The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is now accepting applications for funding the cleanup and collection of scrap tires from eligible publicly and privately-owned sites.
Donor Name: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/29/2023
Details:
The Scrap Tire Program administers a combination of community-based grants that support local municipal tire cleanups, public and private grants that enhance and promote scrap tire markets in Michigan, and technical staff resources to support compliance assistance and enforcement activities.
Through these efforts, the program seeks to improve the scrap tire regulatory landscape with higher rates of compliance, fewer occurrences of illegal tire operations (i.e. illegal hauling and dumping), the creation of more viable markets for tire materials, and the eventual establishment of a tire market based on circular economy principles.
EGLE will reimburse the actual costs incurred at a rate of $1,500 per dropped trailer for the first 500 tires. There is a $3 per passenger tire equivalent (PTE) reimbursement for over 500 tires up to a maximum of $3,000 per trailer. For cleanups being reimbursed by weight, the reimbursement will be $266.67 per ton. For cleanups being reimbursed by volume, the reimbursement will be $26.67 per cubic yard. THERE WILL BE NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMPTY TRAILERS.
Eligibility Criteria
- Cleanup Day – Resident Drop-Off:
- Applicant must be a local unit of government (county, township, city, or village) or nonprofit organization (entity).
- A community cleanup site is owned by a local unit of government or nonprofit organization that has received a scrap tire cleanup grant and uses this site for the purposes of collecting scrap tires from residents as part of a community cleanup day or resident drop off.
- EGLE may limit the total number of cleanup days regarding grants issued each year based on the priorities listed above and the amount of funding available.
- Local units within the same geographical area are strongly encouraged to consolidate their cleanup days or schedule cleanup days during the same week to facilitate collection. Each entity can briefly store (as specified in the grant agreement) all the collected scrap tires at a community cleanup site to coordinate regional pickups by the hauler.
- The entity must have the scrap tires disposed of as soon as possible. The entity cannot maintain piles of over 500 scrap tires without registering as a collection site and meeting all requirements under Part 169. A community cleanup site is not considered a collection site, provided the scrap tires are disposed of as soon as possible.
- The entity can charge a fee to residents for tire recycling according to the type and number of scrap tires in order to cover additional costs. However, the applicant may not profit from this grant activity.
- Annual Community Collection Site (Resident Drop-off and/or Removal of Illegally Dumped Tires)
- Convenient and economical disposal of scrap tires is essential in the fight to prevent illegal dumping and to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses. For this reason, entities may wish to establish a collection site of their own. This site may be grant eligible if all criteria are met. This would be encouraged in the hope of increasing awareness of proper disposal options that would decrease the need for small site cleanups.
- Do not schedule cleanup events prior to receiving a fully executed grant agreement.
- Applicant must be a local unit of government (county, township, city, or village) or nonprofit organization (entity).
- An established contract must be in place with a registered scrap tire processor and/or hauler.
- For a permanent collection site, the site must be in a fenced and gated area under control of the entity.
- Abandoned Scrap Tires or Scrap Tires Dumped on Publicly Owned Properties
- Do not schedule cleanup events prior to receiving a fully executed grant agreement.
- The governmental entity must estimate the number of abandoned scrap tires on publicly owned properties to be cleaned up and include this information in the grant application.
- There must be one individual/community/entity that coordinates the cleanup.
- Municipalities may elect to aggregate applications in their geographic area and set up a community cleanup site for consolidation of these smaller accumulations of scrap tires, to simplify paperwork and the collection of scrap tires. If a community cleanup site is established, the entity will ensure that the scrap tires are legally transported to the community cleanup site and removed from the community cleanup site to a legal destination as specified in the grant agreement.
- The entity must have the scrap tires disposed of as soon as possible. The entity cannot maintain piles of over 500 scrap tires without registering as a collection site and meeting all requirements under Part 169. A community cleanup site is not considered a collection site, if the scrap tires are disposed of as soon as possible.
- Roadside Cleanup
- Do not schedule a cleanup event prior to receiving a fully executed grant agreement.
- The entity with jurisdiction over the roadway is eligible to apply for a Grant. Entities can apply for a grant for scrap tires they have already picked up. Abandoned scrap tires must be removed from road rights-of-way.
- An entity is eligible for a grant of up to a maximum of $3,000 for roadside cleanup. EGLE may limit the total number of roadside cleanup Grants issued each year based on the priorities listed above and the amount of funding available.
- Different entities in same area are encouraged to consolidate their roadside cleanup days or schedule cleanup days during the same week to facilitate collection.
- The entity must have the scrap tires disposed of as soon as possible. The entity cannot maintain piles of over 500 scrap tires without registering as a collection site and meeting all requirements under Part 169. A community cleanup site is not considered a collection site, if the scrap tires are disposed of as soon as possible
- The entity will be responsible for providing labor (volunteer or paid) to coordinate loading of the trailer. Labor costs are not covered by the Grant. The applicant may not profit from this grant activity.
For more information, visit MDEGLE.
