Solid Waste and Financial Assistance Program

Grants and Financial Assistance

Coordinated Prevention Grant Program (CPG)

Announcements/What's New

About CPG

Benefits to Washington Citizens

Coordinated Prevention Grant Program Guidelines

"Yellow Book", Ecology's standard requirements for all grants and loans

Application forms

Payment request and report forms

How to contact us


Announcements/What's New

Applications for the 09-10 offset cycle grants are due July 16, 2008! Approximately $5 million dollars is available for Beyond Waste projects, solid waste implementation, and solid waste enforcement projects. Review the 08-09 CPG Guidelines for instructions on how to apply for CPG funds. You can download application forms below. Your regional grant officer will be happy to assist you.

Although the Alternative to Burning funds have been allocated, organics diversion projects qualify for offset cycle Beyond Waste funding.

About The Coordinated Prevention Grant (CPG) Program

The Department of Ecology (Ecology) awards CPG grants to local governments. There are two types of grants.

  • Solid Waste Implementation grants are used to carry out local government solid and hazardous waste management plans and prevent pollution.
  • Solid Waste Enforcement grants are used to enforce solid waste rules and regulations.

The CPG program seeks to protect human health and the environment by reducing human exposure to toxins through waste reduction and proper disposal of waste. The grants also support resource conservation by funding recycling and reuse programs.

The Legislature approved Ecology’s budget request for $25.5 million for the 2008-2009 grant cycle.

  • $19.5 million will be allocated during the regular cycle to solid waste enforcement and planning and implementation grants.

Two budget provisos included:

  • $4 million for organics composting and conversion, green building, and moderate risk waste initiatives described in the state's Beyond Waste plan. Ecology will distribute this money through the competitive offset cycle. Please see Chapter 6 of the 08-09 CPG guidelines for more information.
  • Up to $2 million for projects that provide alternatives to burning. Local governments applied for the money in the fall of 2007 and recipients were awarded funds through a competitive selection process. Click here to see a list of funded projects.

CPG grants are awarded in two cycles each biennium:

  • The regular cycle (grants in effect January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009) is not a competitive funding cycle. However, the application must meet the minimum threshold score.
  • The off-set cycle (grants in effect January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010) is a competitive funding cycle. Applicants compete for unrequested funds from the current regular cycle, unspent funds from the previous cycle, and special proviso funds, such as the $4 million appropriation for Beyond Waste projects.

The Legislature established the Coordinated Prevention Grant (CPG) program in RCW 70.105D.070(3)(a), Model Toxics Control Act. Other related laws include Chapter 70.105D RCW and Chapter 173-312 WAC.

Benefits to Washington Citizens

  • Hazardous Waste. The projects protect human health by providing proper disposal of hazardous wastes, eliminating pollution of Washington’s ground and drinking water. Citizens and small businesses drop off approximately 15,000 tons of hazardous waste at local collection facilities and events annually.
  • Inspections. CPG funds local solid waste enforcement, which includes inspecting solid waste facilities and enforcing solid waste facility rules. Local staff oversee 665 solid waste facilities, make 8,500 inspections, and respond to over 15,000 illegal dump and illegal storage complaints.
  • Recycling. Local recycling programs are the key to Washington's leading recycling rate. The CPG program plays a pivotal role in financing the programs that now recycle or reuse 7.3 million tons of materials. Today’s grants continue to promote and develop recycling, including new efforts to recycle 357,000 tons of organic material annually.
  • Conservation. CPG also promotes energy and resource conservation through recycling, composting, green building, promotion of less toxic alternatives, and other initiatives. These efforts decrease airborne toxins and carcinogens from energy production, and also limit greenhouse gas emissions.

The Coordinated Prevention Grant Biennial Reports summarize what local governments achieved with CPG funds and statewide outcomes.

Coordinated Prevention Grant Program Guidelines

The Coordinated Prevention Grant Guidelines contain information about the grant criteria, eligibility, application process, grant cycle timelines, reporting requirements, and copies of all the necessary forms. Ecology recommends that applicants use these guidelines, along with the most recent version of Administrative Requirements for Ecology Grants and Loans.

Yellow Book, Ecology's standard requirements for all grants and loans

Administrative Requirements for Ecology Grants and Loans (Publication # 91-18), more commonly known as the Yellow Book, contains the agency’s basic policies regarding grant and loan programs.

2008-2009 Application Forms

You may submit your applications by e-mail, fax, or hard copy. If you submit your application via e-mail or fax, you must also send a hard copy of the cover sheet (CPG X) with the original signature to your grant officer.

To apply for off set cycle money (includes Beyond Waste proviso funds), please submit the following forms by July 16, 2008:

Payment request and report forms

Grant recipients may need to complete the following forms when requesting reimbursement payments.

To receive payment, submit a complete reimbursement request package. Contents of a complete package include:

To close a grant

In addition to the reimbursement packet requirements above, recipients must submit a final report that summarizes their two-year grant cycle activities and outcomes.

  • Solid Waste Implementation grant recipients must fill out a Final Performance Analysis (FPA) form for each project in their grant on the Solid Waste Information Clearinghouse.
  • Solid Waste Enforcement grants must submit their final quarterly Solid Waste Enforcement report on the Solid Waste Information Clearinghouse, which will sum up all the quarterly reports to give a final grant outcome summary.

To amend your grant


How to Contact Us

If you have general questions about CPG, you can contact the CPG Coordinator, Shelly McMurry at smcc461@ecy.wa.gov or 360-407-6223.

If you have questions regarding a specific grant or project ideas for funding, contact the appropriate grant officer for that county.

Region Grant Officer Counties Covered
ERO Nancy Lucas Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Grant, Ferry, Franklin, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman
CRO Maureen McCormick Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, Yakima
NWRO Diana Wadley All grants for Island, San Juan, Skagit, Whatcom, and the King county cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Bothell, Carnation, Federal Way, Issaquah, Lake Forest Park, Redmond, Renton, SeaTac, Shoreline, Snoqualmie, Tukwila and Woodinville
NWRO Taisa Welhasch All grants for Snohomish and Kitsap County. King County Solid Waste Division and King County cities of Algona, Black Diamond, Covington, Des Moines, Enumclaw, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Maple Valley, Newcastle, Normandy Park, Sammamish, Seattle, and Skykomish
SWRO Mike Drumright Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania, Wahkiakum
SWRO Tami Ramsey Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific, Thurston