Section 25244.8 Of Article 11.8. Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, And Treatment From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 11.8.
25244.8
. Grant funding for equipment construction needed for
demonstration of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment
technologies shall be provided to projects selected pursuant to
Section 25244.6 in four consecutive steps:
(a) Step I grants shall be made to study the feasibility of a
proposed project. Ninety percent of the costs of the feasibility
study shall be eligible for grant funding up to a maximum of
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per grant. In activities
funded by a step I grant, the applicant shall develop information
needed to select the waste reduction, recycling, or treatment
alternative, which would be most cost-effective.
(b) Step II grants shall be made for project design. Seventy
percent of the costs of the design of the project shall be eligible
for grant funding, except that a small business may be eligible for
90 percent of those costs, up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) per grant. In activities funded by a step II grant, the
applicant shall prepare detailed plans and specifications for the
selected facilities, establish schedules for implementation, and
obtain necessary permits.
(c) Step III grants shall be made for the construction of the
facilities. Fifty percent of the costs of constructing the project
shall be eligible for grant funding, except that a small business may
be eligible for 80 percent of those costs, up to a maximum of four
hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) per grant. As a condition of
receiving a step III grant, the grantee shall allow the results of
the project to be evaluated and the information disseminated to other
parties. In activities funded by a step III grant, the applicant
shall construct the facilities as designed under a step II grant,
procure needed equipment, and obtain necessary permits to operate the
facility.
(d) Step IV grants shall be made to evaluate the effectiveness of
grant-funded facilities, develop information on compliance with
regulatory permits, and assess applicability of the selected approach
to other generators of similar hazardous wastes. Ninety percent of
the costs of those activities shall be eligible for grant funding,
except that a small business may be eligible for 100 percent of those
costs, up to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
per grant.