Paula Bishop, M. Ed.

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An Opportunity for Idle Reduction
Paula Bishop, M. Ed. Manager Transportation
Safety Environment
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This slide from the EPA region 5 presentation
March/April 2009
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Bus Fumes

• Bus exhaust fumes have sickened children
• Caused breathing difficulties, respiratory
  infections, and attacks of asthma and chronic
  bronchitis.
• Children are breathing more fumes at their height
  and lung capacity in and around the bus -waiting
  or walking near bus exhaust
• Fumes have entered schools while buses idled
  outside for an extended time period

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Why Not Idle?

• State or local restrictions

• School district policies

• A significant amount of fuel is wasted idling
  engines
• If a bus idles on 100 cold days in a school year
  for two hours per day for engine-preheat
  defrost
• About 100 to 200 gal. of fuel would be idled
  away
• Wasting 200 to 400 per year per bus IF fuel
  is 2 per gal.

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SAFETY

• Fuel-operated heaters
• defrost windshields quickly to provide the driver
  with a clear view of the road
• provide additional heat while the bus is in
  operation for warmer, more comfortable passengers
  
• provide cleaner air for everyone to breathe

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Fuel-Operated Heaters

• Start automatically on a timer for engine
  pre-heat to eliminate cold starts
• Eliminate unnecessary idling for heat and defrost
• Reduce air pollution
• Reduce fuel consumption
• Reduce the amount of hours of operation on the
  vehicle engine
• Reduce the frequency of oil changes and engine
  maintenance
• Provide a warmer and safer interior compartment
  for driver and passenger
• Are able to be used anywhere that the bus travels

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This slide from the EPA region 5 presentation
March/April 2009
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• E-mail questions to EPA cleandiesel_at_epa.gov
  --personnel not allowed to answer individual
  questions, answers posted to FAQ list

This slide from the EPA region 5 presentation
March/April 2009
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EPA Procedures

• See 43 page RFA documentattention to detailsuse
  a checklist for completion of materialsaddress
  all areas listed on the narrativelook at
  regional priorities for funding projects
• Fair and open competitive process for projects
  can be completed before or after application is
  submitted
• Applications can be e-mailed or sent via express
  delivery --UPS or FedEx -- not USPS mail, no
  hand delivery
• Three Tiers of Evaluation
• Tier 1Checked for completion of required
  paperwork, within limit of funding, from
  eligible entity
• Tier 2Reviewed and scored 0 to 100 by a team
• Tier 3looks at diversity of geography, types of
  fleets and types of technology

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More Money Coming . . .

• Through fall and winter--
• Normal EPA DERA funds available later in the
  yearnational and state level
• Smaller fleets can go to their state
  environmental or air quality groups to apply for
  the state portion of EPA clean diesel funds.
  Several states have special Clean School Bus
  programs.
• State environmental agencies can combine funds
  from various federal sources to fund additional
  clean diesel projects to improve air quality

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IDLE REDUCTION
For a cleaner environment and responsible use of
scarce natural resources

For today and for the future of our children
1-800-387-4800
Questions--Call Espar about idle reduction
projects