Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 885 - MUNICIPAL BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 885.105 - Definitions

Unless specified otherwise, all terms shall have the meanings set forth in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act. Additionally, for purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply:

"Act" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5 ].

"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

"Applicant" means a municipality that applies for a municipal brownfields redevelopment grant.

"Municipal brownfields redevelopment grant" means a grant issued pursuant to Section 58.13 of the Act and Subpart B of this Part.

"Brownfields site" or "brownfields" means a parcel of real property, or a portion of the parcel, that has actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for redevelopment. (Section 58.2 of the Act)

"Grant agreement" means the written grant agreement documents and amendments thereto signed by both the Agency and a grantee in which the terms and conditions governing the grant are stated and agreed to by both parties.

"Grantee" means a municipality that has been awarded a grant for brownfields redevelopment under Section 58.13 of the Act.

"Municipality" means an incorporated city, village, or town in this State. Municipality does not mean a township, town when that term is used as the equivalent of a township, incorporated town that has superseded a civil township, county, or school district, park district, sanitary district, or similar governmental district. (Section 58.2 of the Act)

"River Edge Redevelopment Zone" means an area of the State created by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as a River Edge Redevelopment Zone pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act [65 ILCS 115 ].

"State" means the State of Illinois.