In 1988, the Legislature created a large grant program to help counties and municipalities develop recycling and education programs, along with lesser grants for waste tire programs and to help small counties manage solid waste. The Department ...

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-716.100: Intent
62-716.200: Definitions
62-716.300: General Grant Application Requirements
62-716.310: Disbursement of Funds
62-716.320: Grant Recordkeeping
62-716.400: Specific Recycling and Education Grant Application and Matching Requirements
62-716.410: Recycling and Education Grant Eligibility Requirements
62-716.420: Recycling and Education Grant Special Requirements
62-716.430: Use of Recycling and Education Grant Funds
62-716.440: Allocation of Recycling and Education Grant Funds
62-716.450: Solid Waste Annual Reports
62-716.500: Specific Small County Grant Application Requirements
62-716.510: Use of Small County Grant Funds
62-716.600: Specific Waste Tire Grant Application Requirements
62-716.610: Allocation of Waste Tire Grant Funds
62-716.620: Use of Waste Tire Grant Funds
62-716.700: Litter Control and Prevention Grants
62-716.900: Forms
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: In 1988, the Legislature created a large grant program to help counties and municipalities develop recycling and education programs, along with lesser grants for waste tire programs and to help small counties manage solid waste. The Department adopted Chapter 62-716, F.A.C., to implement all of these grants programs. Over time, funding for the recycling and education grants declined, and a few years ago the Legislature stopped funding them altogether. This rule chapter is being amended to delete obsolete references to grants that no longer exist.
At about the same time that the recycling and education grants were being phased out, the Innovative Grants were being introduced. From 1998 through 2001, the Legislature authorized these grants a year at a time as a line item in its budget. In 2002, the program was finally codified in Section 403.7095, Florida Statutes. The Department has administered the Innovative Grants program on an ad hoc basis since 1998. This was partly because the status of the program was uncertain from year to year, and partly because of the need to spend time developing policies and processes that would effectively implement a statute that lacked clear standards. This rule chapter is being amended to incorporate those policies and processes through rulemaking.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Grant programs for recycling, waste reduction, and solid waste management.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 120.53(1), 403.061, 403.704, 403.7095 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 120.53(1), 120.55, 403.0875, 403.4131, 403.706, 403.7095 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: April 11, 2007, 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: Orlando Public Library, Albertson Room, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ron Henricks, Waste Reduction Section, Department of Environmental Protection, 2400 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, telephone [phone], email [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ron Henricks, Waste Reduction Section, Department of Environmental Protection, 2400 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, telephone [phone], email [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.