The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administers a program to provide opportunities for the cleanup of illegal disposal sites on farm and ranch property.
Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
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 is available for this grant, fiscal year 2024–25, subject to funding availability.
- $200,000 is the maximum available for individual grant awards.
- Two or more departments or agencies within a specific city or county are eligible for a combined total of $200,000 per fiscal year.
- An incorporated city, a resource conservation district and the county within which they are located are each eligible for up to $200,000 of grant funds each fiscal year.
- Each site is limited to $50,000.
- Sites are referred to as single cleanups or abatement projects, and usually entail a large concentration of illegally dumped material in a single area. There can be multiple piles on one area/site.
- Multiple sites may be included in one application.
Eligible 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 (reference property definition for examples).
- The intended future use of the site is consistent with the Property definition above.
- 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
- Cities
- Counties
- Resource Conservation Districts
- Federally Recognized Tribes as defined in PRC § 48100(d)(1).
For more information, visit CalRecycle.
