January 12, 2005

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven E. Chester announce the issuance of scrap tire grants to 31 applicants totaling $2.9 million dollars. The Scrap Tire Cleanup Program funds are designated for use toward the complete cleanup of these tire sites in order to reduce the potential public health and environmental concerns, such as fire and mosquitoes, associated with these scrap tire sites. This funding will completely clean up 28 scrap tire sites; provide funding to remove scrap tires creating fire lanes at the site to improve safety and compliance with state law at 3 sites; and clean up approximately 4.2 million scrap tires from sites across the state.

The grantees will have until August 30, to complete contract requirements for having their tires removed and processed in accordance with a DEQ-approved tire removal plan.

The following is a list of the approved grantees receiving scrap tire cleanup contracts under the program:

Grantee                                                 County                 Amount
A&L Iron & Metal Company                      Otsego                  $15,250
American Metal Buyers                            Shiawassee           $24,000
Blue Lake Township                                 Muskegon               $1,470
Boss Technologies Inc.                            Macomb                  $5,750
Clare County                                           Clare                    $819,585
Danilowicz, Walter/Virginia                       Jackson                 $33,575
Detroit, City of                                         Wayne                   $18,306
Department of Natural Resources –
Forest Management                                 Various                    $2,924
Department of Natural Resources –
Waterloo                                                 Jackson                   $1,363
Egelston Township                                   Muskegon              $16,800
Genesee Township                                   Genesee                $21,000
Gunn, Sr., Thomas A.                               Mecosta              $220,650
Hoyt, Lione and Mary                                Calhoun                $40,500
Jennings, Sarah                                        Allegan                 $27,000
Kotarski, John                                          Genesee               $14,550
Leonard, Julie                                           Allegan                 $40,250
Leroy, Harm                                             Allegan                 $35,250
M-66 Auto Inc.                                         Missaukee           $647,700
Marquette, William J.                                Livingston              $49,250
Maxwell, Earl                                           Berrien                       $589
Muse, Dorothy Mae                                  Newaygo               $35,000
Northside/Town & Country                         Washtenaw         $204,500
Oakfield Township                                    Kent                    $132,300
Pennfield Charter Township                       Calhoun                   $8,350
Quiter, Vern                                             Branch                 $342,000
Richland Township                                   Montcalm               $35,500
Rockwood Auto Parts                               Monroe                  $44,600
Schantz, Sr., Scott W.                             Barry                     $20,850
Symborski, Joseph R.                              Arenac                   $12,450
Thompson, Robert                                    Iosco                     $22,575
Wright, Sr., Gregory Allen                         Jackson                  $6,113

If you have questions, please contact the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program, Waste and Hazardous Materials Division, Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7741, at (517) 241 2924; or call Ms. Rhonda Oyer Zimmerman, at (517) 373 4750, or by e mail at oyerr@michigan.gov.

Editor’s note: DEQ news releases are available on the department’s Internet home page at www.michigan.gov/deq.

Revised January 12, 2005 by Pat Watson