Grant · State & Local

Replacing, Removing, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks Grant

California - State Water Resources Control Board CA

  • Status Open, no deadline listed
  • Amount Amount not listed
  • Set-aside None (open competition)

Scope

Eligible applicants: Business.

Estimated available funds: $70,000.00.

Replacing, Removing, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks (RUST) grants are available to assist small business underground storage tank (UST) owners and operators in financing up to 100 percent of the costs necessary to upgrade, remove, or replace project tanks to comply with the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 25284.1, 25292.05, 25292.4, 25292.5, or 41954.

Please note that removal-only projects are now eligible for RUST grants.

Grants are available for between $3,000 and $70,000 to eligible UST owners/operators.

An additional $140,000 in RUST grant moneys above the $70,000 maximum is available for remote public fueling stations for the purpose of removing and replacing a single-walled UST. (See Health and Safety Code § 25299.107(e) for more information.) Eligibility Requirements Grant applicants must be a UST owner and/or operator and meet all of the following requirements: • The applicant is a small business that employs fewer than 20 full-time and part-time employees, is independently owned and operated, and is not dominant in its field of operation; • The grant applicant’s principal office and its officers must be domiciled in California; • The facility where the project tank is located was legally in business retailing gasoline after January 1, 1999. • All of the tanks owned and operated by the grant applicant are subject to compliance with Health and Safety Code chapter 6.7 and implem

Timeline

  1. Posted

    Jun 9, 2020

  2. Status

    Open now

How to apply for this

This is a grant, not a contract. You are not submitting a priced bid against competitors; you are applying for funding against the eligibility rules the grant program sets. Read the eligibility requirements on the official listing closely before you spend time on an application, since grants are commonly restricted to specific kinds of organizations (state or local governments, universities, nonprofits) rather than open to any small business.

  1. Confirm your organization is actually eligible before applying. Eligibility is stated on the official listing linked above.
  2. Read the full notice of funding opportunity, including the application requirements and any required forms.
  3. Prepare and submit your application through the method the official listing describes, before the deadline.

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