News Release 346

DEPARTMENT AWARDS MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Volume 36-346	Contact: Renee Bungart
(For immediate release)	573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JUNE 11, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded $1,675,640 in grants to the 20 solid waste management districts in Missouri for the third quarter of state fiscal year 2008.

These grants enable Missouri's Solid Waste Management Districts to fund operational costs, administration of activities related to implementation of the district's solid waste management plan and grants to cities and counties within the district for solid waste management, waste reduction, recycling and related services. Missouri's 20 solid waste management districts were organized to encourage regional cooperation and to help ensure proper solid waste management through waste reduction and recycling activities.

The districts received the following grant amounts:

District A (Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and Worth counties) received $23,750.
District B (Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam and Sullivan counties) received $23,750.
District C (Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Schuyler and Scotland counties) received $23,750.
District D (Andrew, Clinton and DeKalb counties) received $46,279.
District E (Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties) received $222,981.
District F (Johnson, Lafayette, Morgan, Pettis and Saline counties) received $81,836.
District G (Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, Randolph and Shelby counties) received $70,721. (In November 2007, the Department of Natural Resources placed District G on high risk due to management and accounting system concerns. The district will not be having a grant call for new grants until July 2008, while these management issues are being addressed.)
District H (Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau and Osage counties) received $101,774.
District I (Franklin, Lincoln, Montgomery and Warren counties) received $25,222.
District J (Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory and St. Clair counties) received $23,750.
District K (Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties) received $57,548.
District L (Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis) received $553,243.
District M (Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton and Vernon counties) received $127,836.
District N (Barry, Dade, Lawrence, Stone and Taney counties) received $23,750.
District O (Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk and Webster counties) received $59,923.
District P (Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas and Wright counties) received $71,520.
District Q (Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne counties) received $42,160.
District R (Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Perry, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties) received $37,303.
District S (Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard counties) received $34,793.
District T (Camden, Laclede and Miller counties) received $23,750.

These grants are provided from the Solid Waste Management Fund. This fund is made up of tonnage fees charged for each ton of waste disposed of in Missouri landfills or processed through transfer stations that move waste out-of-state. A major amendment to the Solid Waste Management Law in 1990 created a goal to significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfills. The projects funded by these grant funds will help the individual districts achieve this goal.

Revenue from the solid waste disposal fee is used to fund local solid waste management district activities, such as grants to communities and small businesses and for the operation of the state's Solid Waste Management Program. The state's work includes compliance assistance, permitting, inspection and enforcement activities. These funds are allocated quarterly to the districts. Each district chooses when to hold its grant application process, which may be annually, quarterly, or periodically throughout the year.

For more information on the Department of Natural Resources' Solid Waste Management Program, call 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401 or visit the Web at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.

For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.

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