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arbcombo -- Lower-Emission School Bus Program and Truck and Bus Regulation Concerns
Posted: 03 Feb 2009 11:17:18
This message addresses school bus funding and how funding relates to compliance with the Statewide Truck and Bus Regulation deadlines (adopted by the Board December 12, 2008). Two programs that school bus operators should be aware of which are independent of one another, are; 1) the incentive funding mechanism of ARB for school bus replacement and retrofit (Lower-Emission School Bus program) and 2) the Statewide Truck and Bus regulation (particulate filter requirement for school buses). 1) The Lower-Emission School Bus program is funded through voter approved Proposition 1B, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006. Because of a combination of many factors relating to California’s current fiscal climate, ALL Proposition 1B funded programs are on hold until further notice. The LESB provides funds for the new purchase and retrofit of buses. Please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/schoolbus/schoolbus.htm for further details. 2) The Statewide Truck and Bus Regulation will require every school bus operating in California to be equipped with an ARB verified Level 3 diesel particulate filter by January 1, 2014. At this time the regulation is progressing as adopted and the compliance dates have not changed. You can find the text of the regulation and other related information and tools at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/onrdiesel.htm In summary, All Proposition 1B, i.e. Lower-Emission School Bus program, deadlines are on hold until further notice. Compliance deadlines required by the Statewide Truck and Bus Regulation are still in effect. For further information you may contact Warren Hawkins at whawkins@arb.ca.gov or at 916.324.6771. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: moyer, ms-mailings, sbidling, schoolbus, zeb.