BREDESEN ANNOUNCES $468,335 IN USED OIL COLLECTION GRANTS
GRANTS WILL HELP ENCOURAGE PROPER COLLECTION OF USED MOTOR OIL ACROSS TENNESSEE
Nashville, Tenn. – Governor Phil Bredesen and Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke announced today that 29 used oil collection grants totaling $468,335 have been awarded to establish, upgrade and expand used oil collection centers in communities across Tennessee.
“This is a very straightforward approach to dealing with a potential cause of pollution, and it has a direct positive impact on the water quality of our lakes, streams and groundwater in Tennessee,” Bredesen said. “I’m pleased we can provide these grants to encourage community collection centers where ‘do-it-yourselfers’ can conveniently recycle their used motor oil.”
Tennesseans who change their own motor oil generate more than one million gallons of used oil each year, which can pollute soil and water and interfere with the operation of sewer systems when not properly disposed. The General Assembly authorized the Used Oil Collection Act of 1993 to assist local communities in collecting used oil and reducing its negative effects on the environment. Tennessee’s Solid Waste Management Act requires counties to have at least one place in the county where used oil can be properly disposed.
The first priority for grant funding is to establish collection sites in underserved areas. Other grants will fund improvement or replacement of equipment in existing public and private facilities. Equipment purchased through Oil Collection Grants can include containers, used oil burners, containment structures, shelter covers and other items.
The used oil collection grants announced today include:
Applicant
|
County
|
Grant Amount
|
Project/Equipment
Description
|
City of Clinton
|
Anderson
|
$14,200
|
Storage tank, canopy, pad, waste oil heater, oil
pump
|
Anderson County
|
Anderson
|
$2,500
|
Oil filter crusher
|
Carter County
|
Carter
|
$11,200
|
Storage tank, spill pans
|
City of Newbern
|
Dyer
|
$18,700
|
Storage tank, canopy, pad, oil filter crusher,
waste oil heater, oil pump
|
Fayette County
|
Fayette
|
$3,000
|
Oil filter crusher, oil pump
|
Gibson County
|
Gibson
|
$17,700
|
Storage tank, canopy, oil filter crusher, waste
oil heater, oil pump
|
Town of Greeneville
|
Greene
|
$11,000
|
Waste oil heater, oil pump
|
Hardeman County
|
Hardeman
|
$40,000
|
Canopies, pads, waste oil heater
|
Hardin County
|
Hardin
|
$8,800
|
Storage tanks
|
Hawkins County
|
Hawkins
|
$50,000
|
Storage tanks, canopies, pads, waste oil heaters,
oil pump
|
Henry County
|
Henry
|
$12,000
|
Storage tank, canopy, pad, oil filter crusher,
waste oil heater, pump
|
Dixon Tractor Repair
|
Lawrence
|
$18,700
|
Storage tank, canopy, pad, oil filter crusher, waste
oil heater, oil pump
|
Lewis County
|
Lewis
|
$3,000
|
Canopy, oil pump
|
Lenoir City
|
Loudon
|
$1,000
|
Oil pump
|
Hampton Trucking, LLC
|
Marion
|
$9,135
|
Storage tank, waste oil heater
|
Monroe County Highway Dept.
|
Monroe
|
$8,000
|
Waste oil heater
|
City of Madisonville
|
Monroe
|
$13,200
|
Storage tank, canopy, pad, waste oil heater
|
Bi-County Solid Waste Management
|
Montgomery
|
$28,000
|
Storage tanks, canopies, pads
|
Morgan County
|
Morgan
|
$37,800
|
Storage tanks, canopies, pads, waste oil heater,
oil pump
|
Obion County
|
Obion
|
$3,600
|
Spill containment, canopy, oil pump
|
Roane County
|
Roane
|
$2,500
|
Oil filter crusher
|
Scott County
|
Scott
|
$11,400
|
Storage tanks, canopies, pads, oil pump
|
Sullivan County Highway Dept.
|
Sullivan
|
$27,900
|
Canopies, pads, oil filter crusher, waste oil
heaters, oil pumps
|
Sullivan County Solid Waste Maintenance
|
Sullivan
|
$37,000
|
Canopies, waste oil heaters, oil pump
|
Union County
|
Union
|
$11,400
|
Storage tanks, canopies, pads, oil pump
|
Van Buren County
|
Van Buren
|
$17,000
|
Canopies, pads, oil filter crusher, oil pump,
education
|
Weakley County
|
Weakley
|
$2,000
|
Canopy
|
White County
|
White
|
$14,100
|
Storage tank, canopy, pad, waste oil heater, oil
pump, education
|
Wilson County
|
Wilson
|
$33,500
|
Storage tanks, canopies, pads, education
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
$468,335
|
|
Visit http://www.tdec.net/swm/oil/ or call toll-free at 1-800-287-9013 for more information concerning used oil collection centers, operating hours, requirements for collection locations that accept commercial used oil and other facts about used oil.
| For more information contact: Meg Lockhart |
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