Exceptions - USA - School buses not part of ARB rules
Los Angeles,CA,USA -Los Angeles Daily News, by Kerry Cavanaugh -17 Sept 2005 :-! State air regulators have decided to require Southern California transit operators to buy alternative-fuel models when they replace their diesel buses, but they did not apply the new rules to school buses and garbage trucks... The California Air Resources Board decision this week doesn't mean Southern California school districts or trash companies can begin buying diesel vehicles, because South Coast Air Quality Management District rules already require those fleets to purchase alternative-fuel vehicles... Todd Campbell with the Coalition for Clean Air said the Air Resources Board's decisions were inconsistent. "Clearly if our state passes a rule to protect the health of adults riding on public buses, then they should pass an equal, if not stronger, rule to protect the health of children on dirty diesel school buses, who are even more at risk from air pollution," Campbell said...
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