DEQ - DEQ awards funding for scrap tire cleanups

DEQ awards funding for scrap tire cleanups

Agency: Environmental Quality

April 13, 2012 12-0413

For More Information Becky Beauregard, 517‑373‑4738, beauregardb@michigan.gov

Brad Wurfel, 517-241-7395, wurfelb@michigan.gov

The DEQ today announced nearly $400,000 for scrap tire cleanup work around the state.

The work is important to address health and environmental concerns associated with scrap tire piles. Grants totaling $386,829 are awarded for 17 scrap tire sites and 35 community cleanup days this year.

Scrap tire piles are a fire hazard and create breeding areas for mosquitoes. This funding will protect the health of communities. The DEQ anticipates it will help remove more than 309,000 "passenger tire equivalents," 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 Aug. 31 to complete contract requirements for having the tires removed and processed in accordance with a DEQ-approved tire removal plan.

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

Grantee	County	Amount
Arenac Conservation District	Arenac	$3,000
Charter Township of AuSable	Iosco	$3,000
Baldwin Township	Delta	$3,000
Bay County Mosquito Control	Bay	$3,000
Benzie County Solid Waste Department	Benzie	$3,000
Bruce Bower	Muskegon	$2,538
Burleigh Township	Iosco	$3,000
Burnside Township	Sanilac	$3,000
Casco Township	Allegan	$3,000
Kevin Cavanaugh	Ingham	$2,500
Clare Conservation District	Clare	$3,000
Crawford County	Crawford	$12,000
Diane Day	Van Buren	$3,213
Barbara DeLong	Shiawassee	$2,063
City of Detroit	Wayne	$57,463
Garfield Township	Mackinac	$3,900
Geneva Township	Van Buren	$6,000
City of Grand Rapids	Kent	$3,000
Velma Grey	Oceana	$9,175
Rick Haas	Muskegon	$1,763
Hadley Township	Lapeer	$3,000
Hamilton Township	Clare	$3,000
Hartland Township	Livingston	$3,000
Beryle Hickmott	Oakland	$1,377
City of Highland Park	Wayne	$4,375
Charles Hiler	Oceana	$4,651
Ingham County Road Commission	Ingham	$2,773
Jefferson Township	Hillsdale	$3,000
Kim's Salvage	Alcona	$48,100
Laketon Township	Muskegon	$9,000
Lee Township	Allegan	$3,000
Maple Ridge Township	Delta	$3,000
Michigan Nature Association	Muskegon	$650
Midland County Mosquito Control	Midland	$3,000
Missaukee Conservation District	Missaukee	$3,000
Monroe County	Monroe	$3,000
Charter Township of Mt. Morris	Genesee	$3,000
City of Muskegon Heights	Muskegon	$3,000
Northeast Michigan Council of Governments	Alpena	$3,000
Plainfield Township	Iosco	$3,000
Presque Isle Conservation District	Presque Isle	$3,100
Reno Township	Iosco	$3,000
Richland Township	Montcalm	$3,000
Lynn Sanders	Hillsdale	$25,431
Southwest Michigan Solid Waste Consortium	various	$24,000
Springfield Township	Oakland	$3,000
John E. Jr. Tripp	Wexford	$62,500
Two Trackers Four Wheel Drive Club	Muskegon	$3,000
Wakefield Township	Gogebic	$3,000
Wayne Watts	Montcalm	$2,813
Waverly Township	Van Buren	$3,000
Victor Wrublik	Mason	$10,444

For more information about DEQ's Scrap Tire Regulatory Program contact Becky Beauregard at 517‑373‑4738 or beauregardb@michigan.gov.

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