Tire Grants

Notice of Funds Available: Waste Tire Enforcement (TEA) Grants (FY 2007/08)

The FY 2007/08 grant application period is now closed.

The CIWMB receives an annual appropriation from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund to administer the Tire Recycling Act (Vuich, Statutes of 1990, Chapter 35) and related legislation. This specific grant provides funding to solid waste local enforcement agencies (LEA) and city and county agencies in California for waste tire enforcement activities.

Applicant Eligibility

An applicant must have 50 or more waste tire sites that have tire program identification (TPID) numbers in their jurisdiction, and must be one of the following:

• A local enforcement agency (LEA);
• An environmental health agency;
• A code enforcement agency; or,
• An existing waste tire enforcement grantee that was determined to be eligible under the eligibility requirements of previous grant cycles, received grant funding, and has demonstrated satisfactory performance as determined by CIWMB staff (also referred to as "grand-fathered grantees").

Existing Joint Applicants

Applying city and county agencies that are under the jurisdiction of an existing waste tire enforcement grantee or an LEA applying simultaneously for this grant are not eligible unless the city/county agency:

1. Meets the eligibility requirements of this grant;
2. Notifies the existing grantee and the CIWMB of their intent to apply;
3. Meets with the existing grantee and the CIWMB; and,
4. Demonstrates complementary services are needed in their jurisdictions. Based on the information provided by the applying agency, the CIWMB will determine whether the applicant will qualify as an eligible grant recipient.

Joint Applicants

Cities or counties may submit a regional application with authorization from other cities and/or counties participating in the regional application. A regional lead jurisdiction may be designated for regional programs to act in behalf of all participating jurisdictions. Each jurisdiction may submit only one grant application. Therefore, if a jurisdiction submits an application as part of a regional program, it cannot apply individually or as part of another regional program.

Eligible Activities

Eligible activities include:

• Investigating illegal tire disposal activities;
• Performing inspections of waste tire facilities; and,
• Surveying tire dealers, auto dismantlers, tire haulers, and other points of waste tire generation to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including the new manifest system. Inspections are to be followed up with appropriate compliance actions to ensure that operators are complying with all tire facility regulations, including, but not limited to, storage standards, use of registered tire haulers, and manifest requirements.

Program Changes and New Program Elements

1. Conditionally allows grantees to charge an hourly rate that includes all operating costs and administrative overhead if an approved Cost Allocation Plan which supports the hourly rate is submitted with the grant application;
2. Increases the cap for allowable enforcement costs from 50 percent to 75 percent of inspections costs; and
3. Conditionally allows for cleanup of waste tire sites with less than 500 tires per site. The grant application should be consulted for details on these program changes.

Funding

There is $6.75 million available for fiscal year (FY) 2007/08. Also, the maximum grants available for jurisdictions with population in excess of 900,000 have been increased.

• Jurisdictions with populations equal to or less than 900,000 are eligible to receive up to $300,000;
• Jurisdictions with populations of 900,001 to 1,999,999 are eligible to receive up to $450,000; and
• Jurisdictions with populations of 2,000,000 or more are eligible to receive up to $600,000.

Program Changes and New Program Elements

• Removal of the 10 percent cap on administrative overhead costs.
• An increase in enforcement costs cap.
• A conditional allowance for cleanup of waste tire sites with less than 500 tires per site.

Please see Waste Tire Enforcement Grant Application Instructions (Adobe PDF, 165 KB), Section 1, Grant Program Overview and Guidelines, for a description of eligible and ineligible costs.

Grant Term

The term of the grant begins when a grantee receives formal notification from the CIWMB, referred to as the “Notice to Proceed,” indicating that it may incur costs and begin spending grant funds on eligible activities. The beginning date will be no earlier than June 30, 2008, and may be later based upon when the signed Grant Agreement is returned. In all cases, all eligible expenditures must be completed by June 30, 2009.

Application Deadline and Submittal

Mailed applications must be postmarked, if sent by U.S. Postal Service or commercial carrier, no later than January 31, 2008. Hand-delivered applications must be received at the address listed below by 3:00 p.m. on January 31, 2008. Faxed, e-mailed, and/or late applications will not be accepted and considered for funding.

By U.S. Postal Service:

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Attn: Waste Tire Enforcement Grant Program
Financial Assistance Division, 9th Floor
P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025

By commercial carrier or hand-delivered:

California Environmental Protection Agency Building
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Attn: Waste Tire Enforcement Grant Program
Financial Assistance Division, 9th Floor
1001 “I” Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Applications sent by U.S. Postal Service or a commercial delivery service should be sent by a means that allows for tracking by the sender and that provides an addressed and dated receipt, demonstrating mailing to the CIWMB's address. Failure to do so is at the risk of the applicant, and if delivery is delayed or the application is lost by the delivery service, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate timely mailing or delivery of the application.

Question and Answer Process

All questions must be received in writing by January 18, 2008, via e-mail to afernand@ciwmb.ca.gov, or mail to:

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Attn: Waste Tire Enforcement Grant Program
Financial Assistance Division, 9th Floor
P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025

Questions received after January 18, 2008, will not be answered. Questions and answers (Q&A) will be posted periodically during the Q&A period on this website. It is the applicant's responsibility to check the website regularly to ensure they are aware of all program details. Similar or related questions may be grouped together or reworded for clarity and responded to as one question. All questions and answers will be posted on or about January 25, 2008, and are subject to updates.

Requesting an Application

You may download the application from this website or you may contact Amalia Fernandez.

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