Solid Waste Management Grant

Agency: Department of Agriculture

10.762 -- Solid Waste Management Grants

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Funds may be used to: Evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills in the maintenance and operation of active landfills in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training to help associations reduce the solid waste stream; and provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of landfills in rural areas which are closed or will be closed in the near future with the development and implementation of closure plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance...

planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements. Grant funds may not be used to: 1)Recruit applications for other loan and/or grant programs; 2)duplicate current services such as those performed by a consultant in developing a project; 3)fund political activities; 4)pay for capital assets, purchase real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; 5) pay for construction, or O&M costs; and 6)pay for costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

An organization is eligible to receive a SWM grant if it: a. Is a private, non-profit organization that has tax-exempt status from the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS); b. Is a Public body; c. Is a federally acknowledged or State-recognized Native American tribe or group; or d. Is an Academic Institution. e. Entitites must be established and legally located within a state as defined in 1775.2. f. Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds. g. Private businesses, Federal agencies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants. h. Applicants must also have the proven ability, background, experience, as evidenced by the organization's satisfactory completion of projects similar to those proposed; legal authority; and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided in 1775.63. To meet requirements of actual capacity, an applicant must either: 1)have necessary resources to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations in rural areas through its staff, or 2)be assisted by an affiliate or member organization which has such background and experience and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide the assistance, or 3) contract with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance.

Grantor contact information

Description

LAVONDA PERNELL LOAN SPECIALIST Phone 202-720-9635

Email

Government email address

lavonda.pernell@wdc.usda.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
application_guide_tat_swm_2013.pdf	SWM Application Guide	Nov 26, 2012 05:11 PM UTC
177520finalrule.pdf	7 CFR 1775 Regulation for SWM Grant Program	Nov 26, 2012 05:11 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Solid Waste Managment Grant Program Information

Archived: January 31, 2013

Application process

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Award

$3,400,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

RUS-SWMGRANT-112612

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

CategoryExplanation

Category of Funding Activity:

Community development

Environment

Category Explanation:

The Solid Waste Management (SWM) Grant Program has been established to assist communities through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients. Qualified organizations will receive SWM grant funds to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas, and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.

History

Version:

Posted date:

November 26, 2012

Archive date:

January 31, 2013