September 15, 2006

Applications are now available from the Department of Environmental Quality for funding under the DEQ’s Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant Program. Property owners with abandoned scrap tires and scrap tires at collection sites are eligible for funding assistance under this program, and priority will be given to sites where the scrap tires were accumulated prior to January 1, 1991, and at collection sites that pose an imminent threat to public health, safety, welfare, or the environment.

“The Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant Program has made significant progress toward eliminating stockpiled scrap tires throughout Michigan,” said DEQ Director Steven E. Chester. “These cleanups remove an environmental threat, keep our families safe, and encourage new economic development at these sites.”

Since program funding began in 1993, the DEQ has issued over $13.4 million in Cleanup Grant funding. The DEQ will reimburse owners of selected scrap tire collection sites for expenses incurred for the transportation of scrap tires from a selected site, the processing of scrap tires by a Michigan scrap tire processor, and the delivery of scrap tires by the processor to an approved end-user.

The application and all supporting documents must be received or postmarked on or before Monday, October 30, 2006. Applications cannot be accepted by e-mail or fax.

To receive an application, please contact the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program, Waste and Hazardous Materials Division, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7741, at 517-335-4924; or an application packet may be downloaded from the DEQ Web site at www.michigan.gov/deq (Click on “Waste,” “Scrap Tires,” and under “Grants,” click on “Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant Information”).

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

“Protecting Michigan’s Environment, Ensuring Michigan’s Future”

Revised September 15, 2006 by Pat Watson