Types of Grants.
43 RCNY § 43-1417
in effect§ 43-1417 Types of Grants.
a. Pre-enrollment grants are awarded for services and activities performed at qualifying brownfield properties that are not yet enrolled in the City voluntary cleanup program.
1. Pre-development grants finance the services and activities that usually precede environmental field investigation and advance brownfield projects at an early stage of the project. Pre-development grants may be used for eligible services and/or activities, as provided in 43 RCNY § 43-1419.
2. Environmental investigation grants finance the characterization of a property's subsurface contamination. Environmental investigation services and activities are typically performed after pre-development work and prior to environmental remediation on a brownfield property. Environmental investigation grants may be used for eligible services and/or activities, as provided in 43 RCNY § 43-1419.
3. City pre-enrollment grants finance eligible pre-enrollment activities and services at publicly-owned sites, at affordable and/or supportive housing sites funded by the New York city department of housing preservation and development, at industrial or manufacturing development sites supported by the New York city economic development corporation or other project receiving substantial support from the City, and at environmental tax lien sites designated by the New York city office of management and budget.
b. Enrollment cleanup grants are grants awarded for activities performed at qualifying brownfield properties that are enrolled in the City voluntary cleanup program.
1. Cleanup grants pay for costs incurred in a property's remediation. They may be used for eligible services and/or activities, as provided in 43 RCNY § 43-1419, that are included in, and performed according to the terms of, a remedial action work plan approved by the Office.
2. Brownfield opportunity area strategic property bonus cleanup grants are a type of cleanup grant that is awarded to pay for eligible cleanup services and/or activities at strategic brownfield properties.
3. Track one bonus cleanup grants are a type of cleanup grant that provides funding for track one cleanups, as set forth in 43 RCNY § 43-1407(h)(1) of this chapter.
4. Climate change resilience bonus cleanup grants provide funding to accelerate designated coastal flood zone cleanup and are intended to enhance public and environmental protection.
5. Brownfield green job training grants provide funding for job training program participants to acquire work experience at sites enrolled in the City voluntary cleanup program or on environmental projects recognized by the Office.
6. Green property certification grants pay for a New York city green property certification plaque. To be eligible for a green property certification grant, parties must receive a notice of completion from the Office or a certificate of completion of the New York state department of environmental conservation.
7. City enrollment grants fund eligible cleanup activities at publicly-owned sites, at affordable and/or supportive housing sites funded by the New York city department of housing preservation and development, at industrial or manufacturing development sites supported by the New York city economic development corporation or other projects receiving substantial support from the City, and at environmental tax lien sites designated by the New York city office of management and budget. They may be used for eligible services and/or activities, as provided in 43 RCNY § 43-1419, that are included in, and performed according to the terms of, a remedial action work plan approved by the office or by the New York state department of environmental conservation.
c. Other Grants.
1. Technical assistance grants are awarded to a developer of a preferred community development project where such developer is a not-for-profit corporation, to a community based organization that seeks to apply for a department of state brownfield opportunity area grant, or to a community brownfield planning organization facilitating community brownfield planning activities and services in a place-based community brownfield planning area. The grant covers a range of technical services performed by a qualified vendor for project pre-development, management and technical assistance, as provided in 43 RCNY § 43-1419.
2. Brownfield opportunity area local match grants are awarded to a recipient of a New York state department of state brownfield opportunity area grant or to a community brownfield planning organization identified by the Office that is facilitating brownfield planning activities and services for a place-based community brownfield planning area. For recipients of a New York state brownfield opportunity area grant, this grant assists grantees that meet the local match requirement for a state brownfield opportunity area grant pursuant to general municipal law § 970-r.
3. E-designation hazardous material remediation grants and restrictive declaration hazardous material remediation grants provide funding for hazardous material cleanup at e-designation hazardous material sites and restrictive declaration hazardous material sites that are not enrolled in the City voluntary cleanup program, that have an approved remedial action plan, and that have received a notice of satisfaction from the office for remediation of hazardous material.
(Amended City Record 12/28/2015, eff. 1/27/2016)
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