75-11-409. Use of petroleum brownfields funding acquired by state — limitations. Prior to expending federal funds awarded to the state for the purpose of assessing or cleaning up petroleum tank release sites that are eligible for petroleum brownfields funding from the United States environmental protection agency under the federal Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001, Title II of Public Law 107-118, the department shall make a reasonable effort to coordinate with a grant recipient who may intend to expend federal brownfields funding to assess or remediate eligible petroleum brownfields sites in the grant recipient’s brownfields target area and to ensure that the grant recipient is not intending to expend petroleum brownfields funding at the same eligible brownfields sites.

Terms Used In Montana Code 75-11-409

  • Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501. See Montana Code 75-11-403
  • Grant recipient: means a city, town, county, consolidated city-county, tribal government, economic development organization, nonprofit organization, or state agency that has received federal brownfields money from the environmental protection agency. See Montana Code 75-11-403
  • Petroleum brownfields sites: means real property where the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse is or may be complicated by the presence or perceived presence of petroleum contamination. See Montana Code 75-11-403
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201