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NYS - Clean Air School Bus Program |
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Eligible applicants include municipalities, school districts, State agencies, departments, and public authorities. The program seeks to maximize the environmental, energy, and economic benefits of introducing emission-reduction technology for New York State diesel-fueled school buses. The program funds can be used to cover 100% of the cost, including installation of the equipment on an existing bus, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified/verified emission-reducing technology such as: particulate traps or filters and oxidation catalyst that decrease emissions of particulate matter, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and/or toxic air pollutants are eligible.
In evaluating projects, priority will be given to projects that:
- Result in greatest emissions reduction per Program dollar invested;
- Are located in areas where air quality improvements are needed;
- Leverage co-funding by the applicant or others; and
- Support emerging technologies.
Round I of the program used funds from New York State's 1996 Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act. The program awarded $5 million to 74 school districts to retrofit over 2,000 school buses. Diesel particulate filters, diesel oxidation catalyst, and closed crankcase filter systems decrease emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and toxic air pollutants by as much as 50%, and emissions of particulate matter by as much as 90%.
Case Studies
Clean Air School Bus Program
Webster Central School District
Long Beach City School District
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What Is Diesel Exhaust?
 Diesel exhaust contains a mixture of thousands of different chemical substances. Many of the components of diesel exhaust, such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxides, hydrocarbon gases and diesel particulate matter (soot), arsenic and benzene, can cause health problems. Diesel exhaust contains 20-100 times more harmful particles than gasoline exhaust.
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Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust
Due to expanding use of diesel equipment, more and more workers are exposed to diesel exhaust. More than one million workers are exposed to diesel exhaust and face the risk of adverse health effects, ranging from headaches and nausea to cancer and respiratory disease. Such workers include mine workers, bridge and tunnel workers, railroad workers, loading dock workers, truck drivers, material handling machine operators, farm workers, longshoring employees, and auto, truck and bus maintenance garage workers.
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