California: Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery administers the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program, which provides up to $1 million annually in grants for the cleanup of illegal solid waste sites on farm or ranch property.

Donor Name: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)

State: California

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/11/2022

Size of the Grant: $50,000

Details:

Farm and Ranch property, as defined in California Code of Regulations, section 17991(d), means a piece of property, publicly or privately owned, that is used for rangeland or agricultural activities such as, but not limited to commercial livestock and crop production, horticulture, aquaculture, silviculture, floriculture, vermiculture and viticulture. Farm or ranch property need not have active sales or production, but shall be appropriately zoned, or otherwise authorized for agricultural activities. Farm or ranch property includes appurtenant easements or right-of-ways such as, but not limited to, public roads and utilities.

Funding Information

$1,000,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2022–23.
Up to $200,000 per grant award, with a maximum of $50,000 per site or cleanup project.

Projects

The parcel where the site is located is zoned or authorized for agricultural/rangeland use definition of Farm and Ranch Property as defined in Title 14 CCR§ 17991(d)
The site is used, has been used, or could be used for agricultural/rangeland activities
The intended future use of the site is consistent with the Property.
Neither the applicant, nor the property owner, nor any resident, invitee, licensee, lessee, or person the current property owner purchased or inherited from, by contract, agreement, or other arrangement, brought any of the subject solid waste onto the property.
The aforementioned parties did not direct, authorize, permit or otherwise provide consent to another to bring the solid waste onto the property. Moreover, “unauthorized” disposal of solid waste and/or waste tires has occurred.
The responsible party either cannot be identified, located, or pay for timely and proper remediation.
The site is or was (for sites previously remediated), an illegal disposal site (i.e., not permitted and not exempt from obtaining a solid waste facility permit and is not a closed site as defined in Title 27 CCR Section 20164).
The site is in need of cleanup in order to abate a nuisance or public health and safety threat and/or a threat to the environment.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants include: