Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 272 - MUNICIPAL WASTE PLANNING, RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION
Subchapter D - GRANTS
GRANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL RECYCLING PROGRAMS
Section 272.333 - Grant application
Universal Citation: 25 PA Code ยง 272.333
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The application shall contain a detailed explanation of the structure and operation of the program, the proposed duration of the program, the source of the funding match for the program and an explanation of how the program will further the purposes of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.
(b) The application shall describe the collection system for the program, including:
(1) Material collected and persons
affected.
(2) Contracts for the
operation of the program.
(3)
Markets or uses for collected materials, giving consideration to the results of
the market development study required by section 508 of the Municipal Waste
Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §
4000.508).
(4) Ordinances or other mechanisms that will
be used to ensure that materials are collected.
(5) Public information and
education.
(6) Program economics,
including processing or disposal cost which were avoided.
(7) Other information deemed necessary by the
Department.
(c) If the municipality proposes to use some or all of the grant funds to purchase mechanical processing equipment, the application shall also contain the following:
(1) A dated copy of a public notice
that was published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall:
(i) State that funding is being sought from
the Commonwealth's recycling fund, under the Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, to assist with the purchase of the
mechanical processing equipment.
(ii) Describe in reasonable detail the
equipment the municipality proposes to purchase or cause to be
purchased.
(iii) Describe the
intended uses of the equipment.
(iv) State that interested persons may submit
comments to the municipality within 30 days of publication of the
notice.
(v) Be in the form of a
display advertisement, legal notice or public notice.
(2) A description of responses to the
notice.
(3) An explanation of why
the municipality has concluded the equipment is not available from the private
sector.
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