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Fiscal Year 2025

APPLICATION DUE DATE IS 5:00 pm EST FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025.

This application is ONLY for community cleanups of scrap tires. If you are an individual requesting assistance cleaning up tires on privately owned property please use the Private Property application. If you are an organization cleaning up tires on private property please use this application.

Some examples of a "Community" event would be a cleanup day held at a township hall or a cleanup drive held in conjunction with other cleanups (electronics, household hazardous waste, dump days, etc.

A "Private Property" cleanup is for cleanup of scrap tires located on a privately owned property including historical and/or dumped tires by an individual.

Section 16908(2)(c) of Part 169, Scrap Tires, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended (NREPA), requires that the Scrap Tire Regulatory Fund shall be used: For the cleanup or collection of abandoned scrap tires and scrap tires at collection sites. The department shall give priority to funding activities under this subdivision at collection sites in which the scrap tires were accumulated prior to January 1, 1991, and to collection sites that pose an imminent threat to public health, safety, welfare, or the environment. The department shall make every effort to assure that all abandoned scrap tires accumulated at collection sites prior to January 1, 1991, are cleaned up or collected by September 31 [sic], 2009.
  • EGLE WILL REIMBURSE ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED AT A RATE OF $1,500 PER DROPPED TRAILER FOR THE FIRST 500 TIRES AND THEN $3 PER PASSENGER TIRE EQUIVALENT FOR ANYTHING OVER THE INITIAL 500 TIRES, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $3,000 PER TRAILER.
  • FOR CLEANUPS BEING REIMBURSED BY WEIGHT, THE REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE $266.67 PER TON.
  • FOR CLEANUPS BEING REIMBURSED BY VOLUME, THE REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE $26.67 PER CUBIC YARD.
  • GRANTEES TO PAY ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS INCURRED.
  • GRANTEES WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR EMPTY TRAILERS.
  • GRANTEES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING LABOR (VOLUNTEER OR PAID) TO COORDINATE LOADING OF THE SCRAP TIRES. LABOR COSTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE GRANT.

List of Registered Michigan Scrap Tire Processors
Grant reimbursement is provided through SIGMA, the accounting platform utilized by the State of Michigan. To receive grant reimbursement, grant recipients will need to have a SIGMA vendor self-service (SIGMA-VSS) account. EGLE will work with grant recipients to create a SIGMA-VSS account if an account does not already exist. Applicant must provide contact information (name, phone number and e-mail address) for EGLE to communicate with grant recipients regarding SIGMA accounting and reimbursement.

APPLICATION GENERAL INFORMATION
--File attachment size is limited to 16 MB. If you have additional information, please send via e-mail to EGLE-ScrapTire@Michigan.gov.
--EGLE may request additional information to support the application for clarification purposes.
--Questions marked with an asterisk (*) require responses.

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* 1. Applicant Information.  This information will be used to prepare the grant agreement (contract).

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* 2. If grant is awarded please enter the Applicant Contact person.  This person will be the grant contact for EGLE and listed on website for the public to contact.

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* 3. If grant is awarded please enter the signatory.  This is the person signing the grant agreement (contract).

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* 4. Are you requesting direct payment to the Processor? (PREFERRED METHOD OF REIMBURSEMENT & STRONGLY ENCOURAGED)

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* 5. Choose the Processor that will be used for the cleanup.

Grant applicants are required to make arrangements with Processors prior to receiving grant funding. This includes scheduling events and getting a direct pay agreement signed by the grantee and Processor in place.

If other is chosen, enter Processor name in the second field.

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* 6. For Direct Payment to the Processor (EGLE pays Processor), provide a letter or form signed by the applicant and the Processor stating the Processor is willing to take direct payment for your grant.

Processors have direct pay agreements available upon request. The direct pay agreement must be signed by the grantee and the Processor.

This is REQUIRED to set up accounting for reimbursement.

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* 7. If applicant cannot choose direct reimbursement to the Processor, enter SIGMA information below.  (Otherwise enter NA)

Most public entities (municipality, government, etc.) already have a SIGMA number.

**A SIGMA number is REQUIRED to receive a grant.**

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* 8. What County will the Scrap Tire Cleanup be located in? (If more than one, enter those counties in the second field.)

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* 9. Are you willing to partner with another nearby grantee?

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* 10. Are you willing to facilitate/administer the grant (act as the fiduciary)?

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* 11. In the future, is your organization willing to have a site where tires can be collected for recycling year around?  NOTE: The Scrap Tire Cleanup Program is working to shift to year around collections instead of specific cleanup dates.

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* 12. Are you willing or interested in incorporating scrap tire rubber into a project in your community?  (Examples: rubber modified asphalt paving, porous pavement for trails, rain gardens, etc.)

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* 13. Enter information regarding the date(s) and location(s) where the cleanup(s) will be held. If you have multiple sites, please enter not applicable and upload the information in Q14.

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* 14. Optional - upload schedule listing dates and addresses of cleanup events

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* 15. Will you be having a cleanup event prior to 05/01/2025? If yes, please enter date below.

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* 16. Has the applicant received grant funding previously?

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* 17. If yes to the previous question:

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* 18. How much grant funding are you requesting?

A 53 foot long semi trailer typically holds 1,000 passenger tires. One grant trailer = $3,000 ($3 per passenger tire equivalent). No additional funding for mileage is allowed.

Applicants are REQUIRED to answer this question so EGLE can determine the amount of grant funding necessary.

Answer both questions with ONE decimal points and no commas. For example: 1.0 trailers, 3000.0

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* 19. Attach any documents, photo(s), aerial photo(s) and/or map(s) in support of your application.

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* 20. Grantees are encouraged to utilize other funding sources to help stretch grant funds. 

What other funding sources will be used by the Grantee? 

Grantees are encouraged to charge a small fee per tire, per load, or per resident to help stretch grant funding and to cover expenses not allowed under the grant such as labor, equipment and/or advertising.

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* 21. ASSURANCES:

Applicant understands that this application is not a guarantee of funding.  Funding is subject to availability on a first come, first served basis until funding is completed.

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* 22. Applicant understands that they will be notified of the funding decision via e-mail.  Funds will be dispersed only on a reimbursement basis.  Should Applicant be funded, they agree to submit a complete payment reimbursement request (Request for Payment form, Transportation Record(s), Invoice(s), and Proof of Payment) within 90 days of the cleanup activity to EGLE-ScrapTire@Michigan.gov unless a Direct Payment to Processor agreement is in place.

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* 23. Projects need to be completed by the expiration date in the executed grant agreement unless the grantee requests an extension in writing to EGLE-ScrapTire@Michigan.gov.

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* 24. Applicant understands that they must have a FULLY EXECUTED GRANT AGREEMENT OR AMENDMENT in place prior to starting any grant activities.  Grant activities completed before the grant is fully executed will not be reimbursed.  (Fully Executed means signed by the Grantee, then signed by EGLE.)

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* 25. I, the undersigned applicant, swear and affirm, UNDER PENALTY OF LAW, that the statements contained herein are true and correct and that the removal, transportation, storage, and disposal of scrap tires will be performed in accordance with the requirements of Part 169.  I certify under penalty of law that the information contained on this form, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is true, accurate, and complete.  I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of a fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.  

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