Article: The route to cleaner air: Wisconsin school bus company retrofits 43 school buses through NSTA and DNR grants.(TECHNOLOGY OF CLEAN AIR)

As part of two federally funded grant programs, Dousman Transport Co. Inc., a privately owned, Wisconsin-based school bus company, has begun to retrofit 43 of its 110 school buses with emissions reduction technology.

The first grant was funded by the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) through the EPA's Clean School Bus program, allotting $500,000 to retrofit post-1990 buses with emission control devices. Dousman Transport was awarded $23,000, which it supplemented with 12% in-kind contribution for maintenance and installation of the devices.

Through the NSTA grant, 14 of its 1997 and newer Thomas EF buses were retrofitted with Donaldson ...

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