Sec. 19109.
(1) The department shall establish an educational program with respect to resource recovery to accomplish the following:
(a) To promote on a statewide basis the purchase of recycled products and materials.
(b) To develop promotional materials for distribution by municipalities in support of their resource recovery initiatives.
(2) The department shall establish a resource recovery education grant program. The program shall provide funding for the direct promotion of local resource recovery initiatives by municipalities, nonprofit private entities, and private entities. The department shall make the grants described in this subsection.
(3) The department shall not make a resource recovery education grant unless both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The proposed education project is conducted in a county that has an approved solid waste management plan.
(b) A local resource recovery project is planned or under way and the proposed education project directly promotes the use of that project.
(4) The department shall consider the following factors in selecting recipients of resource recovery education grants:
(a) Whether the education program has measurable objectives.
(b) The extent of background research completed.
(c) The type and extent of follow-up or evaluation, or both, to be conducted.
(d) The level of commitment by local officials.
(e) The extent to which the recipient commits its own financial resources to the education project.
(f) The extent to which selection of the project contributes to the achievement of a balanced distribution of grants throughout the state.
(5) The department shall not expend more than 25% of the total amount in the trust fund in any state fiscal year on the educational program and the education grant program described in this section. The department shall not expend more than $50,000.00 for any single education grant made under this section.
History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA