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areas, and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas (USDA defines
rural areas as any area not in a city or town with a population in excess of 10,000, according to
the latest decennial census of the United States). These grants may be used to evaluate current
landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources, provide technical assistance and/or
training to enhance operator skills in the operation and maintenance of active landfills, provide
technical assistance and/or training to help communities reduce the solid waste stream, or
provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of landfills which are closed or will be
closed in the near future with the development and implementation of closure plans, future land
use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements.
The USDA also has a grant program for Technical Assistance and Training. This grant program
is designed to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas,
assist applicants in preparing applications for water and waste grants made at the State level
offices, and improve operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities in
rural areas (USDA defines rural areas as any area not in a city or town with a population in
excess of 10,000, according to the latest decennial census of the United States). Specifically
regarding solid waste planning, the recipients may use these grants to identify and evaluate
solutions to waste problems of associations in rural areas relating to collection, treatment, and
disposal. Additionally, the recipient of the grant may use the funds to assist associations that
have filed a pre-application with the USDA in the preparation of a waste loan and/or grant
applications, and provide training to association personnel that will improve the management,
operation, and maintenance of waste disposal facilities.
Hazardous Waste
MDEQ offers a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Grant promulgated by the DEQ under the
authority of Code, §§ 49-17-17, 49-17-29, and 17-17-441. These grants are for use in collection
and proper treatment, storage or disposal of HHW, transportation costs, administration and
dissemination of public information, and other costs for a successful HHW program.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Corrective Action Trust Fund (CATF)
The Mississippi legislature established CATF in accordance with Code, § 17-17-63. CATF
provides financial assistance to site owners for corrective actions at closed or abandoned
municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills that closed prior to the effective date of the Federal
Subtitle D Regulations. The recipient can use the funds for preventive or corrective actions due
to a real – or potential – release of contaminants from the landfill, or for monitoring/abating
other problem conditions at an eligible closed landfill. The recipient can utilize CATF to assess
the impacts (onsite or offsite) from potential groundwater contamination and landfill gas
migration. CATF can also remediate contaminants at an old closed landfill.
Under current Mississippi law, the state considers only closed sanitary or municipal landfills that
accepted household garbage during the life of the landfill eligible for funding assistance from
CATF. In addition, only those closed landfills that ceased receiving waste prior to the effective
dates of Federal Subtitle D Regulations: October 9, 1993 (>100 tons per day) or April 9, 1994
(