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facilities as designed under a step II grant, procure needed equipment, and obtain necessary permits to operate the facility. (d) Step IV grants shall be made to evaluate the effectiveness of grant-funded facilities, develop information on compliance with regulatory permits, and assess applicability of the selected approach to other generators of similar hazardous wastes. Ninety percent of the costs of those activities shall be eligible for grant funding, except that a small business may be eligible for 100 percent of those costs, up to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per grant. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1030. ) 25244.9. The department shall compile the results of all evaluations of projects funded by step IV grants, as specified in subdivision (d) of Section 25244.8, or the evaluations of any other project which are available to the department, and shall make them available to interested parties as expeditiously as possible. The department shall notify any interested party of the availability of project evaluations. (Added by Stats. 1985. Ch. 1030. ) 25244.10. The department may issue grants to, and enter into contracts with, universities, governmental agencies, and private organizations to research and develop hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technology. These grants may be applied to personnel, equipment, and administrative costs and shall, to the extent possible, be used to augment other sources of research and development funding, including federal and private funds. Any grant issued by the department pursuant to this section is not subject to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of the Public Contract Code, including, but not limited to, Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code, but a contract entered into pursuant to this section is subject to all applicable state laws governing contracts. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 914. ) 25244.11. The department shall, by January 1, 1988, and each year thereafter, report to the Governor and the Legislature, including the Chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and Assembly Committee on Economic Development and New Technologies, on the status, funding, and results of all demonstration and research projects awarded grants. This report shall include recommendations for legislation and shall identify those state and federal economic and financial incentives which can best accelerate and maximize the research, development, and demonstration of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1030. ) -194-