(1) Eligible project costs include costs associated with:
(a) Hiring technical assistants to review and interpret documents;
(b) Public involvement and public education activities;
(c) Reviewing specific plans for environmental testing and analysis, reviewing reports summarizing the results of such plans and making recommendations for modifications to such plans;
(d) Assisting in developing and implementing programs that promote or improve state or local solid or hazardous waste management plans;
(e) Assisting in developing programs or activities that promote and are consistent with the state solid or hazardous waste management priorities;
(f) Other activities as determined by the department on a case-by-case basis;
(g) Supplies and tools necessary to the foregoing activities. All costs must be in compliance with the department's "Administrative Requirements for Recipients of Ecology Grants and Loans" and the funding program guidelines.
(2) Ineligible projects and grant costs include but are not limited to:
(a) Independently collecting or analyzing samples at a facility;
(b) Hiring attorneys for legal actions against potentially liable persons, facility owners, or the department. Applicants must notify the department if legal action is intended or taken on the subject of the grant project;
(c) Lobbying;
(d) Real property;
(e) Equipment.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
70.105D RCW, RCW
70.105D.070 and
70.105D.070(8). WSR 17-14-045 (Order 16-13), § 173-321-060, filed 6/28/17, effective 7/29/17. Statutory Authority: Chapter
70.105D RCW. WSR 01-05-024 (Order 97-09A), § 173-321-060, filed 2/12/01, effective 3/15/01. Statutory Authority: 1989 c 2. WSR 89-21-072 (Order 89-26), § 173-321-060, filed 10/17/89, effective 11/17/89.]