MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is partnering
with the Lauderdale County Board of Education in Florence, to reduce diesel emissions
through a school bus replacement project. The project will use funding under the Diesel
Emission Reduction Act (DERA).
While new school buses must meet tougher emission standards from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, many older school buses continue to emit harmful diesel
exhaust. Diesel exhaust from older buses has a negative impact on human health, especially
for children, who have a faster breathing rate than adults and whose lungs are not yet fully
developed.
The Lauderdale County Board of Education will replace four older buses with new, cleaner
diesel school buses.
ADEM, utilizing its 2020 DERA funding, has awarded the Lauderdale County Board of
Education $98,807 to assist in the purchase of these new, cleaner school buses. The project
is scheduled for completion by August 31.
Media Release/ADEM
