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Arizona
Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind (Phoenix): Have been using soy B100 for three years in 17 school buses.

Colorado
Littleton, Colorado Public Schools: Have been using soy biodiesel in their fleet of 64 school buses and nine pieces of diesel-powered equipment since May, 2002.

Jefferson County Public Schools: Have been using soy biodiesel in 95 school buses and 50 other diesel-powered vehicles since March, 2003.

Illinois
Olympia, Illinois School District:
Began using soy biodiesel (B2) in August 2002 in all 33 of their school buses and about 20 operation and maintenance support vehicles such as lawnmowers, pickup trucks and tractors.

Indiana
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN: Will begin using soy biodiesel in two campus buses within the next couple of months.

The following Indiana School Districts are using soy biodiesel: Hammond School District (began using biodiesel in 2001 and is currently running 61 buses and 4 other diesel-powered vehicles on the fuel); Lake Station Schools; North Putnam Schools; East Chicago School; Ball State University; Benton Community Schools; Northwestern School; Munster Schools; Monroe County Schools; MSD of Warren County; Oak Hill United Schools; M S D Wabash County Schools; Washington Township Schools.

Kentucky
The following Kentucky schools are using soy biodiesel: Campbell County Schools; Greenup County Schools; Hardin County Schools; Henderson County; Marshall County Schools; McCracken County Schools; McLean County Schools; Murray State University (Murray); Shelby County Schools; University of Kentucky (Lexington).

Michigan
The following Michigan school districts are using soy biodiesel: St. Johns, Manchester, Fowlerville, Zeeland, Ann Arbor, Lenawee, Plymouth-Canton, Ithaca, Portland, Reese, Ubly, Walled Lake, Wayne-Westland, Beal City, Vassar, Fenton, and Utica.

Minnesota
Luverne, Minnesota Public Schools: Using soy B20 in their fleet of 18 buses.

New Jersey
Medford, New Jersey School District: Began using soy B20 in their school bus fleet in 1997.

Nevada
Clark County School District: Using soy biodiesel in their fleet of 1,200 buses and 200-300 other vehicles.

New Hampshire
Keene State College: Using soy B100 in about 20 campus vehicles/pieces of equipment during the summer months and B20 in the winter months.

New York
Mahopac, New York Public Schools: Began using soy B20 in September 2001 in their fleet of 90 vehicles.

North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina Public Schools: Have been using soy B20 in their fleet of 284 school buses since March, 2003.

North Carolina State University: Have been using soy biodiesel for bout 2 1/2 months in three buses, seventeen trucks and at least a dozen pieces of diesel-powered equipment. They hope to begin using soy biodiesel in additional buses in the coming months.

Rhode Island
Warwick, Rhode Island School District: Using soy biodiesel in heating boilers and their entire 70-bus fleet. The school is also integrating biodiesel information into educational curriculum.

South Carolina
University of South Carolina (Columbia): USC is using soy B20 to fuel four campus shuttle buses.

Clemson University (Clemson): Using soy B20 in Public Service and Agriculture (PSA) vehicles and equipment.

Virginia
Arlington County, Virginia Schools: Have been using soy biodiesel (B20) in all 120 of their school buses since September 2002.



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