ATCP 34.06(1)(1)
County or municipality may apply. A county or municipality may apply for a clean sweep grant. A grant application shall comply with
sub. (3).
ATCP 34.06(2)
(2) Announcement soliciting grant applications. The department shall issue a written announcement soliciting grant applications under
sub. (1) for the next calendar year if grant funding may be available for any part of that calendar year. The announcement shall specify the general terms and conditions for grant awards, including all of the following:
ATCP 34.06(2)(a)
(a) The total amount available for clean sweep project grants, including separate amounts available for farm chemical waste collection projects and household hazardous waste collection projects. Subject to budget appropriations, the department shall offer no less than $400,000 for farm chemical waste collection grants and no less than $200,000 for household hazardous waste collection grants.
ATCP 34.06(2)(c)
(c) The percentage rate, if any, at which the department will reimburse a county's cost to collect and dispose of farm chemical wastes received from very small quantity generators.
ATCP 34.06(2)(d)
(d) Minimum grant eligibility criteria, including the minimum county or municipal funding contribution required under
s. ATCP 34.04 (5).
ATCP 34.06(2)(f)
(f) Grant evaluation criteria, including the criteria in
s. ATCP 34.08 (2) and the weights that the department will give to those criteria.
ATCP 34.06(2)(g)
(g) Other grant application terms and conditions that the department deems appropriate.
ATCP 34.06 Note
Note: The department will normally issue a notice under sub. (2) in June of each year, soliciting grant applications for the next calendar year. Grant funding depends on state budget appropriations.
ATCP 34.06(3)
(3) Application contents. A county or municipality shall submit its grant application under
sub. (1) on a form provided by the department. The application shall comply with requirements contained in the department's announcement under
sub. (2) and shall describe all of the following:
ATCP 34.06(3)(a)
(a) The purpose and scope of the proposed clean sweep project, including all of the following:
ATCP 34.06(3)(a)2.
2. Whether the project will collect farm chemical waste, household hazardous waste or both.
ATCP 34.06(3)(a)4.
4. The types and amounts of chemical wastes that the applicant expects to collect.
ATCP 34.06 Note
Note: The department may assist applicants, as necessary, in estimating chemical waste types and amounts under subd. 4.
ATCP 34.06(3)(e)
(e) Any relevant limitations that the applicant will impose on waste collections.
ATCP 34.06(3)(f)
(f) A schedule of fees, if any, which the applicant proposes to charge to persons from whom it collects waste chemicals. A county may not charge an agricultural producer for the first 200 pounds of farm chemical waste collected from that agricultural producer, but may charge fees for amounts over 200 pounds.
ATCP 34.06(3)(g)
(g) The hazardous waste contractor who will handle, transport and dispose of hazardous waste collected in the clean sweep project.
ATCP 34.06(3)(h)
(h) The applicant's plans for handling, transporting and disposing of chemical waste collected in the clean sweep project, including the applicant's plans under
s. ATCP 34.16.
ATCP 34.06(3)(i)
(i) The applicant's plans for recycling or disposing of triple–rinsed pesticide containers and other collected materials that are not hazardous wastes.
ATCP 34.06(3)(j)
(j) The public information program that the applicant will undertake in connection with the clean sweep project. The public information program shall do all of the following:
ATCP 34.06(3)(j)2.
2. Provide information to help the target population minimize, safely handle and safely dispose of chemical waste.
ATCP 34.06(3)(k)
(k) The proposed budget for the clean sweep project, and the amount of funding requested from the department.
ATCP 34.06(3)(L)
(L) The applicant's proposed contribution to the project. The applicant's contribution shall comply with
s. ATCP 34.04 (5). The applicant shall identify and distinguish applicant–funded project costs from grant–funded project costs.
ATCP 34.06(3)(m)
(m) The agency and individual that are primarily responsible for coordinating the project on behalf of the applicant, and any other agencies involved in implementing the project. If the project will involve multiple units of government, the application shall describe the role of each actively participating government unit.
ATCP 34.06(3)(n)
(n) Other relevant information that the department requires in its announcement under
sub. (2).
ATCP 34.06 Note
Note: Copies of the grant application form and related evaluation criteria are available from the department at the following address: Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Agricultural Resource Management Division, PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911.
ATCP 34.06 History
History: CR 04-039: cr.
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05.
ATCP 34.08
ATCP 34.08
Evaluating grant applications. ATCP 34.08(1)(1)
Determining eligibility. The department shall review each grant application under
s. ATCP 34.06 (3) to determine whether it complies with minimum eligibility requirements under this chapter. The department shall conduct this review before the department ranks eligible grant applications under
sub. (2). The department shall reject grant applications that fail to meet minimum eligibility requirements, or that fail to comply with application procedures prescribed under
s. ATCP 34.06 (2).
ATCP 34.08(2)
(2) Ranking eligible applications. The department shall rank each year's eligible grant applications under
s. ATCP 34.06 (1). The department may consider the following criteria, and other criteria set forth in the department's notice under
s. ATCP 34.06 (2):
ATCP 34.08(2)(a)
(a) The types of chemical wastes to be collected. The department may give priority to projects that do one or more of the following:
ATCP 34.08(2)(a)4.
4. Effectively target chemical wastes of special concern in the project area.
ATCP 34.08(2)(b)
(b) The extent to which the project coordinates the efforts of state and local governments and other interested parties. The department may give priority to projects that achieve cost efficiencies by combining the efforts of counties, municipalities, or counties and municipalities.
ATCP 34.08(2)(c)
(c) The convenience of the collection service. The department may give priority to projects offering conveniences, such as continuous collection events, multiple collection locations and multiple collection periods, which are reasonably designed to maximize public participation.
ATCP 34.08(2)(d)
(d) The scope and quality of the public information and promotional program that will accompany the project. The department may give priority to projects that are effectively designed to do the following:
ATCP 34.08(2)(e)
(e) Innovation. The department may give priority to applicants that offer new collection sites or other sound innovations designed to increase public participation, waste collection or geographic outreach.
ATCP 34.08(2)(f)
(f) The applicant's capacity to perform. The department may give priority to applicants that demonstrate effective preparation, expertise, capacity and commitment.
ATCP 34.08(2)(g)
(g) Safety and suitability. The department may evaluate proposed collection sites, facilities and waste handling procedures from the standpoint of safety, public access, environmental protection and inclement weather protection. The department may reject unsuitable sites, facilities and procedures.
ATCP 34.08(2)(h)
(h) The overall quality of the project, including likely impact, cost-effectiveness and public participation.
ATCP 34.08 History
History: CR 04-039: cr.
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05.
ATCP 34.10(1)(1)
Deadline. The department shall announce each year's clean sweep grant awards within 60 business days after the grant application deadline specified in the department's announcement under
s. ATCP 34.06 (2).
ATCP 34.10(2)
(2) Farm chemical waste collection projects. The department shall annually award clean sweep grants for farm chemical waste collection projects based on the ranking under
s. ATCP 34.08 (2). The department shall annually award grants totaling at least $400,000 for farm chemical waste collection projects, subject to eligible grant application requests and available appropriations.
ATCP 34.10(3)
(3) Household hazardous waste collection projects. The department shall annually award clean sweep grants for household hazardous waste collection projects based on the ranking under
s. ATCP 34.08 (2). The department shall annually award grants totaling at least $200,000 for household hazardous waste collection projects, subject to eligible grant application requests and available appropriations.
ATCP 34.10(4)
(4) Remaining grant funds. Following awards under
subs. (2) and
(3), the department may award grant funds for other projects based on their ranking under
s. ATCP 34.08 (2), without regard to whether the projects will collect farm chemical waste or household hazardous waste.
ATCP 34.10 History
History: CR 04-039: cr.
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05.
ATCP 34.12(1)(1)
General. The department shall enter into a written grant contract with each grant recipient, specifying the terms and conditions of the grant. No grant award under
s. ATCP 34.10 is final until the grant contract is signed. The contract may incorporate, by reference, all or part of the grant application.
ATCP 34.12(2)
(2) Contents. A contract under
sub. (1) shall include all of the following:
ATCP 34.12(2)(b)
(b) The purposes for which the grant award may be used. The contract may identify those purposes by reference to this chapter, the department's announcement under
s. ATCP 34.06 (2), or the grant application.
ATCP 34.12(2)(c)
(c) The grant recipient's responsibilities under the contract. The contract may identify those responsibilities by reference to this chapter, the department's announcement under
s. ATCP 34.06 (2), or the grant application.
ATCP 34.12(2)(e)
(e) The grant recipient's responsibility as a hazardous waste generator, under
s. ATCP 34.16 (1), for hazardous waste collected by the clean sweep project.
ATCP 34.12(2)(f)
(f) The grant recipient's contract with the hazardous waste contractor who will receive, transport or dispose of chemicals collected during the clean sweep project. The contract shall include a schedule of the contractor's charges to receive, transport and dispose of relevant categories of chemicals.
ATCP 34.12(2)(g)
(g) The grant recipient's agreement to comply with applicable requirements under this chapter.
ATCP 34.12(3)
(3) Grants contingent upon funding. Every grant award and grant contract under this chapter is contingent upon the availability of funding. If funding is not available for all of the grants awarded, the department may do any of the following notwithstanding its contract with any grant recipient:
ATCP 34.12(3)(a)
(a) Cancel one or more grants in the reverse order in which they were awarded.
ATCP 34.12(4)
(4) Reallocation of funds. A county that receives grant funds for both a farm chemical waste collection project and a household hazardous waste collection project may reallocate up to 50% of either project's grant funding to the other project, based on unanticipated changes in demand for collection services in either project. A county may not reallocate funds from a project if the reallocation results in a shortage of funds for that project.
ATCP 34.12 History
History: CR 04-039: cr.
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05.
ATCP 34.14
ATCP 34.14
Collecting waste pesticides from very small quantity generators. A county may collect waste pesticides and other department-approved farm chemical wastes from a very small quantity generator who is not an agricultural producer, provided that all of the following apply:
ATCP 34.14(1)
(1) The very small quantity generator pre–registers with the county or its hazardous waste contractor. The registration shall include all of the following:
ATCP 34.14(1)(b)
(b) The registrant's license status, if the registrant is required to be licensed under
ch. ATCP 29.
ATCP 34.14(1)(d)
(d) A complete inventory of the pesticides and other department-approved farm chemical wastes that the registrant proposes to deliver for collection.
ATCP 34.14(2)
(2) The county gives each registrant under
sub. (1) a receipt that shows all of the following:
ATCP 34.14(2)(a)
(a) The amounts and kinds of pesticides and other department-approved farm chemical wastes actually collected from the registrant.
ATCP 34.14(3)
(3) The county keeps a record of all the following, and includes that record in its final report under
s. ATCP 34.18 (1):
ATCP 34.14(3)(b)
(b) The types and amounts of pesticides and other department-approved farm chemical wastes actually collected from the very small quantity generator.
ATCP 34.14(3)(c)
(c) The total cost to collect and dispose of the pesticides and other department-approved farm chemical wastes collected from the very small quantity generator.
ATCP 34.14(3)(d)
(d) The total of all payments received from the very small quantity generator, if any.
