Waste Tire Enforcement Grants

Notice of Funding Availability, FY 2004-2005

This grant cycle is now closed to applications. The deadline to apply was January 14, 2005.

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (Board) receives an annual appropriation from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund to administer the Tire Recycling Act (Vuich, Statutes of 1990, Chapter 35) and related legislation. This specific grant provides funding to solid waste Local Enforcement Agencies and city and county agencies in California for waste tire enforcement activities.

Funding

Six million dollars ($6,000,000) is available for the FY 2004-2005 grant program. Eligible applicants, including regional applicants, may request up to a total of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). Award of the fiscal year 2004-2005 Waste Tire Enforcement Grant is contingent upon and subject to the availability of funds. The Board reserves the right to fund individual phases of selected proposals, and may therefore, fund an amount less than requested. The Board will award grants on a non-competitive basis. Applicants meeting the eligibility requirements and willing to participate in the program will be considered for funding.

Applicant Eligibility

California city and county agencies that have the authority and experience in the enforcement of laws and regulations and the protection of public health and safety and the environment are eligible if they are one of the following:

• A local enforcement agency (LEA);
• An environmental health agency other than an LEA, having 50 or more waste tire facilities in their jurisdiction, and where there is no current LEA grantee, with one exception noted below;
• A code enforcement agency having 50 or more waste tire facilities in their jurisdiction, and where there is no current LEA grantee, with one exception noted below; or
• An existing waste tire enforcement grantee that was determined to be eligible under the eligibility requirements of previous grant cycles, received grant funding, and has demonstrated satisfactory performance as determined by CIWMB staff (also referred to as "grandfathered grantees").

Except for grandfathered grantees, in jurisdictions that are covered by a grantee that is also an LEA, additional cities may not apply for a grant if that city is already part of the LEA’s jurisdiction for solid waste oversight. Agencies that are not an LEA must have a minimum of 50 sites, including generators, end users, haulers and permitted facilities, to be eligible to apply for this grant.

However, cities meeting the applicant eligibility criteria and that are already covered by a grantee that is the county LEA, may apply if they first demonstrate that their city is not being adequately served by the county LEA grantee. Before submitting an application for a Tire Enforcement Grant, the city must first notify the county and the CIWMB that the service is not adequate. The notification shall be in writing and include the high priority sites, illegal dumping areas, complaints and other potential public health and safety and/or environmental threats that are not being addressed by the county LEA Grantee that the city believes it can address more effectively. The city shall meet with the county and CIWMB staff to discuss the situation and the city’s intent to apply for a Waste Tire Enforcement Grant.

Cities or counties may continue to submit a regional application with authorization from other cities and/or counties participating in the regional application. A regional lead jurisdiction must be designated for regional programs to act on behalf of all participating jurisdictions. Each jurisdiction may submit only one grant application. Therefore, if a jurisdiction submits an application as part of a regional program, it may not apply individually or as part of another regional program.

Program Eligibility

Successful applicants will perform waste tire facilities inspections, tire dealers, auto dismantlers, tire haulers, and other points of waste tire generation to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including the new manifest system and will investigate illegal tire disposal activities. Inspections are followed up with appropriate compliance actions to ensure that operators are following all tire facility regulations, including storage standards, use of registered tire haulers, and manifest requirements.

Application Deadline

Applications must be received by January 14, 2005. Applications sent by U.S. Postal Service or a commercial delivery services must by addressed to the appropriate address for the type of delivery service as listed in the application and should be sent by a means that permits tracking by the sender and that guarantees delivery on or before the application deadline. Failure to do so is at the applicant’s risk; delayed delivery, loss of an application by the Post Office or a delivery service, or miss-delivery due to an incorrect address will not be justification for a late application.

To Request an Application

You may receive copies of the application by one of three ways: download the application from this site or contact Amalia Fernandez (by phone or e-mail) to request a copy.

• Application (Acrobat PDF, 37 KB | MS Word, 50 KB)
• Instructions (Acrobat PDF, 139 KB | MS Word, 108 KB)

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Last updated: December 31, 2007