MONTGOMERY − The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is
partnering with the Albertville City Board of Education to reduce diesel emissions
through a school bus replacement project. The project will utilize funding under the
Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA).
While new school buses must meet tougher emission standards established by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, many older school buses continue to emit harmful
diesel exhaust. Diesel exhaust from these 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 Albertville City Board of Education will replace
one of their older diesel school buses with a new, cleaner diesel school bus.
Utilizing its DERA funding, ADEM has awarded the Albertville City School System
$36,198 to assist in the purchase of this new, cleaner school bus. More information on
ADEM’s Air Division projects and programs may be found at www.adem.alabama.gov.
Media Release/Alabama Department of Environmental Management
