USDA Rural Development Announces New Area Directors in Kearney and Scottsbluff
Paul Bartlett and Brenda Darnell have recently joined the USDA Rural Development team as Area Directors.
Bartlett, located in the Kearney USDA Service Center oversees the Ainsworth and Kearney offices which encompasses the 28 counties of Adams, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry, Custer, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Harlan, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Kearney, Keya Paha, Loup, Phelps, Rock, Sherman, Thomas, Webster and Wheeler. Darnell in the Scottsbluff USDA Service Center oversees the North Platte and Scottsbluff offices that encompasses the 23 counties of Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Garden, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Morrill, Perkins, Red Willow, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux. All offices deliver guaranteed loans, direct loans/grants and technical assistance in the areas of housing, community facilities, business, utilities, and telecommunications.
The USDA Service Centers are located at 4009 6th Avenue, Suite 1 in Kearney and at 818 Ferdinand Plaza, Suite B in Scottsbluff. Contact Paul Barlett at (308) 237-3118 or email paul.bartlett@ne.usda.gov. Contact Brenda Darnell at (308) 632-2195 or email brenda.darnell@ne.usda.gov. |
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality--Over $2.5 Million Awarded For Tire Collection, Recycling Projects
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Director Mike Linder recently announced that the state is awarding $2,534,802 to support 91 tire recycling and cleanup projects across the state. “Nebraskans pay a $1 fee for every new tire they purchase,” said Linder. “These grants put that money into use locally to help manage scrap tires. We like to see the highest possible beneficial use of these old tires, and these projects help us reach that goal.”
Nebraskans generate over one and a half million scrap tires each year, about one tire for every person in the state. The grants awarded today will help to clean up approximately 659,000 scrap tires through local collection events, will reimburse individuals and organizations for crumb rubber and equipment purchases, and will help prevent public health and environmental problems by eliminating tire piles, Linder said.
The grants are part of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants program, which is administered by the Department of Environmental Quality. The grants support both the collection of scrap tires and the purchase of new tire-derived products. 2008 grant recipients include:
Alma Public School – awarded $23,268.38 to pay for 50 percent of the cost of a playground surface made from the equivalent of 12,500 recycled passenger tires.
Papillion-LaVista Public Schools – awarded $105,000 to pay for 25 percent of the cost of an artificial turf athletic field that will use approximately 300,000 lbs. of crumb rubber made from the equivalent of 20,000 passenger tires.
Local scrap tire collection events – awarded $663,034.55 to conduct scrap tire collections. Thirty-three political subdivisions will hold 37 scrap tire collection cleanups this year. Funds have been made available to clean up 6,593 tons of scrap tires from individuals, farms, and businesses. The tires will be converted into crumb rubber for playground surfaces, running tracks, artificial turf surfaces and rubber-modified asphalt. They will also be processed into shreds for daily cover at landfills, and for use in leachate collection systems and around septic tank laterals. Other scrap tires will be hauled to scrap tire landfills outside of Nebraska.
Nebraska Department of Roads – awarded $955,382.65 to pay for the partial cost of using rubber-modified asphalt at two locations: approximately eight miles of Highway 6 between Dorchester and Milford, recycling the equivalent of 22,000 passenger tires; and 12 miles of Highway 4 near Lewiston, recycling the equivalent of 35,000 passenger tires. These projects will continue the Department of Roads evaluation of this type of asphalt in Nebraska’s roadways.
Below is a listing of the 2008 Waste Reduction and Recycling Tire Grants.
City |
Applicant Name |
Project Description |
Total |
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Adams |
Adams Central School |
Athletic running track surface |
$18,996.95 |
Adams |
Adams County Hwy. Dept. |
Collection event for 13 tons |
$1,447.00 |
Ainsworth |
City of Ainsworth, Brown County |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$12,539.00 |
Albion |
Lower Loup NRD |
Amnesty for 100 tons |
$10,664.00 |
Alliance |
Keep Alliance Beautiful |
Mulch/crumb rubber |
$13,458.36 |
Alma |
Alma Public School |
Playground crumb rubber |
$23,268.38 |
Arlington |
Arlington Public Schools |
Athletic running track |
$20,025.00 |
Ashland |
Ashland Greenwood Pub Schools-Ash |
Playground mats |
$9,508.00 |
Atkinson |
Atkinson, City of |
Collection event for 250 tons |
$26,789.00 |
Auburn |
Nemaha County |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$10,160.90 |
Aurora |
Aurora Public Schools |
Playground mats |
$9,322.50 |
Beatrice |
Gage County |
Collection event for 300 tons |
$30,994.00 |
Bellevue |
Bellevue, City of |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$9,700.00 |
Blair |
Washington County |
Collection event for 150 tons |
$14,830.00 |
Brady |
Brady Public School District |
Playground crumb rubber |
$5,214.00 |
Broken Bow |
Broken Bow Public Schools |
Athletic running track |
$20,619.69 |
Central City |
Merrick County |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$9,542.40 |
Chadron |
SWANN (Chadron) |
Collection event for 80 tons |
$9,527.00 |
Clarkson |
Lower Elkhorn NRD |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$10,598.00 |
Columbus |
Columbus, City of |
Collection event for 250 tons |
$24,750.00 |
Crete |
Crete Elementary School |
Playground mats |
$15,673.65 |
David City |
Butler County Landfill |
Skidsteer loader |
$17,364.36 |
DeWitt |
Tri-County Public Schools |
Playground mats |
$2,456.25 |
Emerald |
SID#6-Lancaster County |
Collection event for 700 tons |
$66,900.00 |
Fairbury |
Jefferson County |
Collection event for 150 tons |
$13,640.00 |
Fort Calhoun |
Ft. Calhoun Elementary |
Playground crumb rubber |
$1,500.00 |
Fremont |
Fremont Children's Academy |
Playground crumb rubber |
$5,452.50 |
Fremont |
Fremont Public Schools |
Playground crumb rubber |
$6,576.53 |
Fremont |
Platteville Elementary PTA |
Crumb rubber for playground |
$5,420.00 |
Fullerton |
Lower Loup NRD |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$10,752.00 |
Gering |
Panhandle Community Services |
Mats and crumb rubber |
$12,668.47 |
Gothenburg |
Gothenburg, City of |
Playground crumb rubber |
$5,750.00 |
Grand Island |
Grand Island Sr. High School Dist. 2 |
Artificial turf |
$104,712.50 |
Hartington |
Cedar County |
Collection event for 110 tons |
$12,116.00 |
Hartington |
Kidz Korner |
Crumb rubber for playground |
$877.00 |
Hastings |
Bruckman Rubber Co |
Crumb rubber for manufacturing |
$1,894.04 |
Hastings |
Bruckman Rubber Co |
WeedSeal marketing/personnel |
$83,109.32 |
Hastings |
Hastings Public Schools |
Playground crumb rubber |
$10,353.44 |
Hastings |
Hastings Public Schools |
Playground mats |
$476.25 |
Holdrege |
Holdrege, City of |
Collection event for 520 tons |
$50,272.00 |
Hubbard |
Dakota County Rd Dept |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$9,854.00 |
Hubbard |
Hubbard Betterment Committee |
Playground crumb rubber |
$9,406.85 |
Imperial |
Imperial, City of |
Tables/benches-Champlin |
$1,045.75 |
Jackson |
LP Gill, Inc. |
Conveyor for tire shredder |
$9,750.00 |
Kenesaw |
Kenesaw Public School |
Athletic track surface |
$16,575.00 |
Lewiston |
Nebr. Dept. of Roads |
Rubber modified asphalt |
$567,134.72 |
Lexington |
Lexington, City of |
Collection event for 125 tons |
$12,933.75 |
City |
Applicant Name |
Project Description |
Total |
Lincoln |
Bayer, Russell |
Playground crumb rubber |
$1,484.91 |
Lincoln |
Lincoln Parks & Recreation Dept. |
Playground mats |
$12,459.62 |
Lincoln |
Redeemer Lutheran Preschool |
Playground mats |
$4,418.37 |
Lincoln |
Tiny Town Development Center |
Mats, crumb rubber |
$2,076.00 |
Lincoln |
Zac's Place Child Care Center |
Crumb rubber for playground |
$3,134.04 |
McCook |
McCook, City of (7 counties) |
Collection event for 500 tons |
$45,950.00 |
Milford |
Nebr. Dept. of Roads |
Rubber modified asphalt |
$388,247.93 |
Mullen |
Mullen, Village of |
Collection event for 35 tons |
$4,330.00 |
Mynard/Elwood |
Cass Co Dept Roads |
Collection event for 250 tons |
$26,086.00 |
Norfolk |
Northeast Community College |
Playground mat installation |
$575.00 |
Ogallala |
Keith County |
Collection event for 150 tons |
$14,647.50 |
Omaha |
Atonement Child Care Center |
Playground crumb rubber |
$4,000.00 |
Omaha |
Mary Our Queen |
Playground crumb rubber |
$12,166.00 |
Omaha |
Millard Star Soccer Assn |
Crumb rubber for artificial turf |
$1,750.00 |
Omaha |
Morning Star Preschool Lutheran |
Playground crumb rubber |
$7,320.00 |
Omaha |
Omaha, City of (Environmental Quality Div) |
Collection event for 125 tons |
$10,577.50 |
Omaha |
Toro Soccer Club-College of St Mary |
Artificial turf - 3 fields |
$181,626.75 |
Omaha |
Univ of Nebr-UNO-Brd of Regents |
Field Turf |
$43,750.00 |
Omaha |
Westside Comm Schools |
Crumb rubber turf installation |
$325.00 |
O'Neill |
O'Neill Public School |
Mats at track complex |
$1,037.81 |
O'Neill |
O'Neill Public School |
Crumb rubber for long jump pits |
$148.50 |
Ord |
Lower Loup NRD |
Collection event for 250 tons |
$24,965.50 |
Palmer |
Palmer Public School |
Playground crumb rubber |
$3,000.00 |
Papillion |
Apple Tree Orchard Preschool |
Pour-in-place playground |
$6,817.51 |
Papillion |
Papillion-LaVista Pub School |
Field Turf |
$105,000.00 |
Pawnee City |
Pawnee City Public Schools |
Crumb rubber for playground |
$2,510.00 |
Pawnee City |
Pawnee City Public Schools |
Crumb rubber for playground |
$2,730.00 |
Pierce |
Pierce County |
Collection event for 65 tons |
$7,350.00 |
Pilger |
Lower Elkhorn NRD |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$10,598.00 |
Platte Center |
Lower Platte North NRD |
Collection event for 150 tons |
$15,698.00 |
Plattsmouth |
Plattsmouth Community School |
Artificial turf |
$82,875.00 |
Ponca |
Dixon County |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$9,996.00 |
Seward |
Botelho, Shari |
Playground crumb rubber |
$275.00 |
Sidney |
Sidney, City of |
Collection event for 200 tons |
$26,186.00 |
Silver Creek |
Silver Creek, Village of |
Playground mats |
$3,960.25 |
Sterling |
Sterling, Village of |
Collection event for 10 tons |
$995.00 |
Tecumseh |
Johnson County |
Collection event for 100 tons |
$10,178.00 |
Valley |
Valley, City of |
Collection event for 35 tons |
$5,020.00 |
Wayne |
Educational Service Unit #1 |
Playground crumb rubber |
$1,470.00 |
Wayne |
Wayne County |
Collection event for 150 tons |
$14,820.00 |
West Point |
Lower Elkhorn NRD |
Collection event for 450 tons |
$44,188.00 |
Wilber |
Saline County |
Collection event for 250 tons |
$22,580.00 |
York |
York, City of |
Collection event for 225 tons |
$20,860.00 |
If you have questions, or would like to receive more information about this or any other DEQ program, call Jackie Stumpff, NDEQ – Nebraska Environmental Partnerships (NEP) Coordinator, at (402) 471-3193, (toll free: 1 (877) 253-2603), or send an email to Jackie.Stumpff@ndeq.state.ne.us
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