Sec. 21. (a) Before a political subdivision may receive an environmental grant from the environmental fund, the political subdivision must submit to the department of environmental management and the commission the following:

(1) An environmental grant application, in the form prescribed by the department of environmental management and the commission, that:

(A) identifies the qualifying property;

(B) includes any ordinances, resolutions, or other documentation of the political subdivision's determination to submit the environmental grant application;

(C) identifies the entity from which the qualifying property has been acquired or will be acquired by the political subdivision;

(D) specifies the cost of acquisition of the qualifying property to the political subdivision, if any;

(E) identifies any environmental contamination of the qualifying property that will be subject to remediation;

(F) specifies the environmental remediation objectives with respect to the qualifying property;

(G) estimates all costs the political subdivision will incur with respect to the qualifying property;

(H) evaluates the prospect for conveyance of the qualifying property for use by a private or public entity; and

(I) includes a schedule of all actions taken or to be taken by the political subdivision with respect to the qualifying property between the time of acquisition and the anticipated time of conveyance by the political subdivision.

(2) Documentation of community and neighborhood comment concerning the use of a qualifying property on which environmental remediation activities will be undertaken after environmental remediation activities are completed.

(b) A political subdivision may apply for an environmental grant under this section for activities under this chapter with respect to:

(1) qualifying property previously acquired by the political subdivision by:

(A) purchase; or

(B) donation from a private or public entity; or

(2) qualifying property to be acquired using environmental grant money.

As added by P.L.31-2001, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.197-2011, SEC.139.