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Dept/ Agency: Public Works/Division of Parks and Grounds
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: 2020 Recycling Tonnage Grant Funds
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Entity Address: 401 East State Street, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $264,896.70
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: Not Applicable
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
There is no specific timeframe within which the grant funds must be fully expended.
The grant funds are to be used solely utilized for the City's Recycling Program.
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey "Clean Communities and Recycling Act" of 1981, created the Municipal Recycling Tonnage Grant Program, whereby municipalities could receive a grant for the amount of materials documented as being recycled during the previous calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in 1987, the New Jersey "Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act," specifically N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16, mandated that municipalities submit an annual Recycling Tonnage Report summarizing the amount of material recycled during the previous calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in January 2008, the "Recycling Enhancement Act," specifically N.J.S.A. 13:1E-96.2, et seq. reestablished the State of New Jersey Recycling Fund as a non-lapsing, revolving fund, administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP"), from which a tonnage grant may be provided to municipalities in order to encourage local source separation and recycling programs; and
WHEREAS, the Mun...
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