January 23, 2007

The Department of Environmental Quality announced today that grants totaling just over $3.2 million have been awarded to 41 applicants for use toward the complete cleanup of scrap tire sites in order to reduce the potential public health and environmental concerns associated with them. This funding will protect the health of communities across the state by cleaning up more than 3.1 million passenger tire equivalents (PTE), a measure used to account for different weights and sizes of tires that may be present at a cleanup site.

The grantees will have until August 31, 2007, 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         PTEs

Barnes, Leslie                            Allegan          $13,000           12,000
Bartz, Louis                               Barry             $29,875           29,625
Bendele, William J., Jr.               Jackson         $6,000              5,400
Birchfield, Ronald                       Lenawee         $64,250          64,000
Breedveld, Nick                          Allegan           $210,000      200,000
Brown, Jeff                                 Ionia              $8,475              8,450
Burgher, Jason                           Lapeer           $74,595           74,575
Burns, James W., III                   Oceana          $8,800              8,000
Carson City Auto Salvage            Montcalm      $6,300               6,000
Chesaning Recyclers                  Saginaw        $35,350            35,000
Combs, Gregory William             Oakland         $3,266               3,760
Davis, Nick L.                             Montcalm      $12,725            11,775
Discount Tire & Battery               Ionia              $5,555               5,500
Durda, Patricia                           Muskegon      $36,750            35,000
East Bay Auto Parts                   Benzie           $10,125             9,875
Farley, Marvin L.                         Ogemaw        $4,820               3,510
Francisco, Charles                     Washtenaw    $6,280                6,030
Harrison, J.                                Muskegon      $2,625                2,500
Hillsdale County                         Hillsdale         $1,012,500      990,000
Jennings, Sarah                         Allegan           $420,000         400,000
Kotarski, Agnes                         Genesee         $99,750            95,000
Locke, Ralph, Jr.                        Calhoun          $61,000            60,650
Lyons, Ronald                            Cheboygan     $14,500            10,000
M-66 Auto, Inc.                           Osceola          $550,250       525,000
MDNR-Forest, Mineral and
   Fire Mgmt. Div.                        Various           $3,620              3,470
MDNR-Waterloo                         Jackson           $1,600             1,575
MDNR-Adopt a Forest                 Marquette        $6,974             3,000
Moore, Richard                           Gratiot             $36,750         35,000
Mueller, George P.                      Hillsdale          $62,500          60,000
Myers, Burtis L.                          Newaygo         $45,600          42,350
Oceana Auto Parts & Towing       Oceana           $5,250              5,000
Prairieville Township                    Barry               $210,000       200,000
Russell, Neva Yvette                   Monroe            $60,000           58,150
Stoney Lane LLC                        Ionia                $30,130           28,850
Stout, Arteen Dick                      Roscommon     $64,250           56,750
Tarpon Financial Inc.                   Montcalm         $3,030              3,000
Thacker, Rick                             Ionia                $4,500               3,900
Thornapple Township                   Barry               $2,725               2,700
Trudell, Dorene Sue                     Montcalm        $3,150               3,000
Walker, Ralph                             Presque Isle    $4,163               4,150
Zingg, Paul Sr.                            Van Buren       $1,350               1,300

Questions regarding this program can be sent to the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program, Waste and Hazardous Materials Division, DEQ, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7741, at 517-241-2924; or contact 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.

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Revised January 23, 2007 by Pat Watson