Change a date for certain scrap tire recycling grants

LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE FIRST SESSION LEGISLATIVE BILL 217 Introduced by Hughes, 24. Read first time January 10, 2023 Committee: Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive1 Fund; to amend section 81-15,160, Revised Statutes Cumulative2 Supplement, 2022; to extend the sunset date for new scrap tire3 projects; and to repeal the original section. 4 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,5 LB217 2023 LB217 2023 -1- Section 1. Section 81-15,160, Revised Statutes Cumulative1 Supplement, 2022, is amended to read: 2 81-15,160 (1) The Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund is3 created. The department shall deduct from the fund amounts sufficient to4 reimburse itself for its costs of administration of the fund. The fund5 shall be administered by the department. The fund shall consist of6 proceeds from the fees imposed pursuant to the Waste Reduction and7 Recycling Incentive Act. 8 (2) The fund may be used for purposes which include, but are not9 limited to: 10 (a) Technical and financial assistance to political subdivisions for11 creation of recycling systems and for modification of present recycling12 systems; 13 (b) Recycling and waste reduction projects, including public14 education, planning, and technical assistance; 15 (c) Market development for recyclable materials separated by16 generators, including public education, planning, and technical17 assistance; 18 (d) Capital assistance for establishing private and public19 intermediate processing facilities for recyclable materials and20 facilities using recyclable materials in new products;21 (e) Programs which develop and implement composting of yard waste22 and composting with sewage sludge; 23 (f) Technical assistance for waste reduction and waste exchange for24 waste generators; 25 (g) Programs to assist communities and counties to develop and26 implement household hazardous waste management programs;27 (h) Capital assistance for establishing private and public28 facilities to manufacture combustible waste products and to incinerate29 combustible waste to generate and recover energy resources, except that30 no disbursements shall be made under this section for scrap tire31 LB217 2023 LB217 2023 -2- processing related to tire-derived fuel; and 1 (i) Grants for reimbursement of costs to cities of the first class,2 cities of the second class, villages, and counties of five thousand or3 fewer population for the deconstruction of abandoned buildings. Eligible4 deconstruction costs will be related to the recovery and processing of5 recyclable or reusable material from the abandoned buildings.6 (3) Grants up to one million five hundred thousand dollars annually7 shall be available until June 30, 2029 2024, for new scrap tire projects8 only, if acceptable scrap tire project applications are received.9 Eligible categories of disbursement under section 81-15,161 may include,10 but are not limited to: 11 (a) Reimbursement for the purchase of crumb rubber generated and12 used in Nebraska, with disbursements not to exceed fifty percent of the13 cost of the crumb rubber; 14 (b) Reimbursement for the purchase of tire-derived product which15 utilizes a minimum of twenty-five percent recycled tire content, with16 disbursements not to exceed twenty-five percent of the product's retail17 cost; 18 (c) Participation in the capital costs of building, equipment, and19 other capital improvement needs or startup costs for scrap tire20 processing or manufacturing of tire-derived product, with disbursements21 not to exceed fifty percent of such costs or five hundred thousand22 dollars, whichever is less; 23 (d) Participation in the capital costs of building, equipment, or24 other startup costs needed to establish collection sites or to collect25 and transport scrap tires, with disbursements not to exceed fifty percent26 of such costs; 27 (e) Cost-sharing for the manufacturing of tire-derived product, with28 disbursements not to exceed twenty dollars per ton or two hundred fifty29 thousand dollars, whichever is less, to any person annually;30 (f) Cost-sharing for the processing of scrap tires, with31 LB217 2023 LB217 2023 -3- disbursements not to exceed twenty dollars per ton or two hundred fifty1 thousand dollars, whichever is less, to any person annually;2 (g) Cost-sharing for the use of scrap tires for civil engineering3 applications for specified projects, with disbursements not to exceed4 twenty dollars per ton or two hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever5 is less, to any person annually; 6 (h) Disbursement to a political subdivision up to one hundred7 percent of costs incurred in cleaning up scrap tire collection and8 disposal sites; and 9 (i) Costs related to the study provided in section 81-15,159.01.10 The director shall give preference to projects which utilize scrap11 tires generated and used in Nebraska. 12 (4) Priority for grants made under section 81-15,161 shall be given13 to grant proposals demonstrating a formal public/private partnership14 except for grants awarded from fees collected under subsection (6) of15 section 13-2042. 16 (5) Grants awarded from fees collected under subsection (6) of17 section 13-2042 may be renewed for up to a five-year grant period. Such18 applications shall include an updated integrated solid waste management19 plan pursuant to section 13-2032. Annual disbursements are subject to20 available funds and the grantee meeting established grant conditions.21 Priority for such grants shall be given to grant proposals showing22 regional participation and programs which address the first integrated23 solid waste management hierarchy as stated in section 13-2018 which shall24 include toxicity reduction. Disbursements for any one year shall not25 exceed fifty percent of the total fees collected after rebates under26 subsection (6) of section 13-2042 during that year.27 (6) Any person who stores waste tires in violation of section28 13-2033, which storage is the subject of abatement or cleanup, shall be29 liable to the State of Nebraska for the reimbursement of expenses of such30 abatement or cleanup paid by the department. 31 LB217 2023 LB217 2023 -4- (7) The department may receive gifts, bequests, and any other1 contributions for deposit in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive2 Fund. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the3 direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Waste Reduction and4 Recycling Incentive Fund available for investment shall be invested by5 the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion6 Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. 7 Sec. 2. Original section 81-15,160, Revised Statutes Cumulative8 Supplement, 2022, is repealed. 9 LB217 2023 LB217 2023 -5-