Tire Grants

Waste Tire Enforcement (TEA) Grants

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

General Information

The CIWMB offers TEA grants to solid waste local enforcement agencies and city and county agencies in California to investigate illegal tire disposal activities, perform waste tire facilities inspections, and survey tire dealers, auto dismantlers, tire haulers, and other points of waste tire generation to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including the manifest system.

Eligibility

Applicants

An applicant must have 50 or more waste tire sites in their jurisdictions, and must be one of the following:

• A local enforcement agency (LEA);
• An environmental health agency;
• A code enforcement agency; 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.

Existing Joint Applicants

Applying city and county agencies that are under the jurisdiction of an existing waste tire enforcement grantee or an LEA applying simultaneously for this grant are not eligible unless the city/county agency:

1. Meets the eligibility requirements of this grant;
2. Notifies the existing grantee and the CIWMB of their intent to apply;
3. Meets with the existing grantee and the CIWMB; and,
4. Demonstrates complementary services are needed in their jurisdictions. Based on the information provided by the applying agency, the CIWMB will determine whether the applicant will qualify as an eligible grant recipient.

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

• Investigating illegal tire disposal activities;
• Performing inspections of waste tire facilities; and,
• Surveying 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. Inspections are to be followed up with appropriate compliance actions to ensure that operators are complying with all tire facility regulations, including, but not limited to, storage standards, use of registered tire haulers, and manifest requirements.

Funding

Funding for this grant is based upon Board determination and populations as shown below:

• Jurisdictions with populations equal to or less than 900,000 would be eligible to receive up to $300,000;
• Jurisdictions with populations between 900,001 and 1,999,999 would be eligible to receive up to $450,000; and,
• Jurisdictions with populations in excess of 2,000,000 would be eligible to receive up to $600,000.

Cycle-Specific Information

Current Cycle

The application deadline for the Waste Tire Enforcement (TEA) Grants, 16th cycle (TEA16), fiscal year (FY) 2008/09 was October 31, 2008. It is anticipated the Board will consider grant awards at its February 24, 2009, meeting.

Past Cycles

• FYs 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 | 1999/20

Questions?

If you have questions that are program specific, please contact Sophia Mercado.

Enforcement grantees, please visit the Waste Tire Enforcement Grantee Toolbox for information to help you with your enforcement responsibilities.

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