The Leaf Composting Grant Program promotes stormwater management compliance at wood waste recycling and leaf composting facilities.
Donor Name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This funding will be provided to assist public entities who are authorized to operate their facility(s) under NJDEP’s NJPDES Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting Stormwater General Permit (WRC). This applies to public facilities where recycled tree branches, tree limbs, tree trunks, brush, and other wood waste that has not been chemically treated, glued, dyed, or painted are received, stored, processed, and transferred. Processing shall be limited to chipping, grinding, screening, and size reduction. The WRC permit further authorizes discharges from composting activities in which grass clippings, leaves, and wood chips (not chemically treated, glued, dyed, or painted) are received, stored, processed, and transferred.
Funding Information
The Department will distribute the available $1.35 million grant fund evenly among all qualified applicants.
Uses of Fund
Grant funding is limited to use on the following expenses:
- Preparation of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP) and Drainage Control Plan (DCP) in accordance with the NJPDES WRC General Permit.
- Implementation of the SPPP and DCP.
- After preparation and implementation of the DCP, any remaining funds may be spent on any activities related to compliance with the WRC NJPDES General Permit.
Eligibility Criteria
This opportunity is only open to public entities who are authorized to operate their facility(s) under a valid Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting General Permit authorization or to public applicants who qualify for authorization to operate their facility(s) under the WRC permit and who apply to the Department for this permit authorization.
For more information, visit NJDEP.
