2001 Minnesota Statutes

     115A.913 Waste tire programs. 

    Subdivision 1.    Loans and grants.  (a) The agency may 
 make loans to waste tire processing businesses for the capital 
 costs of land, buildings, equipment, and other capital 
 improvements needed for the construction or betterment of waste 
 tire processing facilities, and for the capital cost of 
 equipment needed to transport waste tires to a waste tire 
 processing facility.  The agency may also make loans to 
 businesses that use waste tire derived products in manufacturing 
 processes, for the capital costs of land, buildings, and 
 equipment used in the manufacturing process. 

    (b) The agency may make grants for studies necessary to 
 demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of a proposed 
 waste tire processing project, or of a proposed use for waste 
 tire derived products in a manufacturing process.  A grant may 
 not exceed $30,000 and may not exceed 75 percent of the costs of 
 a study. 

    Subd. 2.    Collection and transportation.  The agency 
 may make grants to local government units for the cost of 
 establishing waste tire collection sites.  Grants may be used 
 for the capital costs of land, structures, and equipment needed 
 to establish waste tire collection sites, and to collect and 
 transport waste tires.  A grant may not exceed 50 percent of the 
 cost to a local government unit to establish a waste tire 
 collection site. 

    Subd. 3.    Feasibility studies.  The agency may conduct 
 research and studies to determine the technical and economic 
 feasibility of uses for waste tire derived products. 

    Subd. 4.    Public education.  The agency may conduct a 
 program to inform the public about proper handling and 
 opportunities for processing of waste tires consistent with 
 section 115A.072. 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1996 c 470 s 28 

    HIST: 1988 c 685 s 15; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1999 c 73 s 5