June 29, 2005

Grants totaling $169,100 will fund two scrap tire end-user projects within the state, Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven E. Chester announced today. The DEQ selected two eligible applicants to receive grant awards with funding made available to facilities creating new products from scrap tire material and Michigan-certified end-users.

“The DEQ is looking forward to increasing the use of scrap tire material in Michigan with the help of the Scrap Tire End-User Grant Program,” said Director Chester. “Abandoned scrap tires pose a threat to both public health and the environment, and by putting these tires to use we are able to eliminate that threat.”

The grantees will have until September 23, 2005, to complete contract requirements. Following is a listing of the approved grantees receiving scrap tire end-user contracts under the Program:

• Grayling Generating Station, Crawford County $85,100

• TES Filer City Station Ltd., Manistee County $84,000

Director Chester also announced the award of $18,000 in additional Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant funds to the city of Detroit that will help clean up over 15,000 additional scrap tires and rims, which makes $36,306 the total amount awarded to the city of Detroit this year.

For further information regarding the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program, contact the Waste and Hazardous Materials Division, Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909 7741, at (517) 335 4035; or contact 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.

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Revised June 29, 2005 by Pat Watson