The deadline for receipt of Deep East Texas Council of Governments (DETCOG) Solid Waste Grant applications is 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018. DETCOG anticipates awarding grants totaling a minimum of $65,000.00 for FY 2019.
Each application will be judged by the DETCOG Regional Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) in accordance with the SWAC Project Review and Scoring Guidelines and DETCOG’s Regional Solid Waste Management Plan. Projects are to begin approximately December 15, 2018 and end no later than July 31, 2019.
The grants are available to Cities, Counties, Public Schools, School Districts, River Authorities as well as General and Special Law Districts with the authority and responsibility for water quality protection or municipal solid waste management. The applicants must be located within Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity and Tyler counties to be eligible to apply. Funding for the DETCOG Solid Waste Grants comes from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
Applications for projects in the following categories will be accepted: Local
Enforcement, Litter and Illegal Dumping Cleanup and Community Collection Events, Source Reduction and Recycling, Local Solid Waste Management Plans, Household Hazardous Waste Management, Technical Studies, Educational and Training Projects, and other projects not included in these categories which meet TCEQ criteria.
Applications are available on DETCOG’s website at “www.detcog.net/solid-waste-recycling”. For more information, or to request an application packet, please contact Regional Services Specialist Carolyn Stephenson by email at CStephenson@detcog.org or by phone at (409) 384-5704 ext. 5353.
