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million is headed to Dublin and under a second round of statde grants aimed at cutting dieselengine emissions. The on Mondagy announced recipients of the second and finakl round of Diesel EmissionsReductiojn grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The first round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 organizations, includint the , operator of the region’s bus In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleare d for $464,658 while the Columbus school system receivecda $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublin and the schoool district told thestate they’rwe using the money to replaces vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin plans to replacee eight 1999- or 2000-model short-haul diesel trucks, while the schoolk district is using its grant to replacr 15 buses producedin 1990. Projectes that received awards are required to put up at least 20 percentg of the cost in matching The grant program looks specifically at publid and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorty of airquality standards. The largest gran among the 16 went to the and to refift four locomotives withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awardefd $4.6 million.
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