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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment
Chapter 468A - Air Quality
Section 468A.796 - School buses; repowering or retrofitting of engines; replacement.
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OR Rev Stat § 468A.796 (2025)
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(1) All school buses powered by diesel engines operated in Oregon must, by January 1, 2026, be:
(a) Repowered with an engine meeting 2007 fine particulate matter federal exhaust emission standards for diesel heavy-duty engines as set forth in 40 C.F.R. 86.007-11;
(b) Retrofitted:
(A) If retrofitted prior to August 15, 2017, with best available exhaust control technology; or
(B) If retrofitted on or after August 15, 2017, with exhaust controls meeting 2007 fine particulate matter federal exhaust emission standards for diesel heavy-duty engines as set forth in 40 C.F.R. 86.007-11; or
(c) Replaced with school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2007.
(2) A school bus replaced under subsection (1)(c) of this section may not be used for transportation of any type. [2009 c.631 §2; 2017 c.742 §12; 2024 c.43 §4]
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