Michigan announces scrap tire grants.The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is the agency of the state of Michigan charged with "Protecting Michigan's Environment - Ensuring Michigan's Future"[1] History has announced an additional $2.4 million in state grants. The grant money was approved by the state of Michigan's Administrative Board A comprehensive phrase that can refer to any Administrative Agency but usually means a public agency that holds hearings. An administrative board is usually obligated to represent the public interest; courts, in contrast, must remain impartial between the two parties to help clean up approximately 1.8 million scrap tires from sites across the state. The DEQ DEQ Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay." announced March 15, 2004, that 18 applicants were to receive grant awards of less than $25,000 each, totaling $102,307. Funding was made available under the authority of Part 169, Scrap Tires, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended. All state grants and contracts greater than $25,000 are required to be approved by Michigan's Administrative Board. These additional 17 grants will bring the total amount of the funds granted this year under the Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant Program to $2.5 million. Among the 17 grantees are: Earl Maxwell, Berrien County Berrien County is the name of two counties in the United States, both named for John M. Berrien:
The program funds for this year will completely clean up 26 of the 35 tire sites that are receiving funding and will create critical fire lanes in the remaining nine scrap tire accumulations. The grant recipients will have until August 2004 to complete the contract requirements for having their tires removed, processed and used by an end-user acceptable to the DEQ. |
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