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Waste Tire Cleanup and Processing Grant Program

Important Funding Announcement

Executive Order D 017 09 (page 10, item 8)

On August 18, 2009, Governor Bill Ritter announced a budget balancing plan to close a $318 million shortfall in the current 2009-10 state budget. As part of this plan, $2.7 million has been eliminated from the Waste Tire Program through the remainder of this fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.

As a result, the Waste Tire Clean-up, Recycling Incentives, and End-User/Processor Programs have been suspended until future revenues become available. At this time, we do not know exactly when applications for these programs will be accepted; however, we will post information on this website as soon as it becomes available. If you have any questions, please contact Tamra Hooper, Program Manager, at 303-866-6398. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Sincerely,
Susan E. Kirkpatrick
Executive Director

Program Contacts
Overview

Application ~ Suspended until further notice ~

FAQ and Fund Diagram

List of Grantees
List of Vendors

Photo Gallery

How to Tackle an Illegal Tire Pile Cleanup - A Brief Checklist

Program Contacts:

Department of Local Affairs
1313 Sherman St., Room 521
Denver, CO 80203
Fax: 303.866.4819

Tamra Hooper
303.866.6398
tamra.hooper@state.co.us

Don Sandoval
150 E. 29th Street, Ste. 215
Loveland, CO 80538
970.679.4501
don.sandoval@state.co.us

Overview:

The Colorado General Assembly passed legislation in 1995, HB 95-1238, C.R.S. 24-32-114 (1) (a), concerning the cleanup of stored or illegally disposed waste tires. The General Assembly further amended the Waste Tire Cleanup Program in 2001, HB01 1018. The Cleanup Program is designed to provide grants for the removal of waste tires that have been disposed of, and to encourage recycling and reuse of these waste tires. Grant funds can be used to pay for the removal, recycling and transport of waste tires to a state or county approved storage, disposal or recycling facility.

The Cleanup Program will provide funds to counties and municipalities for expenditures associated with removing disposed or stored waste tires. The funds must be used solely for the removal of waste tires from any site deemed illegal by local or state law within counties and municipalities, and for disposal or recycling of the removed tires at a state- or county-approved storage, disposal or recycling facility.

Application: ~ Suspended until further notice ~

The Cleanup and Processing Grant Application Packet, which includes the program guidelines and application, is available in PDF and Word format:

PDF | DOC Cleanup Application Packet

PDF | W-9 form

PDF | DOC Automatic Deposit Form

List of Grantees:

Project #
Grantee
Amount Awarded
08-228
Adams County
$82,355.50
08-219
Weld County
$50,000.00
07-180
Alamosa County
$137,000.00
07-178
Adams County
$51,500.00
07-143
Larimer County
$66,000.00
06-141
Alamosa County
$74,700.00
06-134
Weld County
$64,900.00
06-122
Larimer County
$240,000.00
05-105
Weld County
$56,300.00
05-104
Lincoln County
$5,000.00
05-103
Saguache County
$5,000.00
05-102
Larimer County
$240,000.00
05-087
Larimer County
$240,000.00
04-047
Huerfano County
$55,000.00
03-037
Yuma County
$50,000.00
02-001
Larimer County
$1,000,000.00
01-002
Town of Ignacio
$1,200.00
01-001
Larimer County
$175,000.00
00-005
San Miguel County
$25,000.00
00-004
Pueblo County
$60,000.00
00-003
Grand County
$14,000.00
00-002
Dolores County
$110,000.00
00-001
Boulder County
$150,000.00
98-003
Mesa County
$341,474.00
98-002
Delta County
$9,799.00
98-001
Alamosa County
$227,098.00
97-002
Weld County
$194,650.00
97-001
El Paso County
$625,000.00

How to Tackle an Illegal Tire Pile Cleanup - A Brief Checklist
Once you have identified a pile of tires that are problematic in your county, there are a number of steps to take to clean it up.

  1. Identify the characteristics of the tire pile:

    • Ownership: Is it on public or private land?

    • Responsibility: Do you know how the tires got there?

    • Size: How big is it - how many tires? (we have resource materials to help gauge tire quantity)

    • Legality: Is it an illegal tire pile under local or state law?


  2. Know, have in place, and enforce the legal mechanisms for tire cleanup:

    • Local ordinances addressing litter, rubbish, weeds, brush and/or unsafe structures can be amended to include tires. Amend the definitions in the appropriate ordinance to include tires (we have sample ordinances on file to help).

    • For particularly difficult tire piles, CDPHE can assist with enforcement.


  3. Work with the responsible party (the party who dumped them) or the property owner to agree to clean them up. This may require legal action.

  4. If a local government needs assistance in cleanup, the local government may consider contacting DOLA for Cleanup assistance:

    • Please carefully read the Program Information packet "Colorado Waste Tire Cleanup and Processing Grant Program for Counties and Municipalities".

    • Contact cleanup contractors and get competitive bids for cleanup, or plan to use county or inmate labor for cleanup. Recycling or reuse of scrap tires is favored over land filling or sending scrap tires to permitted tire monofills.

    • Require the responsible party to contribute in some fashion to the cleanup, using local government powers.

    • Gather information for the application:

      1. Estimated number and/or weight of tires to be cleaned up.

      2. Map to the location.

      3. Plan for transporting and final management (reuse, recycle or disposal) of the tires.

      4. Estimated cost and source of costs, including per-ton cost for cleanup.

      5. Approval of Board of County Commissioners or Mayor.

      6. Contact person information.


  5. Mail completed application to address on application.