Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality › Part 4 - Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations › Chapter 3 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Grant Regulations for Waste Tire and Solid Waste Assistance Funds, Authority › Rule 11-4-3.3 - Solid Waste Planning Grant Guidelines

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Eligibility and
				Allocation of Funds
(1) Ten percent (10%) of
				the amount deposited in the local governments solid waste assistance fund
				annually shall be set aside in a "solid waste planning grants fund." This fund
				shall be used to make grants to counties, municipalities, regional solid waste
				management authorities, or other multi-county entities to assist in defraying
				the cost of preparing solid waste management plans as required by Section
				17-17-227
				of the Mississippi Code, Annotated. Such grants for purposes of these
				regulations shall be herein referred to as "planning grants."
(2) Any funds remaining in the solid waste
				planning grants fund at the end of the State Fiscal Year that are not awarded
				shall be deposited back into the Solid Waste Assistance Fund and shall be
				reallocated as described in Section
				17-17-65
				of the Mississippi Code, Annotated.
(3) Planning grant awards shall only be made
				to counties, municipalities, regional solid waste management authorities or
				other multi-county entities to conduct planning efforts involving the
				comprehensive development or comprehensive update of a local solid waste
				management plan. No planning grant shall be awarded for conducting efforts
				involving only amendments or modifications to a local plan, such as the
				addition of a new facility or program, the change in service area for a
				facility, or other limited planning modifications that are not comprehensive in
				scope.
(4) No planning grant shall
				be awarded to a county or municipality that is a member of a regional solid
				waste management authority or other multi-county entity, unless that county or
				municipality has formally withdrawn from the authority or multi-county entity
				in a manner consistent with the applicable sections of state law.
(5) Planning grants may be used to defray the
				costs of preparing and developing a local solid waste management plan, where
				the employee, person, contractor, or organization developing the plan has
				obtained approval from the Department to prepare such comprehensive solid waste
				plans in the State of Mississippi. A grant applicant may select an approved
				person or organization to conduct the local planning efforts from a listing
				maintained by the Department. Inclusion of persons or organizations on the
				listing shall be based upon the presentation of credentials demonstrating
				knowledge and expertise of solid waste planning in Mississippi and upon other
				information determined necessary by the Commission. Persons that are denied
				inclusion on the listing may appeal such decision to the Mississippi Commission
				on Environmental Quality.
(6)
				Whether an applicant chooses to utilize internal resources or contractual
				resources to conduct the planning project, the planning project costs eligible
				for grant funding shall generally be limited to the following:
(a) the salary of the personnel directly
				involved in the collection of planning information and in preparing the plan,
				for only that time expended in the development of the plan,
(b) the associated travel costs of
				appropriate personnel for only that travel that directly relates to the
				collection of information to develop the plan,
(c) the costs of formally adopting the plan
				including the costs of public notice and hearing and other associated
				expenditures related to complying with the procedures outlined in state law and
				regulations for adoption of local solid waste management plans, and
(d) other miscellaneous costs such as
				publication costs, survey costs, mailing and delivery costs, and other items
				directly related to collecting information and preparing the plan.
Project costs must be specifically disclosed and justified in
				  the proposed budget submitted with the grant application as described in Rule
				  3.3(B)(2).
(7)
				No grant shall be awarded under this program for the purchase or lease of
				equipment or other property.