Scrap tire market development grant program funding applications available

September 26, 2013
13-0926

For More Information:
Michael Marshall, 517-284-6586, marshallm7@michigan.gov
Brad Wurfel, 517-373-7917, wurfelb@michigan.gov

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the availability of grant applications for the fiscal year 2014 Scrap Tire Market Development Grant Program (Program) authorized by Part 169, Scrap Tires, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended.

Grants will be available to reimburse up to 50 percent of the cost of purchasing scrap tires to support the development of increased markets for scrap tires. Grants are also available to reimburse up to 50 percent of the cost of purchasing equipment and/or for research and development to provide for a new or increased use for scrap tires.

Projects that demonstrate new or increased uses of scrap tires in manufactured products are eligible for funding assistance. The DEQ will give priority to funding activities based on the amount of scrap tire material to be used in developing the project/product; demonstration of a new use of scrap tire material; and demonstration of a viable market for the proposed product. Selected grantees will be reimbursed only for approved expenses as authorized in a contract between the grantee and the DEQ. Only the cost of purchasing scrap tires from Michigan scrap tire processors or other generators of scrap tires in Michigan is eligible for reimbursement. The cost of scrap tires will be reimbursed at a maximum amount of $62.50 per ton.

Interested persons may request a Letter of Interest form and application package by writing to the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program, Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection, DEQ, P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7741; by downloading the form from the DEQ Web site at http://www.michigan.gov/deq (click on “Waste,” “Scrap Tires,” and under “Grants,” click on “Market Development Grants”); or by contacting Mr. Michael Marshall at 517-284-6586.

The deadline for receipt of the Letter of Interest is 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, October 25, 2013. The DEQ will accept Letters of Interest with all supporting documentation postmarked on or before October 25, 2013.