Department of Natural Resources and Environment Director Rebecca A. Humphries today announced that a second round of grants totaling $197,525 has been awarded for the complete cleanup of nine Michigan scrap tire sites, in order to reduce potential public health and environmental concerns, such as fire and mosquitoes. This funding will help protect the health of these communities, cleaning up more than 193,125 passenger tire equivalents (PTEs), 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 Oct. 31, 2010, to complete contract requirements for having the tires removed and processed in accordance with a DNRE-approved tire removal plan.

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

Grantee                                     County          Amount           PTEs

All-Kar, Inc.                             Saginaw         $9,000              6,500

Detroit, City of                         Wayne           $64,325          64,250

JMR Property, LLC                  Tuscola          $12,475          12,225

Kamlay, Jim and Chris             Bay               $10,000          10,000

McIntyre, Darwin and Kirsti      Barry              $5,000              4,000

Moline, Karry                          Mecosta         $5,500             5,000

Tadajewski, John                     Alpena          $6,725              6,650

Vine, Thomas                          Gratiot           $62,000          62,000

Williams, Lori A.                      Crawford        $22,500          22,500

For more information, contact the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program, Environmental Resource Management Division, DNRE, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7741 or 517‑241‑2924; contact Rhonda Oyer Zimmerman at 517‑373‑4750 or by e‑mail at oyerr@michigan.gov; or visit the DNRE website at www.michigan.gov/dnre, click on Waste, and then on Scrap Tires.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to the conservation, protection, management, and accessible use and enjoyment of the state's environment, natural resources and related economic interests for current and future generations.  Learn more at www.michigan.gov/dnre.

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