NY Env Conserv L § 56-0502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 56 - Implementation of the Clean Water/clean Air Bond Act of 1996 Title 5 - Environmental Restoration Projects 56-0502 - Definitions.

§ 56-0502. Definitions.1.   "Community   based  organization"  shall  mean  a  not-for-profit   corporation,  exempt  from  taxation  under  section  501(c)(3)  of  the   internal  revenue  code  whose  stated  mission  is  promoting  reuse of   brownfield sites  within  a  specified  geographic  area  in  which  the   community  based  organization is located, which has twenty-five percent   or more of its board of directors residing  in  the  community  in  such   area; and represents a community with a demonstrated financial need."Community  based  organization"  shall not include any not-for-profit   corporation that has caused or contributed to the release or  threatened   release  of  contamination  from  or  onto  the  brownfield site, or any   not-for-profit corporation that generated, transported, or disposed  of,   or  that  arranged  for,  or  caused, the generation, transportation, or   disposal of  contamination  from  or  onto  the  brownfield  site.  This   definition  shall  not  apply  if  more  than twenty-five percent of the   members, officers or directors of the not-for-profit corporation are  or   were  employed  by or receiving compensation from any person responsible   for a site under title thirteen of article twenty-seven of this  chapter   or  article  twelve of the navigation law or under applicable principles   of statutory or common law liability.1-a. "Contamination" or "contaminated" shall have the same meaning  as   provided in section 27-1405 of this chapter.2.  "Cost", for purposes of this title, shall have the same meaning as   provided in subdivision four of section 56-0101 of this article,  except   that  such  term shall not include the requirement to reduce the cost of   an approved project in accordance with any federal or  state  funds  for   the project received or to be received by the municipality.3.  "Environmental  restoration  investigation  project"  shall mean a   project, undertaken in accordance with the requirements of  this  title,   to  investigate  contamination  located  in,  on, or emanating from real   property held in title by a municipality.4.  "Environmental  restoration  remediation  project"  shall  mean  a   project,  undertaken  in accordance with the requirements of this title,   to remediate contamination  located  in,  on,  or  emanating  from  real   property held in title by a municipality.5.  "Municipality",  for  purposes  of this title, shall have the same   meaning as provided in subdivision fifteen of section  56-0101  of  this   article,  except  that  such term shall not refer to a municipality that   generated, transported, or disposed of, arranged for, or that caused the   generation, transportation, or disposal of contamination located at real   property proposed to be  investigated  or  to  be  remediated  under  an   environmental  restoration project. For purposes of this title, the term   municipality includes  a  municipality  acting  in  partnership  with  a   community based organization.6.  "State  assistance", for purposes of this title, shall mean in the   case of a contract authorized by subdivision one of section  56-0503  of   this   title,   payments   made  to  a  municipality  to  reimburse  the   municipality  for  the  state  share  of  the  costs  incurred  by   the   municipality to undertake an environmental restoration project or in the   case  of  a written agreement authorized by subdivision three of section   56-0503 of this title, costs incurred  by  the  state  to  undertake  an   environmental restoration project but not reimbursed by a municipality.