EPA Demo Projects
Last updated Feb. 16, 2007
Building on the 2003 and 2004 Clean School Bus USA demonstration grants program, Congress allocated $7.5 million for school bus retrofit and replacement grants in 2005. EPA announced the selection of 37 projects for funding on Feb. 20, 2006. The 2005 demonstration grants are funding a diverse set of demonstrations around the nation. Congress
in 2006 appropriated $7 million for EPA's Clean School Bus program for projects designed to retrofit and/or replace older diesel school buses. The funds will be will be distributed in 2007 through EPA's regional network. Links to these regional RFAs will be posted on the Clean School Bus USA program home page as they become available.
$ Amount |
Demonstration Project |
|
$493,003 |
Tucson, Ariz., Unified School District
TUSD will purchase 61 CNG buses in a partnership with EPA, the American Lung Association, Clean Cities and the City of Tucson. |
Region
9 |
| $30,000 |
Napa Valley, Calif., Unified School District
In partnership with the electric utility and a non-profit consortium, Advanced Energy will bring the first hybrid electric school buses to California. This project will fund the purchase of three hybrid electric buses.
|
Region
9 |
| $96,000 |
Visalia, Calif., Unified School District
To replace two older diesel school buses with two new compressed natural gas buses.
|
Region
9 |
| $77,580 |
Sweetwater, Calif., Union High School
The Sweetwater Union High School District will replace two 1986 model year buses with new, cleaner school buses.
|
Region
9 |
| $182,977 |
Windsor, Calif., Unified School District
Two 1980s diesel school buses will be replaced with two new CNG buses. The district will fuel six other buses with biodiesel B100 (100 percent biodiesel, no petroleum based diesel). |
Region
9 |
| $253,875 |
Cherry Creek, Colo., Schools
Cherry Creek will replace fourteen 1987 model year buses.
|
Region
8 |
| $57,520 |
Huefano, Colo., School District
Huerfano will replace two 1980s buses with new, cleaner diesel buses. |
Region
8 |
| $167,817 |
Regional School District No. 18,
Lyme, Conn.
To install one diesel oxidation catalyst, 19 diesel particulate filters and fuel the fleet with ultra low sulfur diesel in Lyme, and Old Lyme, Conn.
|
Region 1 |
| $369,000 |
Town of Fairfield, Conn., School District
Approximately 50 contract fleet buses will be retrofitted with diesel particulate filters. As part of the project, the district plans the purchase of a cleaning station and the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. |
Region 1 |
| $150,000 |
School Board of Pinellas County, Fla.
To use grant funding to retrofit 76 school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and crankcase filtration systems. In addition, the school board will work with its project partners to implement strategies that reduce emissions from buses, such as idling reduction. |
Region 4 |
| $225,000 |
Bibb County, Ga., Board of Education
Atlanta-area district will retrofit 18 buses with diesel particulate filters and fuel fleets in three counties with biodiesel B20 (diesel fuel blended with 20 percent biodiesel). |
Region
4 |
| $250,000 |
Basin School District, Idaho
The district will install 87 diesel oxidation catalysts and nine block heaters as a pilot. This is the first Clean School Bus project in Idaho. |
Region
10 |
| $341,000 |
Campbell County, Ky., School District
To retrofit 20 buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crankcase ventilation. Approximately 30 additional buses will be retrofitted with diesel particulate filters. The district will replace two older buses with new, clean diesel buses. As a pilot project, they will fuel with ultra low sulfur diesel and biodiesel.
|
Region
4 |
| $28,800 |
St. Charles Parish, La., Public Schools District located 20 miles north of New Orleans, will use biodiesel B20 (diesel fuel blended with 20 percent biodiesel) in 98 of the 149 diesel school buses in the fleet.
|
Region
6 |
| $69,000 |
Maine School Administrative District 57
To assist other towns, including Waterboro, Alfred, Limerick, Lyman, Newfield and Shapleigh to retrofit approximately 50 existing diesel school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crankcase ventilation systems.
|
Region
1 |
| $388,519 |
Okemos, Mich., Public Schools
Located in the greater Lansing, Mich., area, the district will equip 372 buses with diesel oxidation catalysts in school districts in the 25 particulate matter (PM) non-attainment counties statewide.
|
Region
5 |
| $140,365 |
Traverse City, Mich., Area Public Schools
Traverse City will replace one 1984 model year diesel school bus and will retrofit 120 others with diesel oxidation catalysts.
|
Region
5 |
| $250,000 |
Kansas City School District No. 33
To
retrofit approximately 275 privately contracted diesel school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts.
|
Region 6 |
| $300,000 |
Omaha, Neb., Public Schools
Omaha Public Schools will retrofit approximately 202 diesel school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts. Soy biodiesel will be used to fuel the fleet.
|
Region 7 |
| $255,685 |
Greece, N.Y., Central School District
To partner with Livonia, Sachem, and Fairport school districts to retrofit 244 diesel school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crankcase ventilation systems. |
Region 2 |
| $187,200 |
Sachem, N.Y., School District
The district of Greece Central will partner with Livonia, Sachem, and Fairport school districts to retrofit 244 diesel school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crankcase ventilation systems. |
Region 2 |
| $34,899 |
Ulster, N.Y., Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES)
The Board of Cooperative Education Services in the Ulster County area will retrofit three diesel school buses, which carry vocational and special education students, with diesel particulate filters and will fuel with ultra low sulfur diesel fuel.
|
Region 2 |
| $66,600 |
Bexley City, Ohio, School District
To replace two 1980 model year diesel school buses with new, cleaner buses and will retrofit six others with diesel oxidation catalysts and closed crankcase ventilation systems. |
Region 5 |
| $300,000 |
Cleveland Municipal School District
To retrofit approximately 45 diesel school buses with diesel particulate filters and will fuel the fleet with ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. Federal grant: |
Region 5 |
| $29,993 |
Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
Board of
Mental Retardation
The Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation, which operates several schools, will retrofit 39 specially equipped school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts. |
Region 5 |
| $69,730 |
Crutcho, Okla., Public Schools
To replace two 1980s buses, retrofit one other and fuel the five buses in its fleet with biodiesel B20 (diesel fuel blended with 20 percent biodiesel). The project will be the first Clean School Bus USA project in Oklahoma. |
Region 7 |
| $150,000 |
Eugene, Ore., School District
To coordinate the retrofitting of approximately 160 diesel school buses with five other neighboring districts. |
Region 8 |
| $175,000 |
Chester County, Pa., Intermediate Unit
Chester County Intermediate Unit, in the Philadelphia area, will install diesel particulate filters on 33 Ford Diesel privately contracted mini-buses. |
Region 3 |
| $200,000 |
Great Valley, Pa., School District
Diesel particulate filters will be purchased and installed on 33 privately contracted diesel school buses. |
Region 3 |
| $499,099 |
South Carolina Department of Education
The state of South Carolina will retrofit approximately 197 buses with diesel oxidation catalysts and crankcase filters, replace up to 12 older diesel school buses, and conduct a biodiesel pilot and an idle-reduction device pilot. This is the first Clean School Bus USA project in South Carolina. |
Region 4 |
| $219,625 |
Pasadena, Texas, ISD
A Houston area school district will replace eight pre-1990 diesel school buses with new, clean diesel buses. |
Region 6 |
| $162,279 |
Pearland, Texas, ISD
All 120 diesel school buses will be retrofitted with diesel oxidation catalysts and will be operated on ultra low sulfur diesel fuel in this Houston-area project. |
Region 6 |
| $180,000 |
Jordan, Utah, School District
2003 Clean School Bus USA grant recipient will continue its program and replace five of its early 1990 diesel school buses with new compressed natural gas buses. |
Region 8 |
| $173,000 |
Windham, Vt., Northeast
Supervisory Union
To five of the oldest diesel school buses in several communities with new clean diesel buses. This is the first in Clean School Bus USA grant project in Vermont. |
Region 1 |
| $274,000 |
Richmond, Va., School District
Richmond and Hopewell school districts will partner to retrofit 197 diesel school buses with diesel oxidation catalysts.
|
Region 3 |
| $300,000 |
Peninsula, Va., School District
To replace eight 1981-1991 diesel school buses with new clean diesel buses. |
Region 3 |
| $291,470 |
Madison, Wis., Metropolitan
School District
Approximately 253 diesel-fueled buses will be retrofitted with diesel oxidation catalysts and 47 buses with closed crankcase ventilation systems. The project will take place in southern Wisconsin and a number of school districts will participate. |
Region 5 |
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