Fiscal Year 2025

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

Michigan Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant Program - Private Property Cleanup

This application is ONLY for cleanups of scrap tires on privately owned property. If you are interested in having a community cleanup event, please apply using the Community Cleanup application.

A “Private property” cleanup is for cleanup of scrap tires located on a privately owned property including historical and/or dumped tires. If you are a public entity applying for cleanup on private property, please apply for a Community Cleanup grant.
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.

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 $267.67 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 AND EQUIPMENT COSTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE GRANT.

List of Registered Michigan Scrap Tire Processors

Grant reimbursement for private property cleanups will only be provided directly to the Processor handling the scrap tires.

Questions? Contact EGLE-ScrapTire@Michigan.gov

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.

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

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* 3. Additional Contact Person (optional)

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* 4. Details about the privately owned property where the tires will be removed.

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* 5. What County is the site located in?  

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* 6. Has the applicant received grant funding previously for cleaning up tires on this property?

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* 7. If yes to the previous question (or enter Not Applicable):

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* 8. How much 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 labor, equipment, or 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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* 9. 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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* 10. For sites in the Upper Peninsula ONLY.  Out of state processors may be allowed, please enter the out of state Processor you wish to use.  (Otherwise enter not applicable.)

EGLE staff will contact you to discuss as the Processor must have a SIGMA number and accept direct payment for cleaning up the tires.

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* 11. If you chose Other in Q9 or Q10, provide the legal destination to which the tires will be transported?  (Otherwise enter not applicable.)

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* 12. UPLOAD a letter or form signed by the Processor stating they are willing to take direct payment for your project.  

DIRECT PAYMENT IS THE ONLY REIMBURSEMENT OPTION FOR CLEANUPS OF SCRAP TIRES ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY. 

This document is REQUIRED for private cleanup sites and to set up accounting for reimbursement.

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* 13. Is/was the location a retail tire operation?

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* 14. Is/was the location a scrap yard?

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* 15. Were the tires generated by a commercial farming operation or commercial business?

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* 16. Please enter a general description of the site and how the tires were accumulated.

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* 17. Please provide an estimated year that the tires were left on the property.

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* 18. Attach any documents, photo(s), aerial photo(s) and/or map(s) that support your application. 

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* 19. Please attach a aerial photo or aerial map of the site.

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* 20. Upload a legal description of the property.  REQUIRED

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* 21. Upload documentation of property ownership (Warranty Deed or Land Contract) - REQUIRED

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* 22. Provide written approval/authorization for removal of tires from private site (REQUIRED if you do not own the site.)

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* 23. Number of scrap tires currently on site

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* 24. Does the site currently have bonding or financial assurance?  If yes, this funding must be utilized before grant funding to clean up the tires.  

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* 25. For sites with tires accumulated after 1991, does the applicant agree to the placement of a lien, in favor of the State of Michigan, up to the value of the grant amount on the property that is affected by the removal of tires?

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* 26. 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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* 27. Applicant understands that they will be notified of the funding decision via e-mail.  Funds will be dispersed only on a reimbursement basis, directed to your identified processor.  Private cleanups are only reimbursed to a Processor, not directly to the applicant.  Should Applicant be funded, the Processor agrees to submit a complete payment reimbursement request (Transportation Record(s) and Invoice(s)) within 90 days of the cleanup activity to EGLE-ScrapTire@Michigan.gov.

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

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* 29. 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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* 30. 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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