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schoolbus -- The Lower-Emission School Bus Program – Replacement Bus Emission Criteria – Effective January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015
Posted: 30 Jan 2015 14:33:54
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted Mail-Out #MSC 15-01, titled “The Lower-Emission School Bus Program – Replacement Bus Emission Criteria – Effective January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.” ARB staff has reviewed Executive Orders for 2015 model year school bus engines and determined that new school buses that meet the 0.20 g/bhp-hr NOx emission standard are readily available to purchase from the three school bus vendors in California. Therefore, ARB is adjusting the NOx emission criterion. The maximum emission criteria for contracts executed through calendar year 2015 are 0.20 g/bhp-hr NOx and 0.01 g/bhp-hr particulate matter. The Mail-Out may be found on ARB’s webpage at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/bonds/schoolbus/advisory/advisory.htm . For more information about the Lower-Emission School Bus Program, please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/schoolbus/schoolbus.htm . If you have questions regarding this Mail-Out, please contact Ms. Kimya Lambert, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 323-2507, or via email at kimya.lambert@arb.ca.gov . Background: The primary goal of ARB's Lower-Emission School Bus Program is to reduce school children's exposure to both cancer-causing and smog-forming pollution. The program provides grant funding for new, safer school buses and to put air pollution control equipment (i.e., retrofit devices) on buses that are already on the road. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.