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
numerous grants, a total
of 519 school buses have been retrofitted and 63 school buses have been
replaced since 2003. As a
result, approximately 16,000 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
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act/USEPA Grant
Ohio EPA School Bus Diesel Retrofit Grant Program:
Mason City School District
Sycamore Community School District
Lakota Local School Districts
Little Miami Local School District
Mason City School District
Southwest Local School District |
2003
2005
2006
20072009
2007
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009 |
$120,000
$100,000
$24,000
$138,000$1,080,000
$31,400
$40,310
$42,133
$62,245
$8,348
$17,301 |
91
140
34
81
60
40
29
54
29
8
16 |
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 = |
519
63 |
|
