(1) COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY APPLY. A
county or municipality may apply for a clean sweep grant. A grant application
shall comply with sub. (3).
Note Pursuant to s.
20.002(10),
Stats., a grant by a state agency made to any city, county, village, or town
for any purpose also may be granted by that state agency to any federally
recognized tribal governing body for the same purpose.
(2) ANNOUNCEMENT SOLICITING GRANT
APPLICATIONS. The department shall issue an announcement soliciting grant
applications under sub. (1) for the next calendar year if grant funding may be
available for any part of that calendar year. The announcements shall specify
the general terms and conditions for grant awards, including all of the
following:
(a) The total amount available for
clean sweep project grants, including separate amounts available for farm
chemical waste collection projects and household hazardous waste collection
projects. Subject to budget appropriations, the department shall offer a
minimum of two-thirds of the funds available from the appropriation account
under s.
20.115(7) (va), Stats., for household hazardous waste
collection grants.
(b) The purposes
for which grant funds may be used.
(c) The percentage rate, if any, at which the
department will reimburse a county's cost to collect and dispose of farm
chemical wastes received from very small quantity generators.
Note See s.
ATCP 34.04(4) (b).
(d) Minimum grant eligibility criteria,
including the minimum county or municipal funding contribution required under
s.
ATCP 34.04(5).
(e) Grant application deadlines and
procedures.
(f) Grant evaluation
criteria, including the criteria in s.
ATCP 34.08(2) and the weights that the
department will give to those criteria.
(g) Other grant application terms and
conditions that the department deems appropriate.
Note The department will normally issue a notice
under sub. (2) in June of each year, soliciting grant applications for the next
calendar year. Grant funding depends on state budget appropriations.
(3) APPLICATION
CONTENTS. A county or municipality shall submit its grant application under
sub. (1) in a manner designated by the department. The application shall comply
with requirements contained in the department's announcement under sub. (2) and
shall describe all of the following:
(a) The
purpose and scope of the proposed clean sweep project, including all of the
following:
1. The targeted waste collection
area.
2. Types of wastes
collected.
3. The agricultural or
household populations served.
(b) The proposed collection sites, if
known.
(c) The proposed collection
dates, if known.
(d) The proposed
collection facilities, if known.
(e) Any relevant limitations that the
applicant will impose on waste collections.
(f) A schedule of fees, if any, which the
applicant proposes to charge to persons from whom it collects chemical waste or
unwanted prescription drugs. A county may not charge an agricultural producer
for the first 200 pounds of farm chemical waste collected from that
agricultural producer, but may charge fees for amounts over 200 pounds of farm
chemical waste or for agricultural producers disposing of any household
hazardous waste or any unwanted prescription drugs.
(g) The hazardous waste contractor who will
handle, transport and dispose of hazardous waste or unwanted prescription drugs
collected in the clean sweep project.
(j) The public information program that the
applicant will undertake in connection with the clean sweep project. The public
information program shall do all of the following:
1. Advertise the clean sweep project to the
target population.
2. Provide
information to help the target population minimize, safely handle, and safely
dispose of chemical waste.
(k) The proposed budget for the clean sweep
project, and the amount of funding requested from the department.
(l) The applicant's proposed contribution to
the project. The applicant's contribution shall comply with s.
ATCP 34.04(5). The applicant shall
identify and distinguish applicant-funded project costs from grant-funded
project costs.
(m) The agency and
individual that are primarily responsible for coordinating the project on
behalf of the applicant, and any other agencies involved in implementing the
project.
(n) Other relevant
information that the department requires in its announcement under sub.
(2).
The grant application and related evaluation criteria are
available from the department at the following address: Department of
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Agricultural Resource Management
Division, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911 or
http://datcp.wi.gov.
