This agreement will provide assistance to the east baton rouge parish school system in its efforts to reduce diesel emissions and exposure in the state of louisiana, east baton rouge parish, baton…

This $1,992,258 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6, under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), will provide the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board assistance to reduce diesel emissions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Specifically, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System will replace 20 older diesel school buses, ranging from model years 1998 to 2005, with new propane low-NOx certified school buses to be delivered by March 2024. This replacement aims to significantly reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in and around areas frequented by children, by upgrading to less polluting vehicles. The grant was awarded on November 15, 2021 to deliver these emission reduction services through vehicle replacements over the two-year period.

This agreement will provide assistance to the east baton rouge parish school system in its efforts to reduce diesel emissions and exposure in the state of louisiana, east baton rouge parish, baton rouge. This project will assist east baton rouge parish school system (ebrpss) to continue its effort to significantly reduce diesel emissions by replacing twenty (20) model years 1998 (2), 1999 (6), 2000 (6), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (3) and 2005 (1) diesel school buses with 2021 or newer low-NOX certified school buses. This project will reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter (PM2.5) and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOX), hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide CO and carbon dioxide (CO2). Ebrpss will purchase 20 propane low-NOX certified fueled school buses. The beneficiaries of this project is the public and in particular, those who live, work or play near where the affected fleet operates. Ebrpss will purchase 20 propane low-NOX certified fueled school buses. The ebrpss