South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-107 - Solid Waste Management › Subchapter 61-107.1 - Solid Waste Management: Solid Waste Management Grants, Recycling Education Grants, and Waste Tire Grants › Section 61-107.1.B - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
1. "Advance funds"
				means monies approved for known costs to the applicant before the quarterly
				report is due.
2. "Eligibility"
				means the standard or criteria by which a county or region or applicant
				qualifies for grant funds, as determined by the Office and the appropriate
				Council or Committee. These standards shall include, but are not limited to,
				completeness of the grant application, proof of existing accumulated waste tire
				sites, proposed methods of remediation and plans for disposal.
3. "Grant agreement" means the binding
				contract between the Office and the applicant.
4. "Grant application" means the initial
				request form for a grant through the Office.
5. "Grants, base portions" means that part of
				the grant equalling at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total available
				in any given grant period.
6.
				"Grants, incentive portions" means that part of the solid waste reduction grant
				and recycling education grant equalling at least seventy-five percent (75%) of
				the total available in any given grant period.
7. "Grant period" means twelve months from
				the time the grant agreement is properly executed by all parties.
8. "Local government" means any municipality,
				county, district or authority or any agency thereof which has jurisdiction over
				the collection, recycling, disposal or treatment of solid waste.
9. "Matching Funds" means funds committed for
				purposes set forth in this rule in an amount equalling the total solid waste
				reduction incentive portion of solid waste grants or recycling education grants
				incentive portion awarded to a local government or region. Matching funds
				include budgeted funds, funds in escrow, and funds expended on solid waste
				reduction or recycling education related program activities, but do not include
				in-kind contributions.
10.
				"Municipal solid waste" includes any solid waste resulting from the operation
				of residential, commercial, governmental, or institutional establishments that
				would normally be collected, processed and disposed through a public or private
				solid waste management service. The term includes yard trash and industrial
				solid waste.
11. "Office" means the
				Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling.
12. "Population" means the 1990 census
				determination.
13. "Program" means
				the grant program established and administered by the Office of Solid Waste
				Reduction and Recycling.
14.
				"Region" means two (2) or more counties in South Carolina which have prepared,
				approved and submitted a regional concept application to the Office of Solid
				Waste Reduction and Recycling for grant funds.
15. "Solid Waste Management Grant Program"
				means the grant program established and administered by the Office of Solid
				Waste Reduction and Recycling.
16.
				"Temporary operating subsidy" means the use of grant funds for operational
				expenses of a solid waste reduction program or a recycling education program,
				including personnel costs, training costs, rental of facilities, and other
				similar expenses approved by the Office.