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SPECIAL NOTICES
Planning Grant Awards Under the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act
The Department of Environmental Protection, hereby announces the following grants to counties under the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. § 4000.901) (Act 101). The awards are based upon applications received by the Department in 1995.
Planning grants are awarded to counties for 80% of approved costs for preparing municipal waste management plans as required by Act 101, for carrying out related studies, surveys, investigations, inquiries, research and analysis, including those related to siting, and for environmental mediation. Grants may be awarded for feasibility studies and project development for municipal waste processing or disposal facilities, except for facilities for the combustion of municipal waste that are not proposed to be operated for the recovery of energy. All grant awards are predicated on the receipt of recycling fees required by sections 701 and 702 of Act 101 (53 P. S. §§ 4000.701 and 4000.702), and the availability of moneys in the Recycling Fund.
Inquiries regarding the grant offerings should be directed to Marjorie Hughes, Chief, Planning Section, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
Act 101 Section 901 Planning Grants
County Activities DEP Grant Northeast Region 1. Pike Revise the county's MSW Management Plan $ 9,500 2. Lehigh Revise the county's MSW Management Plan 36,000 Northcentral Region 1. Union Revise the county's MSW Management Plan 26,195 Southcentral Region 1. Adams Site evaluation and selection for MSW composting facility 84,960 2. Dauphin Revise the county's MSW Management Plan 4,534 3. Lebanon Waste characterization and market development study for the landfill 99,976 4. Perry Amending contracts to be compatible with changes in flow control 15,345 5. York Study alternative to disposal of ash 52,080 Southwest Region 1. Indiana Municipal compliance with Act 101 requirements 1,216 Total $329,806
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-402. Filed for public inspection March 15, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
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