Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup Grants

Public Resources Code Section 42889(e) authorizes the California Integrated Waste Management Board (Board) to expend funds from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund (Tire Fund) to pay for the cost of cleanup, abatement, or other remedial actions related to the disposal of waste tires.

Grant Funding

The Board has allocated $1,000,000 for the Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2002-2003. Applications postmarked by March 15, 2003 will be taken to the Board for approval in May 2003. The Board may at its sole discretion fund only certain portions of a grant proposal and sites that have had previous enforcement action against them may be denied. CIWMB will award a maximum of $50,000 per site and a maximum of $200,000 per jurisdiction in grant funds to each successful grant applicant.

Applicant Eligibility

Local governments, including LEAs, county and city departments, fire districts, code enforcement agencies, and California Native American organizations with "legacy waste tire piles" (an illegal waste tire facility of 5,000 or more tires which is not actively receiving or removing tires from the premises) and waste tire piles exceeding 500 waste tires are eligible for grant funding. Sites with less than 500 tires will also be considered. Sites can be located on private or public property.

Eligible Projects

Grants will be awarded for the removal, transportation, disposal, and end use of waste tires from waste tire stockpiles. Costs for specific end-uses will be considered, excluding research costs. The waste tires must be transported to a facility approved by the CIWMB to accept waste tires. Projects not eligible for funding include (1) sites where an operating business is actively stockpiling waste tires; (2) waste tire public awareness activities; and (3) tire amnesty days.

Application Submittal and Deadline

Applicants must submit one original and two copies of the application and proposal to the Board. Applications will be received continuously. Applications received after a deadline will be considered for the next fiscal year. Jurisdictions and their subdivisions may submit only one application per fiscal year.

Application: MS Word (76 KB) or Adobe PDF (38 KB)

Contact

To request a hard copy of the application or for any additional information, please contact:

Diane Nordstrom
Special Waste Division
(916) 341-6448
dnordstr@ciwmb.ca.gov

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Last updated: December 02, 2007

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