12 Feb
2025
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery – Legacy Disposal Site Abatement
Grant Amount: Maximum Grant Amoun: $750,000
Information
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is accepting applications to the Legacy Disposal Site Abatement Partial Grant Program.
Funding is available for cleanup of solid waste sites and solid waste at co-disposal sites where the responsible party either cannot be identified or is unwilling or unable to pay for timely remediation and where cleanup is needed to protect public health and safety and/or the environment. Under the program, local governments can finance a wide range of remediation projects.
Eligible Costs:
- Waste removal and disposal.
- Security measures such as fences, barriers, warning signs, and other measures to prevent recurring illegal dumping at the remediated sites.
- These prevention measures and staff time are limited to no more than 25 percent of the overall grant amount. These measures can include public information materials.
- Site grading and drainage controls to minimize erosion.
- Slope and foundation stabilization.
- Excavation, consolidation, and capping of waste areas.
- Installation of landfill gas and leachate control systems.
- Field and laboratory testing
- Health and safety measures required for eligible project work.
These costs may include but are not limited to:
- Expenditures for contractors
- Public agency labor
- Rental equipment
- Preparation of designs or
- Consultant services directly associated with an eligible cost item.