Source: http://rules.cityofnewyork.us/content/amendments-oer-program-rule-and-brownfield-incentive-grant-rule-3
Timestamp: 2020-07-10 10:32:03
Document Index: 790018914

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 14', '§ 43', '§43', '§ 43', '§ 43', '§ 43', '§ 43', '§ 43', '§ 43', '§ 43', '§ 43']

Amendments to OER Program Rule and Brownfield Incentive Grant Rule
oer_final_rule.pdf
OER is proposing amendments to its Environmental Remediation Rules in two principal ways.
(1) The rule relating to the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program (“Program Rule”), set forth in Subchapter 1 of Chapter 14, would be revised to amend the definition of “unrestricted use” for sites that enroll in the City Voluntary Cleanup Program (“VCP”) (§ 14-1407).
● Expand the list of entities that can perform work eligible for reimbursement with City brownfield grants to include (1) workforce development organizations that offer short term employment to trainees and (2) vendors under contract with the City or the NYC Economic Development Corporation that perform eligible services under the city brownfield grant program (§ 43-1416(m)).
● Expand an existing City pre-enrollment grant, increase the City pre-enrollment grant award limit to $125,000, and create a new City enrollment grant to reimburse affordable and industrial development projects for cleanup activities undertaken in either the VCP or the State brownfield cleanup program. Affordable and supportive housing projects financed by the City Department of Housing Preservation and Development or the City Housing Development Corporation, as well as industrial development projects supported by the NYC Economic Development Corporation, would be eligible for up to $125,000 to cover investigation costs and up to $250,000 in total to cover investigation and site cleanup costs. Services and activities that can be reimbursed under a City enrollment grant are those performed pursuant to a remedial action work plan issued by the Office or the New York state department of environmental conservation (§43-1417(a)(3); § 43-1417(b)(7); § 43-1418(c)(2); § 43-1418(d); § 43-1419(c)(2); § 43-1422(c)(11); § 43-1422(c)(12)).
● Increase the maximum cleanup grant award available to not-for-profit developers of preferred community development projects to $50,000 and make available to developers of housing and industrial sites supported by City development agencies a consultation service on the feasibility of entering such a site in the State brownfield cleanup program (§ 43-1422(c)(2)). As a result of comments received after publication of the rule, text has been added to § 43-1422(c)(12) indicating that the City will also be making $50,000 cleanup grants available to City-supported affordable housing or industrial projects that enroll in the City Voluntary Cleanup Program.
Finally, Schedule A (“Grant Awards and Award Limits”) and Schedule B (“Eligible Services and Activities/Reimbursable Allowance”) are repealed and re-promulgated both to reflect the numerous substantive revisions set forth in the proposed rule, and to incorporate improved formatting changes. As the result of comments received after publication of the rule, a new eligible service – “peer advisory services” has been added to the Technical Assistance Grant portion of Schedule B. “Peer advisory services” consist of professional advice provided to a community based organization on how it can best engage private landowners to advance local economic development. Also with respect to Schedule B, footnote d has been revised to include “community based organizations” in the description of the non-profit status of entities involved with preferred community development projects.