Deep East Texas Council of Governments (DETCOG) is now taking applications for funding of Solid Waste Projects for FY 2019. DETCOG anticipates awarding grants totaling $80,000.00 in FY 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, Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Management, Technical Studies, Educational and Training Projects, and other projects not included in these categories which meet TCEQ criteria.
Expected to be consideration during the funding will be a minimum of five (5)
Individual grants, not to exceed $16,250.00. 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.
Detailed application packets are available beginning Monday, August 27, 2018. Project applications are due to DETCOG by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018. Projects are to begin approximately on December 15, 2018 and end no later than July 31, 2019.
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.
