09 Jan
2025
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Grant Amount: Maximum Grant Amount: not specified
Information
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is accepting grant applications to assist in the cleanup of illegal disposal sites on farm and ranch property. Farm and Ranch property, as defined in California Code of Regulations, section 17991(d), means a piece of property, publicly or privately owned, that is used for rangeland or agricultural activities such as, but not limited to commercial livestock and crop production, horticulture, aquaculture, silviculture, floriculture, vermiculture and viticulture.
Farm or ranch property need not have active sales or production, but shall be appropriately zoned, or otherwise authorized for agricultural activities. Farm or ranch property includes appurtenant easements or right-of-ways such as, but not limited to, public roads and utilities.
A site may be eligible for funding if all of the following criteria are met:
- The parcel where the site is located is zoned, or otherwise authorized, for agricultural use;
- Unauthorized solid waste disposal has occurred on the site;
- The site is in need of cleanup in order to abate a nuisance or public health and safety threat and/or a threat to the environment;
- Neither the applicant, nor the property owner, nor any resident, invitee, licensee, lessee, or person the current property owner purchased or inherited from, by contract, agreement, or other arrangement, brought any of the subject solid waste onto the property;
- The aforementioned parties did not direct, authorize, permit or otherwise provide consent to another to bring the solid waste onto the property;
- The site is used, has been used, or could be used for rangeland or agricultural activities, including, but not limited to, commercial livestock, crop production, horticulture, aquaculture, silviculture, floriculture, vermiculture and viticulture;
- The site is, or was (for sites previously remediated), an illegal disposal site (i.e., not permitted and not exempt from obtaining a solid waste facility permit and is not a closed site);
- The responsible party either cannot be identified, located, or pay for timely and proper remediation; and,
- The current use, or intended future use, of the site is consistent with the definition of Farm and Ranch Property as defined in Title 14 CCR§ 17991(d).
Grant Amounts
Up to $200,000 is the maximum available per applicant per fiscal year (FY).
$50,000 is the maximum available per cleanup site.