Deadline Extended For DEP Illegal Dump Cleanup Grant Applications

The Department of Environmental Protection this week extended the deadline to apply for Illegal Dump Cleanup grants to January 27.

 

Grants of up to $25,000 are available to provide communities with the tools and resources they need to restore illegal dump sites and prevent future dumping.

 

“The state’s new Illegal Dump Cleanup grants are an exciting tool communities can use to restore neighborhoods and natural areas that have been degraded by illegal dumping,” said Acting Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger. “When we restore Pennsylvania’s scenic beauty and historic neighborhoods, we reinvigorate community pride and expand the potential for economic development.”

 

Pennsylvania is investing $500,000 in the Illegal Dump Cleanup Grant program for communities and nonprofit groups. The program will focus on cleaning up illegal dumps, restoring sites, beautification projects, and surveillance efforts at existing and remediated dump sites.

 

Grants will also help to enforce littering and illegal dumping ordinances and will support public awareness and educational outreach to inform local citizens about illegal dumping, littering and clean-up activities.

 

The grants are available on a competitive basis to any existing local government or incorporated nonprofit organization located in Pennsylvania. A 50 percent matching investment is required. An applicant cannot, in any way, be responsible for creating any illegal dump located in Pennsylvania.

 

Grant applications are available at DEP's Illegal Dumping webpage or by calling DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management at 717-787-7381.