Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Steven Chester, director of Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality, jointly announced that grants totaling $3.9 million have been awarded to 35 applicants.
The Scrap Tire Cleanup Program funds are designated for use toward the complete cleanup of these tire sites in order to reduce the potential public health and environmental concerns associated with scrap tires. The funding will go toward cleaning up more than 7.9 million scrap tires from sites across the state.
The grantees will have until August 31, 2006, to complete contract requirements for having their tires removed and processed in accordance with a DEQ-approved tire removal plan.
The following is a list of the approved grantees receiving scrap tire cleanup contracts under the Program:
Grantee County Amount
Allegan County – Martin Site Allegan $210,000
Allegan County – Miller Site Allegan $1,050,000
Alpena Township Alpena $14,250
Blackmer, Karen Montcalm $4,000
Breitung Township (2 sites) Dickinson $79,248
Burgher, Jason Lapeer $72,500
Carter, Wade Sr. Marquette $18,000
Cherry, Robert Macomb $65,000
Detroit, City of Wayne $46,605
Dyer, Thomas Washtenaw $46,250
Egelston Township (3 sites) Muskegon $15,000
Grayling & Beaver Creek Townships Crawford $18,750
Jennings, Sarah Allegan $200,000
Kies, Marilyn Hillsdale $45,750
Knox, Brian Washtenaw $6,000
Lindsey, Bradley A. Kalamazoo $2,000
M-66 Auto Inc. Osceola $315,000
Marshall, Ellis Allegan $35,000
MDNR-Adopt A Forest Various $8,474
MDNR-Forest Management Various $3,400
MDNR-Waterloo Jackson $3,493
Moore, Richard A. Gratiot $30,000
Neumann, Robert L. Mecosta $47,500
Osceola County Osceola $1,400,995
Pavlicek, Calvin Midland $7,685
Rasic, Steven Muskegon $20,500
Romulus, City of Wayne $72,285
Sonntag, Albert H. Huron $9,500
Thompson, Robert Iosco $3,500
Tri-City Used Cars & Parts, Inc. Bay $4,315
Trolz, Robert Jackson $35,000