Section 27-1316. Citizen technical assistance grants

1. The commissioner is authorized to provide, or order a person acting
  under  order  or  on  consent,  to  provide grants to any not-for-profit
  corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal
  revenue code who may be affected by an inactive hazardous waste disposal
  site  remedial  program.  To  qualify  to  receive  such  assistance,  a
  community  group  must  demonstrate  that  its membership represents the
  interests of the community affected by  such  site,  and  that  members'
  health,   economic  well-being  or  enjoyment  of  the  environment  are
  potentially affected by  such  site.  Such  grants  shall  be  known  as
  technical  assistance  grants  and  may  be  used  to  obtain  technical
  assistance in interpreting information with regard to the nature of  the
  hazard posed by hazardous waste located at or emanating from an inactive
  hazardous   waste  disposal  site  or  sites  and  the  development  and
  implementation of an inactive hazardous  waste  disposal  site  remedial
  program or programs. Such grants may also be used:
    (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.