Res 2013-114/Approving an Interlocal Agreement with the CAPCOG for Solid Waste Equipment and Services

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materials; permanent collection facilities, education and public awareness programs, and, School Chemical Clean -out Campaign (SC3) eventsand programs. i. Al I H H W events must meet the requirements of 30 TAC 335, %chapter N, and must be coordinated through the TCEQ HHW Program. ii. All HHW collection event activities must be conducted under an operational plan which meets the requirements of 30 TAC 335.405(a), to be maintained onsite, which addresses collection, ingress and egress, storage, transportation, recycling, and disposal. iii. The funded entity must submit to the TCEQ HHW Program a 45 Day Notice which meets the requirements of 30 TAC 335.403(b) (if hosting an HHW event for covered materials). 5. Educational and Training Projects Educational components are encouraged under the other categories in order to better ensure public participation in projects; those educational components should be funded as part of those projects and not separately under this category. This category may be used for "stand- alone" educational projects dealing with a variety of solid waste management topics. This category may include funding for information- exchange activities, subject to the other limitations on travel expenses. Funding limitations specific to this category are set forth in this Section. i) Programs and projects funded under this category shall be primarily related to issues involved in the management of municipal solid waste. Education or training events that cover a broader range of environmental issues may be funded on a partial basis appropriate to the extent to which municipal solid waste issues are covered. 6. Litter and Illegal Dumping Cleanup and Community Collection Events Funds can be used for ongoing and periodic activities to clean up litter and illegal dumping of municipal solid waste, excluding cleanup of scrap tire dumping sites. NOTE Scrap tire specific projects should be funded under the "Other" project category. Projects may include support for Lake and Waterway Cleanup events, conducted in conjunction with the TCEQ's and Keep Texas Beautiful's Lake and Waterway Cleanup Program. Funded activities may include: waste removal; disposal or recycling of removed materials; fencing and barriers, and signage. Placement of trash collection receptacles in public areas with chronic littering problems may also be funded. To the extent feasible, reuse or recycling options should be considered for managing the materials cleaned up under this program. Funds may also be used for periodic community collection events, held not more frequently than four times per year, to provide for collection of residential waste materials for which there is not a readily - available collection alternative, such as large and bulky items that are not picked up under the regular collection system. i. Lake and Waterway Cleanup events must be coordinated with the TCEQ's Lake and Waterway Cleanup Program by contacting the Keep Texas Beautiful organization, which is contracted by the TCEQ to administer the Texas Waterway Cleanup program through the TCEQ's Small Business and Environmental Assistance, Pollution Prevention & Education Program. ii. Projects funded to clean up litter or illegal dumping on private property must be conducted through a local government sponsor or the COG. Funds may not be provided directly to a private landowner or other private responsible party for cleanup expenses. The local government sponsor or the COG must CAPCOG FY2012 Solid Waste Interlocal Contract 27