310 CMR, § 40.1452 - Grant Availability

(1) Grants shall be made available to affected persons described in 310 CMR 40.1453, subject to the provisions of 310 CMR 40.1451 through 310 CMR 40.1462 and to the availability of funding.

(2) For each disposal site, there shall be no more than one grant available per funding round.

(3) Grants may be made to single organizations for technical assistance activities at more than one disposal site. However, no applicant shall receive more than one grant in a funding round.

(4) Grant Amounts.

(a) At the start of each funding round, the Department shall designate a maximum amount for any single grant.

(b) Any other source of funding obtained by an applicant for expert advice or technical assistance shall not be subtracted from any specified grant maximum designated by the Department provided the total of grant funds received by the grantee from all sources shall not exceed 100% of the total cost of the proposed project.

(c) The maximum grant amount(s) shall be set forth in the notice to be published by the Department pursuant to 310 CMR 40.1455.

(5) Disposal sites that are eligible for Technical Assistance Grants are:

(a) any disposal site classified as Tier I or Tier II pursuant to 310 CMR 40.0500;

(b) any Massachusetts disposal site listed on the National Priority List; and

(c) any site deemed by the Department to be Adequately Regulated pursuant to 310 CMR 40.0110 et. seq., and for which response actions have not been completed.

(6) No Technical Assistance Grant Agreement shall be made available to a Grantee for any site for which:

(a) a valid Permanent Solution Statement has been submitted to the Department by the party(ies) conducting response actions at a tier classified site; or

(b) a Waiver Completion Statement has been submitted to the Department by the party(ies) conducting response actions.

Notes

310 CMR, § 40.1452

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1503, eff. 3/1/2024. Amended by Mass Register Issue S1516, eff. 3/1/2024.