- a) In addition to such other remedies as may be provided by law, in the event of noncompliance with any condition imposed pursuant to a municipal brownfields redevelopment grant or other violation of this Part, the Agency may:
- 1) Revoke the grant and recover all grant funds disbursed;
- 2) Take no action on reimbursement requests;
- 3) Terminate the grant;
- 4) Suspend all project work; or
- 5) Take such other action as the Agency is authorized to take.
b) Noncompliance includes, but is not limited to:
1) Failure to submit a quarterly report or a final report;
- 2) Failure to deliver or act upon any grant commitment, such as a commitment to enter into the Site Remediation Program as the Remediation Applicant;
- 3) Failure to provide local matching funds, as required under Section 885.200(c);
- 4) Failure to limit use of the brownfields site to uses consistent with the end use designated in the grant application; or
- 5) Failure to remediate the brownfields site consistent with the end use designated in the grant application, such as failure to remediate a site with a residential end use to residential cleanup levels.
- c) No action shall be taken under this Section without prior oral or written consultation with the grantee.
- d) In determining whether to take action and which action to take under this Section, the Agency shall consider factors including, but not limited to:
- 1) The severity of the violation(s);
- 2) The number of violations by the grantee;
- 3) Whether the violation is a continuing one;
4) Whether the grantee can remedy the violation; and
- 5) Whether the grantee and any contractor or subcontractor remain capable of complying with the approved work project.
- e) Recovery actions under this Section shall be taken pursuant to the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act [30 ILCS 705].
(Source: Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 5774, effective March 30, 2007)