Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. A
person may apply for a grant or loan from the waste tire management fund by
making application to the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of
Management and Finance. The grant or loan application must be submitted on a
form obtained from the department, which shall be available on the departments
website. Along with this form, the request for a grant or loan must include
information on the following non-exclusive items:
1. a detailed description of the project for
which the grant or loan is requested and how the project meets the requirements
of LAC 33:VII.10539;
2. the amount
of the grant or loan request;
3.
the projected time frame for completion of the project for which the grant or
loan is requested;
4. an analysis
of how the grant or loan monies will be used to encourage market research and
the development of products from waste tires that are marketable and that
provide a beneficial use, and/or provide for the promotion of those waste tire
products that have beneficial use;
5. a detailed explanation of how the grantee
will account for the use of the grant or loan funds;
6. procedures for reporting to the department
on an annual basis the status of the project. The department may require
additional reporting;
7. how the
recipient will provide for any permits that may be necessary in order for the
project to be completed, and the status of the applicants efforts to obtain the
necessary permits; and
8. any other
information deemed necessary by the department.
B. Upon receipt of the grant application or
loan application, the department shall review the application, may request
additional information from the applicant, may deny the application, or may
grant the application.
1. The denial of a
grant application or loan application is a final decision of the administrative
authority.
2. The granting of the
application does not award funds, but allows for the applicant and the
department to enter into a grant or loan agreement. The grant or loan agreement
constitutes the conditions, goals, and responsibilities of the recipient and
the department. The grant agreement or loan agreement, as a condition of the
agreement, may require offsets for amounts due from any payments made in
accordance with LAC 33:VII.10535.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with R.S.
30:2411-2422.
