Tire Grants

Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup and Amnesty (TCA) Event Grant Program

• General Information
  • Eligibility
  • Funding
• Cycle-Specific Information
• Questions

General Information

This grant program provides funding to local governments, as well as California Indian Tribes, for the cost of cleanup, abatement, or other remedial actions related to the disposal of waste tires collected at cleanup projects and amnesty events.

Eligibility

Applicants

California jurisdictions including cities, counties, special districts, other political subdivisions and jurisdictions joined together by formal agreements, as well as California Indian tribes are eligible.

Joint Applicants

Cities or counties may submit a regional application with authorization from other cities and/or counties participating in the regional application. A regional lead jurisdiction may be designated for regional programs to act in 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 cannot apply individually or as part of another regional program.

Activities

Waste tire cleanup projects include:

• The collection, removal, transportation, recycling, and disposal of waste tires from illegal tire piles and areas where illegal dumping has occurred along public right-of-ways.

Amnesty events include:

• Date specific events for the public and are not intended for the disposal of waste tires from waste tire generating businesses (PRC §42954(7)). Amnesty events 1) allow citizens to bring waste tires to convenient locations for proper management up to twice per month per location or 2) can consist of a coupon program that allows citizens to bring in waste tires on specified days.

Funding

• $1,000,000 is available for waste tire cleanup projects.
• $1,000,000 is available for waste tire amnesty events.
• $50,000/site and $200,000/applicant maximum available per grant award for waste tire cleanup projects.
• $30,000/individual applicant and $90,000/regional applicant maximum available per grant award for amnesty events.

Cycle-Specific Information

Current Cycle

Application materials for TCA's Fourth Cycle (TCA4), fiscal year (FY) 2008/09 are now available. The application deadline is January 9, 2009.

Past Cycles

Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup and Amnesty Event Grant Program

• FY 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06

Amnesty Event Grant Program Cycles

• FY 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 1999-2000 | 1998-99

Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup Grant Program Cycles

• FY 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 1999-2000| 1996-97

Questions?
If you have questions that are program specific, please contact Diane Nordstrom.

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