Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality › Part 4 - Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations › Chapter 10 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Recycling Cooperative Grant Regulations › Rule 11-4-10.2 - Application Content and Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
In order to receive consideration for a grant award from the
				  Commission, recycling cooperative organizations or a lead local government of
				  an organization or cooperative effort shall submit an application as per the
				  following procedures:
A. MDEQ will
				provide notice annually of the availability of the recycling cooperative grants
				including the anticipated amount of funds available and a deadline by which
				grant proposals must be submitted. All applications received by the advertised
				deadline date will be evaluated for consistency with these regulations, subject
				to the availability of funds.
B.
				Grant applications shall be submitted on an application form provided by the
				MDEQ and shall include a detailed narrative description of the scope of work
				and a detailed itemized budget for the cooperative recycling project. The
				itemized budget shall indicate the overall total costs of conducting the
				project and the amount of grant funds proposed to be applied towards the total
				cost of the recycling system.
C.
				Grant applicants that propose to utilize contractual assistance in the design
				or construction of the recycling system or any unit or component of the system,
				shall include the name, the contact information, and the primary person(s) of
				contact for the contractor selected by the applicant and the reasons for the
				selection of the contractor. If a contractor has not been selected at the time
				of filing the application, the applicant shall describe the process to be used
				to select the contractor.
D. Grant
				applications that propose construction of new facilities or structures shall
				provide documentation of completion of the intergovernmental review process as
				described in the Appendix to this rule. This documentation shall include copies
				of comments received during the intergovernmental review process. If the
				process is not complete at the time of filing the application, the applicant
				shall provide information on the status of the intergovernmental review process
				and shall describe the applicant's proposed actions to complete the review
				process.
E. Unless specifically
				approved by the Commission, an award to an applicant shall be limited to the
				total amount of available grant funds advertised by the MDEQ.
F. Applications shall be evaluated and ranked
				with preference for approval based on the following factors:
(1) The proposed recycling cooperative
				project will result in multiple new local recycling programs being created or
				in substantial enhancements to existing local recycling programs for the
				jurisdictional area of the applicant organization. (20 points).
(2) The level of need of the local recycling
				cooperative project is deemed to be greater than for other proposed projects.
				(20 points).
(3) The recycling
				cooperative project proposal has demonstrated that the proposed recycling
				programs will be self-sustainable and/or will offer a long term commitment of
				resources by the member local governments to the project. (20
				points).
(4) The proposed recycling
				cooperative project will be supported or matched by additional funding of
				member governments of the cooperative organization or by other grant awards to
				the cooperative organization or to its member local governments. (15
				points).
(5) The proposed recycling
				cooperative project will be supported or matched by the contribution of
				physical properties, structures or equipment from the cooperative organization
				or its member governments. (15 points).
(6) The applicant has not been previously
				funded under this grant category. (10 points).
When funds requested exceed funds available, the ranking
				  factors above may be used to determine which projects are awarded grant
				  funding. However, the Commission, in its discretion, may also apportion
				  available funding to applicants in a fair and equitable manner when the factors
				  above do not yield clear award preferences.