Section 219 (d) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA),as amended in 1990, requires that the EPA promulgate
regulations for urban buses that: (a) operate in Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (MSA) or consolidated MSA's with a 1980
population of 750,000 or more; (b) are not subject to the 1994 or
later urban bus standards; and (c) have their engines replaced or
rebuilt after January 1, 1995. The program requires that the
particulate emissions level of the urban bus engines be reduced to
a level below the engines' original particulate level through the
use of EPA certified retrofit/rebuild equipment, when
necessary.........
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