R 299.4806 Solid waste management planning grants; funding formula; funding of municipalities joined together by interlocal agreement; funding of work programs; amendments to plans.

Rule 806. (1) One-half of the appropriated funds for county solid waste planning grants in any 1 state fiscal year shall be equally divided among the counties as fixed grants. One- half of the appropriated funds shall be proportionally divided among the counties as population proportioned grants based upon the most recently adopted department of management and budget population totals. Therefore, the total grant funding available for solid waste management planning in each county is determined by the following formula: 1 2 A 83 + 1 2 A x PC PT  where: PC = Current county population PT = Total current state population (equal to the total of the 83 county populations). A = Total appropriated funds. (2) Municipalities that are joined together by interlocal agreement as provided by section 11547(1) of the act shall be funded from the grant funds available to the counties in which they are located in an amount proportional to their population as compared to the total current county population. (3) Each of the counties affected by inclusion of a municipality in the plan of an adjacent county as provided by section 11536(1) of the act shall have its population adjusted to account for the gained or lost population for the purpose of calculation of the grant. (4) A grant offer for preparation of a county solid waste management plan shall not be more than 80% of the total cost of the plan which is not covered by federal funds. (5) A work program that is submitted to fund the initiation and completion of an original solid waste management plan required by the act shall receive funding before work programs for updating previously approved plans. (6) An amendment to an approved solid waste management plan is not eligible for state grant funding. (7) A work program that is partially funded may be annually updated to reflect the amount of work accomplished, changes in projected project costs for each work element, and the cost of completion of the plan, but may not be changed to revise the scope of the project. An updated work program is eligible for continued funding from each annual appropriation until the full 80% state funding has been granted.