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schoolbus -- The Lower-Emission School Bus Program Replacement School Bus Emission Criteria
Posted: 21 Oct 2015 16:53:34
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted Mail-Out #MSC 15-26, titled “The Lower-Emission School Bus Program – Replacement School Bus Emission Criteria – Effective January 1, 2016 until Rescinded”. ARB staff has determined that the maximum emission criteria for replacement school buses will remain unchanged at 0.20 gram per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) NOx and 0.01 g/bhp-hr particulate matter. Furthermore, rather than annual evaluations, any future change to the established emission criteria will be made via Mail-Out. Until then, the emission criteria for replacement school buses is 0.20 g/bhp-hr NOx and 0.01 g/bhp hr PM. 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 Lisa Jennings, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 322-6913, or via email at lisa.jennings@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.