OEC, Parma Heights, Cleveland Heights, and Cleveland

OEC-Diesel: In the Consent Decree between the United States, State of Ohio, and Premcor, Lima Refinery agreed to give the Ohio Environmental Council $50,000 for the installation of diesel retrofit technologies to reduce particle pollution and ozone precursors from municipal trucks and/or buses. This Consent Decree is a result of the US EPA and Ohio EPA identifying violations of certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, its implementing regulations, and the relevant provisions of the Ohio State Implementation Plan. Part of the settlement is this SEP.

OEC has targeted the cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and Parma Heights which are all in Cuyahoga County which is failing air quality standards. These cities are in the process of purchasing diesel retrofits to reduce diesel emissions which have been linked to heart and lung disease, cancer, and preventable death.

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