287.23(4)
(4)
Application. A responsible unit that seeks assistance under the program shall submit an application to the department. To qualify for a full grant, the responsible unit must submit the application no later than October 1 in the year preceding the year for which the assistance is sought. For the purpose of this subsection and sub.
(5p), if an application is postmarked, it is considered to be submitted on the date that it is postmarked. An application shall include all of the following:
287.23(4)(b)
(b) Documentation that the assistance, when combined with future anticipated assistance, will result in the responsible unit doing one of the following:
287.23(4)(b)1.
1. Making continued progress in creating an effective recycling program under s.
287.11 by January 1, 1995.
287.23(4)(b)2.
2. Maintaining an effective recycling program following approval of the recycling program under s.
287.11.
287.23(4)(c)
(c) If the responsible unit received a grant under this section or
1989 Wisconsin Act 335, section
85 (5) for the grant period preceding the grant period for which the application is being made, a financial report on the activities that have been or are likely to be funded by the grant in that preceding grant period, including a statement of whether any portion of that grant was or is likely to be spent on activities not related to the requirements of this subchapter and, if so, how much of the grant was or is likely to be spent on those activities.
287.23(4)(d)
(d) Beginning with the application submitted for 1993, information on financial incentives that the responsible unit is using or plans to use to encourage reduction of the amount of solid waste generated or disposed of in the region.
287.23(4)(e)
(e) Information concerning user fees used or proposed to be used to finance costs of the recycling program and, if no user fees are used, an explanation of why they are not used.
287.23(5b)
(5b)
Grant award. The department shall award a grant under this subsection to each eligible responsible unit that submits a complete grant application under sub.
(4) for expenses allowable under sub.
(3) (b). The department shall determine the amount of the grants under this subsection as follows:
287.23(5b)(a)
(a) Determine the total amount that would have been awarded under this section for 1999 if no grants had been reduced under sub.
(5p).
287.23(5b)(b)
(b) Determine the amount that each responsible unit received under this section for 1999 or the amount that the responsible unit would have received.
287.23(5b)(c)
(c) Award to a responsible unit the proportion of the total amount available for grants under this section that is equal to the proportion of the amount determined under par.
(a) that the responsible unit received, or would have received, for 1999 as determined under par.
(b).
287.23(5p)(a)(a) If a responsible unit submits its application under sub.
(4) after October 1 but no later than October 10, the amount of the responsible unit's grant is 95 percent of the amount determined under sub.
(5b).
287.23(5p)(b)
(b) If a responsible unit submits its application under sub.
(4) after October 10 but no later than October 20, the amount of the responsible unit's grant is 90 percent of the amount determined under sub.
(5b).
287.23(5p)(c)
(c) If a responsible unit submits its application under sub.
(4) after October 20 but no later than October 30, the amount of the responsible unit's grant is 75 percent of the amount determined under sub.
(5b).
287.23(5p)(d)
(d) If a responsible unit submits its application under sub.
(4) after October 30, the responsible unit is not eligible for the grant.
287.23(6)
(6)
Disbursement. The department shall disburse a grant to the applicant after approval, but no later than June 1 of the year for which the grant is made.
287.23 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 542, Wis. adm. code.
287.24
287.24
Recycling consolidation grants. 287.24(1)(1)
In this section, “population" means the number of persons residing in a region, as determined by the department based upon the most recent decennial or special census or the most recent, subsequent population estimate under s.
16.96.
287.24(2)
(2) The department shall make a grant from the appropriation account under s.
20.370 (6) (bw) for a year to a responsible unit that has been determined under s.
287.11 to have an effective recycling program if any of the following applies:
287.24(2)(b)
(b) The responsible unit is a federally recognized Indian tribe or band.
287.24(2)(c)
(c) The responsible unit has a population of 25,000 or more and consists of one or more municipalities.
287.24(2)(d)
(d) The responsible unit is not eligible under par.
(a),
(b), or
(c) but one of the following applies:
287.24(2)(d)1.
1. By October 1 in the year preceding the year for which the grant is made, the responsible unit consists of what had been at least 2 responsible units.
287.24(2)(d)2.
2. By October 1 in the year preceding the year for which the grant is made, the responsible unit enters into a cooperative agreement with another responsible unit for the joint provision of at least one of the following elements of an effective recycling program: