§ 23-19.10-8. Department contracts for services — Construction grant program.
The department may:
(1) Contract for services to be performed to carry out this chapter, including, but not
limited to, environmental control assessment, feasibility analysis, the review of
project design, field management responsibilities, and project scheduling and control.
(2) Grant funding for equipment construction needed for demonstration of hazardous waste
reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies shall be provided to projects selected
pursuant to § 23-19.10-7 in four (4) consecutive steps:
(i) Step I grants shall be made to study the feasibility of a proposed project. Ninety
percent (90%) of the costs of the feasibility study shall be eligible for grant funding
up to a maximum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per grant. In activities funded
by a Step I grant, the applicant shall develop information needed to select the waste
reduction, recycling, or treatment alternative, which would be most cost effective.
(ii) Step II grants shall be made for project design. Seventy percent (70%) of the costs
of the design of the project shall be eligible for grant funding, except that a small
business may be eligible for ninety percent (90%) of those costs up to a maximum of
seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per grant. In activities funded by a Step
II grant, the applicant shall prepare detailed plans and specifications for the selected
facilities, establish schedules for implementation, and obtain necessary permits.
(iii) Step III grants shall be made for the construction of the facilities. Fifty percent
(50%) of the costs of constructing the project shall be eligible for grant funding,
except that a small business may be eligible for ninety percent (90%) of those costs,
up to a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per grant. As a condition
of receiving a Step III grant, the grantee shall allow the results of the project
to be evaluated and the information disseminated to other parties. In activities funded
by a Step III grant, the applicant shall construct the facilities as designed under
a Step II grant, procure needed equipment, and obtain necessary permits to operate
the facility.
(iv) Step IV grants shall be made to evaluate the effectiveness of grant-funded facilities,
develop information on compliance with regulatory permits, and assess applicability
of the selected approach to other generators of similar hazardous wastes. Ninety percent
(90%) of the costs of those activities shall be eligible for grant funding, except
that a small business may be eligible for one hundred percent (100%) of those costs,
up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per grant.