MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is partnering
with the Winston County Board of Education in Double Springs, 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 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 Winston County Board of Education will replace seven of the buses with new, cleaner
diesel school buses.
ADEM, utilizing its 2020 DERA funding, has awarded the Winston County Board of Education
$165,459 to assist in the purchase of these new, cleaner school buses. The project is
scheduled for completion by August 31.
Media Release/ADEM
