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WESTCHESTER COUNTY USES CLEAN DIESEL FUEL TO CUT BUS EMISSIONS.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-JUN-02
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Since the beginning of April 2002, Westchester County, through its contractor Liberty Lines, has powered 344 buses on 57 routes with environmentally-friendly clean diesel fuel as part of a two-part program to cut bus emissions by 90 percent. Liberty Lines, the county's major bus operator which transports 29.5 million passengers annually, as part of the county's Bee-Line System bus network, entered into an agreement with Sprague Energy to receive more than 3 million gallons of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel (ULSD) annually.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated that sulfur content in diesel fuel be reduced from 500 to15 parts per...

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