Solid Waste Management Grants (USDA)

Deadline: December 31, 2009

Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations, public bodies, academic institutions, and Native American tribes or groups.

Fund uses: To evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills in the maintenance and operation of active landfills in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training to help associations reduce the solid waste stream; and provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of landfills in rural areas that are closed or will be closed in the near future with the development and implementation of closure plans, future land-use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements.

More information: http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/SWMG.htm 

 

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