of small fleet owners located in the covered area that refuel at a private fueling operation;

6)         Vehicles of small fleet owners located outside of the covered area that refuel at a private fueling operation;

7)         Other vehicles located in the covered area that refuel at a private fueling operation;

8)         Other vehicles located outside of the covered area that refuel at a private fueling operation and all other vehicles.

c)         In addition to the priorities in subsection (b) of this Section, the Agency shall further sub-prioritize applications within a priority class by giving an alternate fuel vehicle that is federally certified or CARB certified to an ILEV, LEV, ULEV or ZEV emission standard higher priority within their priority class as determined by subsection (b) of this Section.

d)         In addition to the priorities in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, the Agency shall further prioritize applications within a sub-priority class as determined by subsection (c) of this Section by giving applications priority in the order in which the application was received.

e)         Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, rebate amounts shall be limited by the following criteria:

1)         An owner may receive only one type of rebate per alternate fuel vehicle either for the conversion, OEM, or the fuel cost differential.  An alternate fuel vehicle is eligible for only one rebate.

2)         An owner of an alternate fuel vehicle may receive rebates for no more than 150 alternate fuel vehicles per location and no more than 300 alternate fuel vehicles total for all locations.

3)         Rebates for OEMs or conversions of conventional vehicles are limited to $4,000 per vehicle or 80% of the cost of either subsection (e)(3)(A) or (e)(3)(B) of this Section, whichever is less:

A)        The cost of converting a conventional vehicle to an alternate fuel vehicle; or

B)        The additional cost of purchasing an OEM alternate fuel vehicle or engine versus a conventional vehicle or engine.

4)         Rebates for the purchase of domestic renewable fuels will be determined in accordance with Section 275.220(d) of this Subpart, but in no case will a rebate for the three year period exceed $4,000.

f)          Rebates in any period will be limited to the funds available in the Alternate Fuel Fund for the applicable period.

g)         The Agency shall notify owners of whether their application for a rebate has been approved or held over to a subsequent period within 90 days after the end of the applicable period. Applications held over retain their priority as determined by subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this Section.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 11916, effective September 13, 1999)