Who We Are
The Southwest Ohio Clean Diesel Campaign (SOCDC)
is a program established by the
Hamilton
County Department of Environmental Services in 2003 to reduce the
emissions from diesel-powered school buses, trucks, and non-road equipment in Southwest
Ohio.
What We Do
The SOCDC works with school districts, bus companies,
and other government departments
in Southwest Ohio to secure funding to retrofit their diesel-powered
equipment with emission reduction devices.
For a list of emission reduction devices, please
click here.
Goals
•
To reduce
the pollution from diesel-powered engines including school, on-road
vehicles and non-road vehicles.
•
To
retrofit all 1994-2004 diesel-powered school buses, approximately 800 in Southwest Ohio
by 2012, to provide
a cleaner, healthier ride for children.
•
To assist school districts to replace older, high
emissions school buses with new, low emissions school buses.
•
To educate transportation managers of the numerous
emissions reduction devices available for diesel-powered engines.
•
To promote the successes of the campaign to local news
media outlets.
Accomplishments
Through
previous grants, a total
of 469 school buses have been retrofitted since 2004. As a
result, approximately 28,000 pounds of pollutants have been removed from
these buses annually.
|
Previous Grants Secured |
Year |
Amount |
Number of
Buses |
USEPA Voluntary Clean
Diesel Retrofit Programs
Cinergy Foundation (now Duke Energy)
Ohio Department of Transportation–
Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality Grant
USEPA Clean School Bus USA Grant Program
Ohio EPA School Bus Diesel Retrofit Grant Program:
Mason City School District
Sycamore Community School District
Lakota Local School Districts |
2003
2005
2006
2007
2007
2008
2009 |
$120,000
$100,000
$24,000
$138,000
$31,400
$40,310
$42,133 |
91
140
34
81
40
29
54 |
Additional Resources
www.cumminsemissionsolutions.com
www.donaldson.com/en/erc
www.epa.gov/otaq/retrofit/cont_retromfrs.htm
www.epa.gov/otaq/schoolbus/retrofit.htm
|
Number of
School Buses Retrofitted =
Number of
School Buses Replaced = |
469
3 |
|
