January 6, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has allocated $2,024,880 in Solid Waste Management Funds to the 20 solid waste management districts in Missouri for the first quarter of state fiscal year 2009.

These funds enable Missouri's Solid Waste Management Districts to pay for operational costs, administration of activities related to implementation of the district's solid waste management plan and grants to cities and counties within the district for solid waste management, waste reduction, recycling and related services. Missouri's 20 solid waste management districts were organized to encourage regional cooperation and to help ensure proper solid waste management through waste reduction and recycling activities.

The districts received the following allocation amounts:

District A received $24,511. This district includes Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and Worth counties.

District B received $24,819. This district includes Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam and Sullivan counties.

District C received $25,486. This district includes Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Schuyler and Scotland counties.

District D received $58,429. This district includes Andrew, Clinton and Dekalb counties.

District E received $288,745. This district includes Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties.

District F received $93,586. This district includes Johnson, Lafayette, Morgan, Pettis and Saline counties.

District G received $24,007. This district includes Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, Randolph and Shelby counties.

District H received $123,012. This district includes Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau and Osage counties.

District I received $30,786. This district includes Franklin, Lincoln, Montgomery and Warren counties.

District J received $24,799. This district includes Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory and St. Clair counties.

District K received $72,694. This district includes Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties.

District L received $721,902. This district includes Jefferson, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and the city of St. Louis.

District M received $162,420. This district includes Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton and Vernon counties.

District N received $25,232. This district includes Barry, Dade, Lawrence, Stone and Taney counties.

District O received $78,074. This district includes Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk and Webster counties.

District P received $84,875. This district includes Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas and Wright counties.

District Q received $48,122. This district includes Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne counties.

District R received $44,960. This district includes Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Perry, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties.

District S received $44,353. This district includes Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard counties.

District T received $24,068. This district includes Camden, Laclede and Miller counties.

Each district chooses when to hold its grant application process, which may be annually, quarterly or periodically throughout the year.

These grants are provided from the Solid Waste Management Fund. This fund is made up of tonnage fees charged for each ton of waste disposed of in Missouri landfills or processed through transfer stations that move waste out-of-state. A major amendment to the Solid Waste Management Law in 1990 created a goal to significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfills. The projects funded by these grant funds will help the individual districts achieve this goal.

Revenue from the solid waste disposal fee is used to fund local solid waste management district activities, such as grants to communities and small businesses and for the operation of the department's Solid Waste Management Program. The department's work includes compliance assistance, permitting, inspection and enforcement activities. These funds are allocated quarterly to the districts.

For more information on the Department of Natural Resources' Solid Waste Management Program, call 800-361-4827 or 573-751-5401 or visit the Web at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.