§ 43-1419 Eligible Services and Activities.
RCNY § 43-1419
a. Eligible services and/or activities within each grant type for which grant awards may be issued are listed in Schedule B.
1.For pre-development grants, eligible services and/or activities shall include, but shall not be limited to, title insurance, title search, project feasibility study (i.e. market analysis, concept plans, pro forma financial analysis, zoning analysis, and permitting), community outreach, and phase one investigations.
2.For environmental investigation grants, eligible services and/or activities shall include, but shall not be limited to, development of a phase two/site characterization workplan; development of a remedial investigation workplan; study of soil, groundwater, and soil vapor; laboratory analysis of soil, groundwater, and soil vapor samples; and development of phase two/site characterization reports.
3.For City pre-enrollment grants, eligible services and/or activities include, but are not limited to, development of a phase two/site characterization work plan; development of a remedial investigation workplan; study of soil, groundwater, and soil vapor; laboratory analysis of soil, groundwater and soil vapor; development of phase two/site characterization reports; property appraisal; and development of an approved remedial action work plan or remedial action plan.
4.For cleanup grants, track-one bonus cleanup grants, brownfield opportunity area strategic property bonus cleanup grants, City enrollment grants, e-designation hazardous material remediation grants, climate change resilience bonus cleanup grants, and E-designation/restrictive declaration hazardous material remediation grants, eligible services and/or activities shall include, but shall not be limited to, activities required to develop or implement tasks required by a government-approved remedial action work plan, including development of an approved remedial action work plan or remedial action plan; soil removal and disposal; tank removal and other removal actions; backfill; engineering controls (i.e., cap emplacement; cover system; vapor barrier system; subslab depressurization system); institutional controls; documentation preparation; development of remedial action reports and the purchase of environmental insurance including cleanup cost cap insurance; and site management plans.
5.For brownfield green job training grants, eligible services and/or activities shall include any hourly work participating in construction activities at a remedial action site regulated by the Office, the New York state department of environmental conservation or an environmental project recognized by the Office by trainees, pre-approved by the Office, from a City, state, or federally supported nonprofit work force development program. Eligible services and/or activities shall also include any hourly work performed by such trainees in support of the Office's programs.
6.For green property certification grants, eligible services include the purchase of a New York City green property certification plaque.
7.For technical assistance grants for preferred community development projects and for community brownfield planning organizations conducting community brownfield planning in a geographic area identified by the Office, eligible services shall include consulting or other services for activities including, but not limited to: A. assistance in the planning and execution of a brownfield project, including assessment of the viability of a brownfield project; B. development and/or review of technical and legal documents required by the brownfield incentive grant program or the City voluntary cleanup program, including: i. applications ii. agreements iii. insurance policies iv. statements of work v. scopes of work vi. work plans vii. reports; C. development and/or review of design reports; D. preparation of a budget; E. development of a pro forma financial analysis; F. development of a site re-use plan; G. project planning; and H. review of brownfield project sequencing and scheduling. For technical assistance grants for community based organizations seeking to apply to the New York state department of state for a brownfield opportunity area grant, eligible services shall include consulting services for the development of such an application.
8.For brownfield opportunity area local match grants, eligible services and/or activities shall include those that are covered by a work plan approved by the New York state department of state associated with a contract executed with the New York state department of state. For community brownfield planning organizations conducting place-based community brownfield planning, eligible services for brownfield opportunity area local match grants include, but are not limited to, existing conditions and land vacancy studies, a community reuse plan, zoning analyses, Phase I environmental studies, and pro-forma financial analyses. b. Except as provided in subdivision c of this section, the office shall require a statement of work before eligible services and/or activities may be funded using grant funds.
