EPA TO PROVIDE $1.3M FOR SCHOOL BUS PROJECTS
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making more than $1.3 million available for clean diesel school bus projects as part of the West Coast Collaborative and Clean School Bus USA programs.
There are an estimated 400,000 diesel school buses on the road, with roughly one-third manufactured before 1990. The pre-1990 school bus fleets are the heaviest polluters and should be replaced, according to the EPA. The remaining school buses, manufactured between 1990 and 2006, can be made much cleaner by installing devices designed to reduce pollution and switching to cleaner fuels.
Since 2001, the EPA has awarded more than $5.5 million to clean up school buses in the West. The EPA’s regional offices in San Francisco and Seattle oversee clean air programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington—including tribal lands belonging to the federally-recognized tribes in these regions, and territories including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
