DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Submit Solid Waste Infrastructure For Recycling Grant Application And Execute Grant Agreement For Proposed Recycling Zone Plus
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grant available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to provide funding to improve local post-consumer materials management programs including municipal recycling and make improvements to local waste management systems; and
WHEREAS, staff proposes to apply for the SWIFR grant and use the funds for a portion of the proposed Dakota and Scott counties regional household hazardous waste and recycling facility, called the Recycling Zone Plus; and
WHEREAS, the grant would meet the following funding requirements: establish, increase, expand, or optimize collection and improve materials management infrastructure, establish, increase, expand, or optimize capacity for materials management, and demonstrate a significant and measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected for municipal solid waste; and
WHEREAS, this grant request helps meet the Dakota County 2018 - 2038 Solid Waste Management Plan strategy 12.1 to increase opportunities for proper management of problem materials, hazardous waste, and household hazardous waste, strategy 12.3 to provide drop-off opportunities for problem materials and hazardous waste management, and strategy 12.4 to provide consistent and cost-effective household hazardous waste, hazardous waste, and problem management services; and
WHEREAS, the grant application deadline is December 20, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes staff to submit a Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant application to the United...
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