Criteria | Eligibility | Funding | Timeline and Cycle Details | Grant Administration Documents
Public entities bear a financial responsibility for maintaining public landfill sites in compliance with state regulations and standards. The program provides financial assistance in the form of reimbursement grants up to $750,000 in matching funds for eligible costs to assist public entities requiring financial assistance, and committed to accelerating the pace of cleanup, restoring sites, and protecting public health and safety and the environment.
Eligibility
Applicants
California Labor Code section 1782 will prohibit charter cities from receiving state funds or financial assistance for construction projects if those cities do not comply with sections 1770-1782 of the Labor Code. If any applicants or participating jurisdictions are charter cities or joint powers authorities that include charter cities, the lead participating jurisdiction must certify that Labor Code section 1782 does not prohibit any included charter city from receiving state funds for the project described in this application, more information can be found on CalRecycle’s California Labor Code section 1782.
Eligible applicants include public entities, including:
- Counties
- Cities
- Districts
- State agencies
- Joint Powers Authorities
Projects
Eligible projects include the remediation of disposal sites closed in accordance with the local laws at the time of the closure and prior to implementation of the State’s current permitting and/or closure requirements for landfills and disposal sites. Solid waste cleanup project sites where cleanup is needed to protect public health and safety of the environment within the applicant’s jurisdiction. CalRecycle offers the Legacy Disposal Site Abatement Partial Grant Program pursuant to Section 48020 of the Public Resources Code. For cleanup of solid waste sites and solid waste co-disposal sites where the responsible party either cannot be identified or is unwilling or unable to pay for timely remediation and where cleanup in needed to protect public health and safety and/or the environment. Under program, local governments can finance a wide range of remediation projects.
Funding
- $1,000,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25
- $750,000 maximum per grant award
Timeline and Cycle Details
| Dates | Activity and Details |
|---|---|
September 18, 2024 (Cycle 101)
January 8, 2025, if funds are still available and not exhausted (Cycle 103) | Question and Answer Period and Due Date
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October 16, 2024 (Cycle 101)
February 12, 2025, if funds are still available and not exhausted (Cycle 103) | Application Due Date
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November 13, 2024 (Cycle 101)
March 12, 2025, if funds are still available and not exhausted (Cycle 103) | Secondary Due Date – Required Authorization documents and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Practices (EPPP) Policy
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December 2024 (Cycle 101)
April 2025, if funds are still available and not exhausted (Cycle 103) | Grant Awarded CalRecycle considers funding recommendations, and if approved, conditionally awards grants in this month (tentative). |
| June 30, 2027 | End of Grant Term From date of Notice to Proceed to this date. |
| June 30, 2027 | Deadline for Final Report and final Payment Request |
Grant Administration Documents
Notice: Submission of an application constitutes an acknowledgment that you have read these Terms and Conditions and understood and agreed that they will be part of the Grant Agreement upon an award of any grant funds.
The text of these Terms and Conditions may not be altered, changed or revised in any way, except in writing by mutual agreement of the parties pursuant to the Amendment provision herein. In the event of any dispute regarding the content of these Terms and Conditions, the original document contained in the grant cycle file located at the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 will control. These Terms and Conditions are applicable only to the specified cycle and/or Fiscal Year of the particular grant program specified.
If you require assistance in obtaining access to this document, please use the contact information at the bottom of this page.
Notice: These Procedures and Requirements are in draft form. Upon issuance of Grant Agreement, these Procedures and Requirements shall become final.
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery reserves the right to make any necessary changes to the Procedures and Requirements prior to issuance of the Grant Agreement. Any such changes will be non-negotiable. In the event that any changes are made to the Procedures and Requirements, all Grantees will be notified as to what specific changes have been made.
Once the Grant Agreement has been issued and the Procedures and Requirements have become final, the text of the incorporated Procedures and Requirements may not be altered, changed or revised in any way, except in writing by mutual agreement of the parties pursuant to the Amendment provision contained in the Terms and Conditions. In the event of any dispute regarding the content of the incorporated Procedures and Requirements, the original document contained in the grant cycle file located at the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 will control. These Procedures and Requirements are applicable only to the specific cycle and/or Fiscal Year of the particular grant program specified.
If you require assistance in obtaining access to this document, please use the contact information at the bottom of this page.
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