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ATTACHMENT 7 and developed strategies to counter concerns about the toxicity and volatility of the material. One strategy outlined in the Workgroup's 2007 marketing plan involved designating the EPA as the chief marketer to persistently promote the use of ground rubber while at the same time compiling and producing studies to respond to health and safety concerns over the material. Another strategy involved encouraging states to provide subsidies to cities and school districts that installed recycled tire material on playgrounds and athletic fields. Indeed, millions of dollars in subsidies have been handed out. In California, part of the $1.75 fee added to each new tire purchase pays for annual grants, such as $47,000 for San Jose Unified School District to buy crumb rubber to install turf fields at two elementary schools and $24,000 to San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department to help cover the cost of rubber infill for synthetic sports fields at Ocean View Playground. Money for new turf Between 2005 and 2014, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) awarded $21.4 million in tire recycling grants, mostly to cities and school districts wanting to use recycled tires on playgrounds and in new turf fields. Of those, 22 grants worth a total of$2.3 million helped schools and park districts buy 7.5 million pounds of recycled rubber for synthetic turf fields, which is the equivalent of 623,000 passenger car tires, said CalRecycle spokesman Mark Oldfield. Next month, more than $800,000 in new grants is scheduled to be awarded to cities, schools, state agencies and Indian tribes, Oldfield said. During the time the EPA was involved in the Scrap Tire Workgroup, the agency issued a 2009 study on the health effects of crumb rubber, saying it found low levels