The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is seeking applications for its 2023-24 Local Government Waste Tire Enforcement (TEA) Grant.
Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $650,000
Grant Duration: 11 months 29 days
Details:
The purpose of the grant is to provide sufficient, stable, and non-competitive funding to California jurisdictions for the enforcement of waste tire permitting, hauling and storage laws.
Funding Information
- $6,250,000 available for 2023–24, subject to funding availability.
- CalRecycle receives an annual appropriation from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund to administer the Tire Recycling Act and related legislation. The Waste Tire Fund allocation to the Local Government Waste Tire Enforcement grant Program is established within the DRAFT Five-Year Plan for the Waste Tire Recycling 12th Edition. The maximum grant awards are based upon applicant population figures provided by the California Department of Finance. Applicants with populations equal to or less than 900,000 are eligible to receive up to $350,000. Applicants with populations of 900,001 to 2,000,000 are eligible to receive up to $500,000. Applicants with populations of 2,000,001 or more are eligible to receive up to $650,000. A one-time Supplemental Grant may also be awarded for a Pilot Internship Program to provide TEA services to a neighboring County in this cycle.
Grant Period
June 30, 2024 – June 29, 2025
Eligible Projects/Products
CalRecycle is responsible for performing all activities related to enforcing waste tire permitting, hauling, and storage laws and regulations. When a local jurisdiction receives a TEA grant and becomes a grantee, it is authorized to enforce waste tire laws and regulations under CalRecycle’s authority, not its own. Some grantees or managing entities have authority as Local Enforcement Agencies or code enforcement agencies; however, that authority is not applicable to the waste tire enforcement program.
- County grantees may perform waste tire activities in the following areas:
- The unincorporated area of its own county.
- The incorporated areas of all cities within the boundaries of the county that are not TEA grantees nor Participating Collaborative Jurisdictions on any other jurisdiction’s TEA grant application.
- The unincorporated and incorporated area of any Participating Collaborative Jurisdiction(s).
- City grantees may perform waste tire activities in the following areas:
- The incorporated area of its own city.
- The unincorporated and incorporated areas of any Participating Collaborative Jurisdiction(s).
- City and county grantees may perform waste tire activities in the following areas:
- The unincorporated and incorporated areas of its own city and county.
- The unincorporated and incorporated areas of any Participating Collaborative Jurisdiction(s).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- City, county, or city and county that work closely with a managing entity to implement and oversee the program.
- Managing Entity
- All applicants must designate a managing entity to implement and oversee the Program.
- The managing entity must be one of the following:
- A Local Enforcement Agency.
- An Environmental Health Agency, department, office, etc.
- A Code Enforcement Agency, department, office, etc.
- An agency, department, or office, which has inspection and code enforcement authority, experience, and capability.
- New Applicants
- New applicants are those cities or counties that did not receive a TEA grant award for Fiscal 2022–23 (TEA30 cycle). New applicants must meet the following requirements at the time of application:
- Counties must have 50 or more active businesses in their jurisdictions with Tire Program Identification (TPID) numbers.
- Cities must have 100 or more active businesses in their jurisdictions with TPID numbers.
- New applicants that are under the jurisdiction of an existing TEA grantee that are also applying for a TEA grant may apply for this grant only if the new applicant:
- Meets the eligibility requirements of this program.
- Notifies the existing grantee and CalRecycle in advance of its intent to apply.
- Meets with the existing grantee and CalRecycle.
- Demonstrates that complementary services are needed in its jurisdiction(s).
- New applicants are those cities or counties that did not receive a TEA grant award for Fiscal 2022–23 (TEA30 cycle). New applicants must meet the following requirements at the time of application:
For more information, visit CalRecycle.
