New York Laws
Title 13 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites
27-1316 - Citizen Technical Assistance Grants.

(a) to advise affected residents on any health assessment; and
(b) for training funds for the education of interested affected
community members to enable them to more effectively participate in the
remedy selection process.
Grants awarded under this section may not be used for the purposes of
collecting field sampling data, political activity or lobbying
legislative bodies.
2. The amount of any grant awarded under this section may not exceed
fifty thousand dollars at any one site.
3. No matching contribution from the grant recipient shall be required
for a technical assistance grant. Following a grant award, a portion of
the grant shall be made available to the grant recipient, in advance of
the expenditures to be covered by the grant, in five thousand dollar
installments.