Retrofitting School Buses to Clean Up Emissions
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1.87 million to 31 school districts — including Green Local Schools — to help them install pollution-control technology on 528 school buses.
The Green Local Schools District received $21,310 to retrofit 11 buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and close crankcase filter systems. The new controls will reduce air pollution by an estimated 1,364 pounds of particulates, 10,011 pounds of carbon monoxide and 5,085 pounds of hydrocarbons, according to EPA officials.
The grants are supported with a combination of $975,588 in stimulus funds from a clean diesel grant awarded to the Ohio EPA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and $896,385 in civil penalties collected by the Ohio EPA for violations of Ohio’s environmental protection laws. Since the grant program began in 2006, the Ohio EPA has awarded more than $5 million to install pollution-control equipment on 1,641 school buses statewide, removing nearly 25 tons of pollutants from the air. The next grant application deadline will be March 1.
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Retrofitting school buses reduces fine particle pollution in diesel exhaust between 20 percent and 90 percent, depending on the type of control equipment installed, according to EPA officials. Fine particles, known as particulates, can lodge deeply in the lungs and aggravate respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. Children are most susceptible to this kind of air pollution because their lungs and respiratory systems are still developing. |
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