Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Transportation
Chapter Trans 135 - School bus oxidation catalyst grant program
Section Trans 135.06 - Grant recipient selection
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) ELIGIBILITY. Grants may be issued only to school districts or school bus companies that own or lease one or more school buses routinely used to transport students to and from school in the counties identified in s. 110.20(5), Stats. Grants may be issued only to retrofit qualifying buses that were manufactured in any of the 1999 through 2004 model years. Applicants may apply for more than one grant, but only one oxidation catalyst per vehicle is allowed under the grant program.
Note: For example, previously retrofitted buses are not eligible for further retrofit grants.
(2) GRANT REQUEST PROCESS. Grant applicants shall be required to submit a grant request providing all information required by the department of natural resources. Grant requests shall be accepted throughout the year. The department of natural resources shall expeditiously evaluate requests as received. Once completed, the results of the evaluation shall be reported promptly to the applicant.
(3) INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. The grant request shall include information necessary to determine how well the proposed grant will meet the program's goals. At a minimum, the grant request shall include the following:
(4) GRANT REVIEW CRITERIA. The department of natural resources may award grants only for the purpose of equipping school buses that are customarily kept, and serve school districts, in the counties identified in s. 110.20(5), Stats., with oxidation catalysts. At a minimum, grant requests shall be evaluated based on the following criteria:
(5) GRANT AMOUNTS. Subject to fund availability and the result of the grant request review process, grant applicants may receive a grant for an amount sufficient to cover the purchase of the requested number of diesel oxidation catalysts. The department of natural resources may also, at its discretion and according to criteria established in this section, award a grant for fewer oxidation catalysts than the number requested. Grant amounts may exceed the purchase cost only for the exception established in sub. (6). Grants may not be used to pay for any vehicle operation or maintenance costs, even if the costs are associated with retrofitted oxidation catalysts.
(6) EXCEPTION. Grant applicants unable to install the diesel oxidation catalysts may request, and may receive, a grant sufficient to pay for both purchase and installation of the catalysts. Applicants under this subsection shall provide sufficient explanation of their inability to install the catalysts.
(7) GRANT AWARD CONDITIONS. Upon receiving notification of a grant, each recipient shall be required to:
(8) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. For each bus retrofitted under this grant program, within 90 days of the grant award date anniversary, the grant recipient to the best of its ability shall report the following information to the department of natural resources annually: