Washington State Announces Grant Recipients

Ecology awards the Coordinated Prevention Grants every two years to carry out regular hazardous-waste management, home composting, illegal dumping and other solid- and hazardous-waste programs. The grants are supported by a tax paid by wholesale distributors of petroleum and other hazardous materials, under the voter-approved Toxic Cleanup Act of 1989.

In the seven counties in Central Washington, nine projects will receive more than $2.2 million for next two-year funding cycle.

Benton-Franklin Health District received $148,500 for solid-waste-related activities. The grant will pay for inspecting permitted facilities to ensure they comply with solid-waste laws, reviewing permits for proposed solid-waste facilities, responding to citizen complaints about illegal dumping and other solid-waste infractions and prosecuting code violators.

Benton County Solid Waste Program received $352,000 to operate its moderate-risk waste facility and for educational and waste-reduction activities.

Chelan-Douglas Health District received $148,500 for solid-waste-related activities, including inspecting permitted facilities to ensure compliance with solid-waste laws, reviewing permits for proposed solid-waste facilities, responding to citizen complaints about illegal dumping and related infractions and prosecuting code violators.

Chelan County Public Works received $250,000. The department will use $93,000 for solid-waste planning; $109,500 for handling moderate-risk waste; $1,800 for helping small-quantity generators deal with their hazardous waste; $18,000 to collect and dispose of used metal; and $28,000 to update recycling collection facilities. The county also will use $20,000 to evaluate its entire facilities operations.

Countywide Solid Waste Programs of Douglas County received $147,000. Of the total funding, $52,500 will go toward collecting and disposing of household hazardous waste; $12,000 will help small-quantity generators deal with their hazardous waste; $53,00 will help in building two phases of a community recycling center in Bridgeport; and $29,000 will be used to collect, consolidate and transport recycled materials from community recycling facilities throughout the county.

Kittitas County Health Department received $37,500 to inspect permitted facilities to ensure compliance with solid-waste laws, to review permits for proposed solid-waste facilities, to respond to citizen complaints about illegal dumping and other solid-waste infractions and to prosecute code violators.

Kittitas County Solid Waste received $236,000. The money includes $86,000 to upgrade the county’s collection facility for moderate-risk waste; $130,000 to collect and dispose of hazardous waste collected from homeowners and small-quantity generators; and $20,000 to promote and sponsor waste-reduction and recycling activities throughout the county.

Klickitat County Health Department received $52,500 for compliance issues related to illegal dumping and handling of solid waste.

Klickitat County Solid Waste received $123,327. Roughly $56,000 will be spent on collecting and disposing hazardous waste from homeowners; $7,500 will help small-quantity generators deal with hazardous waste; and $23,000 will be spent on waste reduction and recycling.

Okanogan County Public Health received $99,000 to ensure that permitted facilities comply with solid-waste laws, review permits for proposed solid-waste facilities, respond to citizen complaints about illegal dumping and other solid-waste infractions and prosecute code violators as necessary.

Okanogan County Public Works received $173,000, including $75,000 to collect and dispose of hazardous waste collected from homeowners and small-quantity generators; $94,000 for waste-reduction and recycling activities; and $3,750 for solid-waste planning.

Yakima County Health District received $148,500 to inspect permitted facilities to ensure they comply with solid-waste laws, to review permits for proposed solid-waste facilities, to respond to complaints about illegal dumping and other solid-waste infractions and prosecute code violators.