The Front Range Waste Diversion Enterprise Fund and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are pleased to announce the release of the eighth grant request for applications designed to support projects with significant waste diversion impacts in the Front Range of Colorado.
Donor Name: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
State: Colorado
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000 – $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
This grant cycle focuses on construction and demolition waste diversion and reduction, organic waste projects, and recycling infrastructure and collection projects. The grant opportunity provides up to $5 million in funding for multiple waste diversion projects focused in the 13-county region.
With this eighth grant offering, the Front Range Waste Diversion Board of Directors are seeking to support shovel-ready, high-impact projects that will divert a minimum of 1,000 additional tons of material per year. The enterprise fund has ambitious Front Range waste diversion goals of at least 39 percent by 2026 and 51 percent by 2036. The Front Range generates about 85 percent of the state’s waste, so engaging businesses, organizations and local governments in this region is key to achieving Colorado’s waste diversion goals.
Focus Areas
This RFA focuses on advancing waste diversion through the following means:
- Construction and demolition (C&D) waste diversion and reduction, including infrastructure development for feasible and cost-effective methods such as manual separation at the source of generation (demolition projects, construction sites) or at another point the process, or mechanical separation processes.
- Organic waste projects to include infrastructure to increase collection and processing of organic waste.
- Recycling infrastructure and collections projects.
For this RFA, projects must reuse, reduce, or divert a minimum of 1,000 additional tons per year upon project implementation.
Funding Information
Applicants who are shovel-ready with projects meeting the minimum tonnage diversion requirements (or are eligible for the noted exceptions) are invited to apply. Approximately $5,000,000.00 is available in this funding cycle to support multiple projects. Applications must request a minimum of $50,000 in FRWD grant funds and a maximum of $5,000,000.00 to be eligible for this opportunity
Funding Period
Projects are anticipated to start November 15, 2023. CDPHE will determine the length of the contract based on the requirements of the project. Contract length will be a minimum of 18 months. No contract will exceed five (5) years in duration. The term of the contract may be longer for monitoring purposes as deemed necessary by CDPHE.
Eligible Expenses
- Staffing/ Personnel Costs
- Supplies
- Equipment and Infrastructure
- Subcontractors
- Other Direct Costs
- Business Personal Property Tax (BPPT)
- Indirect Costs
Eligibility Criteria
Entities that are eligible to apply include:
- Municipalities, counties, and cities and counties;
- Nonprofit and for-profit businesses involved in waste disposal or waste diversion; and
- Institutions of higher education and public or private schools.
For-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations must be registered to do business in Colorado with the Secretary of State’s Office.
Project Requirements
To be eligible for a grant award, projects must be based in one of the thirteen identified Colorado Front Range counties and divert waste from Front Range landfills. Additional project requirements include:
- Applicants must show reuse, reduction, or diversion of a minimum of 1,000 additional tons per year upon implementation of the proposed project for the following counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld.
- In order to encourage projects advancing waste diversion in Teller, Pueblo, and Elbert Counties, these counties are not subject to the minimum tonnage requirements.
- If lightweight materials are being diverted and tonnage is not an appropriate metric, the applicant should also include volume.
- Projects must be shovel-ready.
- You will be required to complete a series of eligibility questions as a part of the application to determine if your project is shovel-ready. Answering “no” to any of the questions does not disqualify your application from moving forward; however, CDPHE maintains the right to determine that your project is not shovel-ready and therefore ineligible to move forward during the required technical review process. Moreover, the FRWD board of directors may decline the application or require additional details upon review.
- If permits are necessary for implementation of your project, it is the responsibility of the applicant to understand all permitting, compliance, and regulatory requirements before applying. Applicants are encouraged to apply for FRWD funding after they have received the permit or started the permit application process. This may be demonstrated by a letter of engagement from the permitting authority, or other justification. Failure to disclose or understand permitting requirements may disqualify your application.
For more information, visit CDPHE.
