Tire-Derived Product Grant Program, FY 2006/07

Questions and Answers

Questions were due in writing to CIWMB by August 25, 2006. The question and answer period is now closed for this grant cycle. All questions and answers are posted on this site.

During the question and answer period, questions were raised by stakeholders and potential grant applicants about whether product costs over $5.00 or $7.00 (depending the priority category) may be paid for by the grantee. CIWMB will reimburse the actual tire-derived product (TDP) material cost per passenger tire equivalent (PTE) up to either of the two caps of $5.00 and $7.00, and allow the applicant to absorb any cost differences above whichever tiered cost per PTE cap is requested.

Example: An applicant, who has not received a TDP grant in the last two fiscal years, could apply for priority funding consideration for the first or third tier cost per PTE cap of $5.00, if the actual TDP material cost per PTE is $5.00 or less, or the applicant is willing to be responsible for paying any cost differential. An applicant, who has not received a TDP grant in the last two fiscal years, could qualify for the second or fourth tier funding priority, if the actual TDP material cost per PTE is $5.01 or up to $7.00 or the applicant is willing to be responsible for paying any cost differential.

• General
• Eligibility
• Application
• Materials
• Funding
• TDP Material Cost

General

1)  Are public playground surfaces required to meet specific safety specifications?

Yes, required specifications should be taken into account when providing a budget for this grant application. Please check with your manufacturer/supplier regarding ASTM standard 1487, "Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use," and the Handbook for Public Playground Safety, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Pub. No. 325.

Eligibility

2)  Under the "Priority Categories" for the Tire Derived Product (TDP) Grant FY 2006/2007, it states that applicants who have not received a TDP grant in the past two years will receive first priority. The City received a Waste Tire Playground Grant in FY 04/05 (final report is pending). Is the Playground Grant considered a TDP grant or is it entirely different?

No, the Playground Cover and the Track and Other Recreational Surfacing Grant Programs are included in the TDP Grant Program. Therefore, the City would receive a lower priority.

3) We are a nonprofit preschool. In looking over your list of which entities would be eligible for your grant, I wasn't sure if we would be. We are private pay; we receive no government money and we rent our space from a church. Please let us know if we are eligible to apply for your grant.

No, nonprofit organizations are not eligible applicants. The TDP grant program is available only to public entities (i.e., California cities, counties, public colleges, public universities, school districts, qualifying California Indian tribes, park districts, special districts, and public recreational facilities, fire departments, and police departments).

4) We are a Catholic, private high school but our campus including the track is used by the community for various functions. Would we be eligible for your grant program?

No, private schools are not eligible applicants. See answer above, #3.

5) Does the TDP grant allow a public entity to submit a grant application for the same project two years in a row if the first year application wasn’t successful?

Yes, an applicant can apply for the same project two years in a row if the first-year application wasn’t successful. The applicant must be an eligible applicant and have an eligible product. Additionally, make sure this application addresses and provides all information required for this cycle, TDP3 FY 2006/2007.

6) I was wondering if a project is eligible for the TDP grant, if the project has already begun and will be completed by the end of this September. Or if a project has already been completed/installed, is that project eligible?

No, a project can not start until the applicant is awarded the grant by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and the applicant receives its “Notice to Proceed” from the CIWMB.

7) An LEA is interested in applying for a TDP Grant for a demonstration project in a civil engineering application. The project is a proposed public restroom that would use tire-derived aggregate in a portion of its leach field system. Unfortunately, the requirements of the design indicate that 2,500 tires would not be used, perhaps, only half of that. We are wondering if there is some flexibility within your grant parameters to accommodate projects of a smaller scale. The success of the demonstration may open a new market in our jurisdiction for future similar applications of tire-derived aggregate.

Civil engineering projects are not eligible projects for the TDP Grant Program. In addition, a minimum of 2,500 California tires must be diverted per proposed tire-derived products/projects.

8) Will preference be given to applicants who intend to use more innovative or new products as opposed to those simply seeking a well-established product such as poured in place rubber surfacing?

No preference will be given to applicants who use more innovative or new products.

9) We are a private school with a playground that is used by the public. Would we qualify for the Tire-Derived Product Grant Program?

No, private schools are not eligible applicants. See answer to #3 above.

10) We are a small, rural Catholic elementary school located in Anderson, CA. We accept children of all faiths who want a quality Catholic education. Would we be eligible to apply to your program?

No, see answer to #3 above.

11) La Costa Canyon High School is a part of the San Dieguito Union High School District. The high school was not prepared to submit a grant proposal during the last cycle and was told that we could apply during the next cycle, September 2006. The LCCHS Foundation has raised enough funds to get approval from the School District to begin the project this past June. The best time to construct a new track and artificial football/soccer field is during the summer months. The track will be constructed the same as our sister school (Torrey Pines High School, also part of the San Dieguito Union High School District) that received a Tire-Derived product grant 3 years ago. The La Costa Canyon High School Foundation has organized a fund raising campaign, and in order to start the project acquired a $500,000 line of credit from Bank of America with the intent to raise money from grants and donations to pay off this line. The TDP Grant Program has only one time period which makes planning difficult. Are we eligible to apply for this grant, even though the project has started, since our School District has completed an identical project 3 years ago?

No, a project can not start until the applicant is awarded the grant by the CIWMB and the applicant receives its “Notice to Proceed” from the CIWMB.

12) Can a school from one district send a joint application in with a school from another school district, or must the two schools be in the same school district? (The schools are geographically close to one another although they belong to two school different districts).

To file a joint application schools must be in the same school district. Schools from different school districts must apply separately.

13) We are a public elementary school and were planning to apply for rubber surfacing for our playground. The "Eligible Applicants" section says that public entities can apply, so we thought we were eligible for this grant. However, when reviewing the question and answer section from 2005, it says that the property must be publicly owned. Although we are a public school, we do not own the property, we are leasing it. Are we still eligible to apply?

The property project site must be owned by a public entity. Therefore, your project is not eligible.

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Application

14) On the application, there is the Tire Derived Product section (Tire-Derived Product Certification Form – Page 7 of the application). Is this grant application for projects already completed, or proposed projects? We are not supplying the tire products, so why would we fill this section out?

This grant program is for proposed projects. Your selected product supplier/manufacturer would fill out the required Tire-Derived Product Certification Form, Page 7 of the application.

15) What is the intent of the "resolution" required in the TDP grant application? In other words, what specifically does our board need to resolve to?

The purpose of the resolution is to provide authorization to apply for and accept grant funding and to identify the position title of the official authorized to execute any agreements, contracts, and request for payment on behalf of the applicant's governing body.

16) In the Application Instructions, it states that a current approved resolution must be submitted with the application. Is the resolution what we will do with the funds if received? Whom must it be approved by, CIWMB? And, is it too late to get a resolution approved for this year?

The required resolution is a formal document approved by the applicant’s governing authority (e.g., Board of Supervisors, City Council, School Board). The purpose of the resolution is to provide authorization to the applicant to apply and accept grant funding and to identify the position title of the official authorized to execute any agreements, contracts, and request for payment on behalf of the applicant’s governing body. Check with your governing authority to determine if it can issue a resolution in time to meet the application requirement.

17) Our project is to install a new playground system on a tire-derived rubber deck. My question is in regard to the resolution requirement. Would this be a School Board resolution to undertake the project? Or to apply for this grant? What is the purpose of the resolution?

The purpose of the resolution is to provide authorization to the applicant to apply for and accept grant funding and to identify the position title of the official authorized to execute any agreements, contracts, and request for payment on behalf of the applicants’ governing body, which may be a school board.

18) While it is clear the grant funds are distributed on a reimbursement basis, we have a question as to the timing of our purchases. Procedure item 3 on the Tire Derived Product (TDP) Certification form 227 states that the grantee should submit this form to CIWMB with the grant application and payment request forms. This suggests that we must have already purchased tire-derived product from vendors by the time we apply for the grant. This is inconsistent with the "Grant Terms" in Appendix A which indicate that in order to be reimbursable, all costs must be incurred only after a Notice to Proceed is issued by CIWMB. Could you please clarify this for us?

The Tire-Derived Product Certification Form (CIWMB 227) has a dual purpose. The first is to act as a quote from the product manufacturer/supplier as required in the application. The second is to verify the content of the tire-derived products purchased during the grant term, after receiving the Notice to Proceed.

19) Which Permits, Licenses, and Filings are required for playground surface installations? Is there a guide to ensuring we are fully compliant?

Typically, public entities are not subject to all permits, licenses, and filings required of private parties. However, jurisdictions have varying requirements, so there is no guide that addresses all the variables. It is the grantees’ responsibility to ensure appropriate permits, licenses, or filings are on file and current. Your attorney and/or contractor should be able to provide this information for you.

20) Do I fill out the General Checklist of Business Permits, Licenses and Filings page or does the supplier of the recycled tire-bark product fill out this page? It seems I am checking "This permit/license/filing is not applicable for this grant project or business" for all of the items.

See answer above, #19.

21) Our School District is planning on completing an application for a TDP track grant from CIWMB and I would like clarification and some guidance in completing form CIWMB 669 (2/04). As an officer in this school district I cannot see the relevance of the information requested to the business of educating kids since we are not a private entity. Since the District is required to enter a response to the information requested on CIWMB 669 (2/04), does this mean that I should check all the items in the right hand column on the form?

See answer above, #19.

22) Do grants received under the Waste Tire Playground Cover and Waste Tire Track and Other Recreational Grant program need to be counted for priority ranking purposes per page 5 of the application?

Yes, if an organization received a Waste Tire Playground Cover and Waste Tire Track and Other Recreational Grant Program grant within the past two years, it would be in either priority category 3 or 4, depending on its cost per tire.

23) The application form states that only one application per qualifying entity will be accepted. Entity is defined as a school district. Can an application include projects at more than one school site within the entity?

Yes, an application may include multiple products/projects to achieve a combined minimum of 2,500 California tires diverted as long as all projects are within the same school district.

24) This question is about the certification form that the manufacturer fills out certifying 100% CA tires, recycled. The application says that applicants have to submit this form (SIGNED) with their applications before they even know if they are getting the grant. Do we need to get our manufacturer to sign all these forms before he supplies the product? If so, he would need to sign the form and certify everything, before we know if we are going to get the grant.

Yes, the product supplier/manufacturer must sign the form in the application. The certification acknowledges that the information quoted on the form is correct.

25) What exactly is meant or required for the Resolution and for the Recycled Content Policy and Resolution. Do you have a sample of each that I may use for information and in an attempt to develop our own?

Please see the application appendices (Microsoft Word, 327 KB | Adobe PDF, 173 KB) for posted examples.

26) Legislative District Numbers: Do they represent the location of the project or our Department's entire jurisdictional boundaries?

List the legislative district number of the applicant’s physical address.

27) Tire-Derived Product Certification Form (CIWMB 227) states by signing this form, the manufacturer/supplier is required to certify under penalty of perjury that the material provided to the above named grantee is manufactured from 100% California waste tires and does not include tire buffings. I understand that if an audit discloses the use of non-California waste tires or tire buffings, the California Integrated Waste Management Board may require the grantee to return funds up to the grant amount, and the grantee may seek reimbursement from the above named manufacturer, product supplier, contractor." Considering we need to go through a bid process to select a manufacturer/supplier, this certification seems to be making an assumption that the manufacturer/supplier providing this quote has already been selected for the project. How can we satisfy this grant application requirement without violating our procurement policy to have a competitive bid process? Can we simply modify the language in quotes, by stating that "certify under penalty of perjury that, if awarded the contract, the material provided to the above named grantee will be manufactured..."?

Yes, for application purposes you may modify the certification to state “If awarded the contract, the material provided to the above-named grantee will be manufactured….”

28) If we have a different manufacturer for each tire-derived product, is it okay to submit multiple Certification Forms?

Yes, please submit separate certification forms for each manufacturer.

29) For Commercial Delivery Carriers, we need a contact name and phone number for the CIWMB in addition to the address provided in the guidelines for application submittal.

For commercial delivery carriers, please submit the application to:

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program
Attn: Vicki Hanson
Financial Assistance Branch, Grants Administration Unit, MS 19A
1001 “I” Street, 19th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 341-5062

30) Can our application include supplemental information? Under the application instructions it says that photos or other graphics may be sent on photo paper. Does this mean that additional text and photos are permissible? If so, are there page limits or guidelines for such information?

Additional text and photos are permissible to clarify information within the application; however, they will not affect your score. Applicants for the TDP grant program are either eligible or ineligible.

31) Will you accept an unsigned resolution as a part of the application if I follow up with the signed one immediately after it is approved?

Yes, you may submit an unsigned resolution with your application; however, the approved resolution must be received by the CIWMB no later than October 6, 2006.

32) May a district combine the tire-derived product cost from projects at two school sites to reduce the cost per tire (e.g., to reach the $5.00 figure)?

Yes, an application may include multiple products/projects to achieve a combined minimum of 2,500 California tires diverted and to meet the cost per tire requirement.

33) Can the City apply for the TDP Grant Program to purchase tire derived products such as playground equipment for city parks or an all weather track for the high school?

The TDP grant program provides funding for products that are made from recycled 100 percent California waste tires; playground equipment that meets this requirement would be eligible for funding.

34) Was there a workshop that we should have attended if we were interested in applying for this grant? If so, are we eligible even though we did not attend?

The CIWMB did not offer any workshops for this grant program. The TDP grant program is available to only public entities (i.e., California cities, counties, public colleges, public universities, school districts, qualifying California Indian tribes, park districts, special districts, and public recreational facilities, fire departments, and police departments).

35) Can you briefly explain the environmental justice certification?

Public entities that receive grant funding from the CIWMB for this grant program must comply with the principles of Environmental Justice. Please see page 4 of the application for more information.

36) I am writing one of my first grants. Our organization has applied for this grant in prior years. Looking back at the last grant applied for 5/2003, I noticed several criteria questions that needed to be answered, a work plan, budget itemization form, etc. Am I missing some information or does this year’s application only include the 7 items listed under “Application Instructions”? Please let me know, I would hate to miss what is needed and miss out on this great opportunity for our organization.

No, you are not missing anything. In an effort to streamline the grant application process, the CIWMB simplified the TDP application.

37) Is the “Waste Tire Playground Cover Grant Program” the same as “Tire Derived Product Grant Program”?

Yes, the Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program has incorporated the Waste Tire Playground Cover Grant Program.

38) Does it require a match? I read through the application and I didn't see anything mentioned.

There is no match requirement for this TDP grant application.

39) Is there a requirement for a narrative describing the needs or demographics of the community? I also didn't see a reference to such a requirement in the application.

No, there is no narrative requirement for this TDP application.

40) We are in the process of filling out the application packet for our track and field project. We would also like to submit an application for 2 playground projects. Do we submit one application for each project? Or should we submit one application for 3 projects? Please advise.

You may include multiple projects on one application for the FY 2006/2007 TDP grant.

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Materials

41) Is this tire grant supposed to be a partnership with a manufacturer of tire recycled products, using our 2,500 tires? Would we collect, and then deliver to the recycled product manufacturer? I know the city has used some tire recycled sidewalk material. Would we deliver tires to the Street Dept.’s supplier? Or deliver to any supplier?

The purpose of this grant is to fund California public entities’ purchases of TDPs with the intent of encouraging markets for these products. The primary duties of the grantees are to purchase the approved product(s), install it(them), and report to the CIWMB as to the serviceability of the product(s). The grantee’s role is as a consumer.

42) Our project for which we'd like to apply for funding is for tennis courts. Are tennis courts eligible? The Web site says "Sport Surfacing" and I assume that includes tennis courts, but I'm not comfortable proceeding on my assumptions.

Yes, tennis courts are considered sport surfacing.

43) Can you direct me to information about project materials eligibility for the recycled playgrounds as part of the Tire Derived Product Grants Program. The City currently uses pour in place recycled rubber products for playground projects.

Poured-in-place safety surfaces are typically made with tire buffings; such surfaces would not qualify for this grant program. There are other safety surfaces, like playground mats made out of crumb rubber, that would qualify. Contact your anticipated product supplier/manufacturer to determine the type of material used in the product you propose to purchase.

Note: Buffings are derived from the tire retreading process. Specifically, the buffing process removes the worn tread from an old tire and the particles of rubber that are produced are referred to as "buffings" or "buffing dust." Crumb rubber is the material left after a waste tire is ground up and the steel and fibers are removed. Buffings can be used in a project; however, the CIWMB can not reimburse the cost of buffings, only the crumb rubber used in the project.

For more information about product suppliers, please visit our product supplier listing.

44) We have a basement in this facility that we are making into a Laser Tag Arena. In the basement there are well over 100, 4x4 10’ high support posts that stand erect to the ceiling. We were thinking that if we could find a tire derived supplier that may have some sort of rubber tire product that would cover these support beams. This way the children playing laser tag would bounce off the post with the rubber tire product if they run into them. Do you know of a supplier? I know that basketball and football goal posts are always covered with a rubber product. Hopefully there is a supplier that is using California tires for such an item. Any ideas or suggestions?

CIWMB can not recommend any particular company. You should contact a Product Supplier/Manufacturer directly and ask for this type of product. For more information about product suppliers, please visit our product supplier listing.

45) Can you clarify how this grant program is expected to work? Our division is responsible for collecting the tires at our transfer station, and delivering them to a recycler. It seems that we would need to partner with an end-use manufacturer of TDP to deliver our tire supply, and that would be the end of our participation. Or perhaps, the grant is meant to have us deliver tires to the TDP manufacturer, and in our case, partner also with another division to purchase the TDP for projects within the city.

The TDP grant program is for public entities purchasing tire-derived products. Please see answer number 41 above for additional information.

46) We are looking into resurfacing our school play grounds with a recycled rubber material. Please give us some details about who and what products qualify for this grant. Ours is a Preschool & Infant Care program in Martinez, California and it is a S corporation.

For more information about product suppliers, please visit our product supplier listing. Please remember that tire buffings are not eligible for reimbursement under the TDP Grant Program. Tire buffings may be used in the product/project, but will not be reimbursed by the CIWMB (please see answer 43 above for additional information.) Also, you must be a public entity to be eligible for this grant program.

47) Is it possible for two schools which are in the same school district to receive a grant for two separate projects. One being a rubber track and the other being an all weather turf?

The school district must apply for the school(s) in its district. The district may apply for multiple schools and projects.

48) Our program has asked one of our city agency partners to apply for the TDP but I recently heard that the grant only applies to certain safety surfacing tile products, not the poured-in-place material. The way it was explained to me by a manufacturer, the issue is that the poured-in-place only uses the tire buffings whereas the tiles can use most or all rubber components of the tire. Is that true? I'd like to confirm this before we settle on applying for the grant.

Tire products that contain tire buffing are not eligible for this grant. Your manufacturer/supplier must certify that the proposed product does not include tire buffings. Please see answer 43 for additional information.

49) We are considering a synthetic grass product that has a rubber base (to provide safety from falls) made from 100% recycled CA tires to use as a surfacing for our playground. Measuring by weight, 90% of the product is made from the recycled rubber and 10% of the product is synthetic grass (not made from rubber). Are we correct in assuming that this product is eligible for the grant, but since 90% of this product is from recycled rubber we will only be refunded 90% of the products' cost?

CIWMB reimburses product cost based solely on the number of tires diverted, regardless of what other material is being used. The number of tires diverted should not be calculated by the weight of the finished product, but by the number of pounds of crumb rubber used to make the product. Remember, it is not about product cost per se; it is the number of tires diverted. Simply put, know the amount of crumb rubber used in the project, convert it to passenger tire equivalents (PTE), and multiply by an amount up to $7.

50) Is the cost of binder included as "material" under the grant? The binder is the chemical substance used to form the scrap tire rubber into the required track surface.

See above answer, number 49.

51) The rubberized running tracks have a thin layer (approx. 1/8") of virgin rubber material (called EPDM) over a base of crumb rubber made from recycled tires. The base material is 100% recycled scrap tire rubber, the top layer is made from a virgin rubber. Is the whole cost of this material eligible for the grant or only the portion of the material made from 100% recycled tires?

See above answer, number 49.

52) Is the cost of installation eligible or materials only?

The TDP Grant Program is reimbursing for the materials only.

53) In years past, you posted a tire product vendor list, will one be available?

The tire product vendor list is available on the CIWMB’s website.

54) I am applying for a grant for the Tire-Derived Product Grant Program – formerly the waste tire playground cover grant program for a school. The website was confusing as to how the product will arrive if the grant is approved. Is it tiles, how large, how do you determine how many square feet 2,500 tires would cover and how thick is the product. How is it installed? Or, do we have to manufacture the tires into a useable product?

The CIWMB does not provide the tire-derived product. The CIWMB reimburses the cost of the tire product to applicants who are awarded a TDP grant. Your supplier/manufacturer can help you determine the best product specifications for your project. The CIWMB has a tire-derived product supplier listing available.

To be considered for grant funding, the applicant, product, and project must be eligible (see application) and the application must be complete. Also, a project can not start until the successful applicant is awarded a grant and receives its “Notice to Proceed.”

55) If our school is chosen for a grant when will construction begin?

A project can not start until the applicant is awarded the grant by CIWMB and the applicant receives its “Notice to Proceed.” We anticipate the Notices to Proceed will be sent in December 2006.

56) We are interested in using 100% California recycled tires in a City managed sports and recreation center. Within the basement of the center we are building a laser tag arena that contains 6”x 6” wooden posts. Our question is: can we use 2mm thick x 8’ high recycled rubber to cover the posts? We feel covering the posts will greatly improve the safety of the laser tag participants.

This would be an eligible use as long as the project, as a whole, diverts at least 2,500 PTEs, and the products are certified safe for indoor use by the manufacturer.

57) Our city is interested in replacing our current sidewalks with rubberized sidewalk panels. With the stipulation that our project falls within your tire quantity/price parameters, does this project qualify for the Tire-Derived Product Grant Program?

A rubberized sidewalk is an eligible product for the TDP Grant Program. You would have to contact a vendor to ensure the TDP Grant Program requirements are met.

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Funding

58) Will grant monies cover "pour in place fall material"?

Poured-in-place safety surfaces are typically made with tire buffings; therefore, such products would not qualify for this grant program. There are other safety surfaces, like playground mats made out of crumb rubber, that would qualify. Contact your anticipated Product Supplier/Manufacturer to determine the type of material used in the product you propose to purchase.

Note: Buffings are derived from the tire retreading process. Specifically, the buffing process removes the worn tread from an old tire and the particles of rubber that are produced are referred to as "buffings" or "buffing dust." Crumb rubber is the material left after a waste tire is ground up and the steel and fibers are removed. Buffings can be used in a project; however, the CIWMB can not reimburse the cost of buffings. We can only reimburse the cost of the crumb rubber used in the project.

59) In the grant application it states that all costs must be incurred during the grant term. What happens if the grant is awarded after incurring costs to the project? Can the grant be applied to other similar proposed projects? With the tremendous growth of our city, we are not lacking in projects to build and improve our parks and recreational facilities using tire-derived products.

A project can not start until the applicant is awarded the grant by CIWMB and it receives its “Notice to Proceed.” Your application is evaluated on the project you submit for funding. A change to your project after award may result in you losing the grant.

60) I believe that the old grant was a matching grant that funded 50% of the material costs. Does this new grant fund 100% of the material costs?

Yes, the TDP Grant Program is reimbursing for the material costs only. There is no longer a match requirement.

61) Is a funding match required?

No.

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TDP Material Cost

62) Is priority given to projects that divert more tires, or are all applications considered equally in that category as long as they meet the minimum requirement of 2,500?

No priority is given to projects that divert more than the required 2,500 passenger tire equivalents (PTE). There is, however, a funding priority.

The tier hierarchy for funding priority is:

1. Applicants who have not received a TDP grant within the past two years and whose requested funding is $5.00 or whose actual cost per PTE diverted is $5.00 or less;
2. Applicants who have not received a TDP grant within the past two years and whose requested funding is $5.01 or up to $7.00 or whose actual cost per PTE diverted is $5.01 or up to $7.00;
3. Applicants who have received a TDP grant within the past two years and whose requested funding is $5.00 or whose actual cost per PTE diverted is $5.00 or less; or
4. Applicants who have received a TDP grant within the past two years and whose requested funding is $5.01 or up to $7.00 or whose actual cost per PTE diverted is $5.01 or up to $7.00.

Applicants may pay any cost differential to achieve the $5.00 or $7.00 caps. Grantees will only be reimbursed to their original requested cap up to either $5.00 or $7.00 cap as determined from the information provided within the submitted application.

63) Our safety tiles cost more than $7.00 per tire. So when I am filling this out, will I put cost per tire at $7 or will I put the actual cost?

CIWMB will reimburse the actual TDP material cost per PTE up to either of the two caps of $5.00 and $7.00, and allow the applicant to absorb any cost differences above whichever tiered cost per PTE cap is requested (see above tiers). Example: Applicants who have not received a TDP grant within the last two fiscal years could apply for priority funding consideration for the first or third tier cost per PTE cap of $5.00 if the actual TDP material cost per PTE is $5.00 or less, or the applicant is willing to be responsible for paying any cost differential. Example: Applicants who have not received a TDP grant within the last two fiscal years could qualify for the second or fourth tier funding priority if the actual TDP material cost per PTE is $5.01 or up to $7.00 or the applicant is willing to be responsible for paying any cost differential.

64) We are considering a synthetic grass product that has a rubber base (to provide safety from falls) made from 100 percent recycled CA tires to use as a surfacing for our playground. Measuring by weight, 90 percent of the product is made from the recycled rubber and 10 percent of the product is synthetic grass (not made from rubber). Are we correct in assuming that this product is eligible for the grant, but since 90 percent of this product is from recycled rubber we will only be refunded 90 percent of the products' cost?

CIWMB reimburses product cost based solely on the number of tires diverted, regardless of what other material is being used. The number of tires diverted should not be calculated by the weight of the finished product, but by the number of pounds of crumb used to make the product. Remember, it is not about product cost per say, it is about the number of tire diverted. In order to determine the number of tires diverted by using the formula on the application, you would take the weight of the product times 90 percent divide by 12 lbs. equals the number of PTEs diverted. Take that number divide by the material cost (which may include shipping and tax) equals the cost per tire.

65) Is the cost of binder included as "material" under the grant? The binder is the chemical substance used to form the scrap tire rubber into the required track surface.

See answer above.

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