§ 272.332. Eligible costs.
(a) The grant shall be 90% of the approved cost of establishing a municipal recycling program. If the municipality is a financially distressed municipality under section 203(f) of the Financially Distressed Municipalities Act (53 P. S. § 11701.203(f)), that is required to establish a municipal recycling program under section 1501 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. § 4000.1501), the grant under this section shall be 100% of the approved cost of establishing a municipal recycling program.
(b) Costs not approved for a grant include, but are not limited to:
(1) Operating and maintenance costs for a municipal recycling program.
(2) Costs incurred in preparing a grant application.
(3) Direct salaries.
(c) The grant may be used to pay for transportation equipment. If the equipment will not be used full time for the program, the application shall prorate the cost of the equipment according to the percentage of time that the equipment will be dedicated to the recycling program. If the application is approved, the equipment shall be used for the purposes outlined in the grant for the life of the equipment.
(d) Equipment purchased with funds from a grant may be owned by a municipal authority or organization of municipal governments, if requested in writing by the grantee. Equipment may be used by, or leased to, another municipality, a not-for-profit agency, an organization of municipal governments or a municipal authority.
(e) Equipment or property purchased with funds from a grant shall be used exclusively for its intended purpose for its useful life. Useful life shall be considered the period of time a particular item is able to function as intended, with the aid of proper maintenance and repairs.
(f) Equipment and property purchased with funds from a grant and with a purchase price of $1,000 or greater shall be clearly identified by the grantee, through a sign or lettering permanently affixed to the equipment or property, as being funded by a Department of Environmental Protection Act 101 section 902 recycling grant.
(g) If equipment or property purchased with funds from a grant is no longer used for the intended purposes under the grant, the grantee shall notify the Department in writing. The Department shall be reimbursed for the value of the equipment or property in the same proportion that funding for the equipment or property was originally granted, unless the equipment or property is sold to another municipality for waste reduction or recycling purposes. The reimbursement shall be based either on the sale price of the equipment or property if applicable or its depreciated market value. Upon approval of the Department, equipment may be traded in for or toward the cost of recycling equipment. The sale price of equipment or property sold to another municipality cannot exceed the dollar amount the municipality paid as match for the original grant.
Source The provisions of this § 272.332 adopted October 9, 1992, effective October 10, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 5105; amended December 22, 2000, effective December 23, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 6685. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (226130) to (226131).
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