Section 885.200  Scope and Availability of Grants

a)         Subject to the availability of funding and the limitations and requirements set forth in this Part, grant assistance is available to municipalities for coordination of activities related to brownfields redevelopment, including identification of brownfields sites, site investigation and determination of remediation objectives and related plans and reports, and development of remedial action plans, and implementation of remedial action plans and remedial action completion reports. (Section 58.13(a)(1) of the Act) The plans and reports shall be developed in accordance with Title XVII of the Act.

b)         Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis subject to availability of funding. (Section 58.13(a)(2) of the Act)

c)         Grant amounts shall not exceed 70% of the eligible project amount, with the remainder to be provided by the municipality as local matching funds.  (Section 58.13(a)(5) of the Act)

d)         A municipality, if determined to be in noncompliance, pursuant to Section 885.300, with any requirement of this Part for a previously-awarded grant, is not eligible to receive an additional grant until compliance is achieved.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 14604, effective August 28, 2003)