New Jersey § 58:10b-7

§ 58:10b-7.

a. A qualified applicant for financial assistance or a grant from the remediation

fund shall be awarded financial assistance or a grant by the authority upon the availability

of sufficient moneys in the remediation fund for the purpose of the financial assistance

or grant. The authority shall award financial assistance and grants in the following order

of priority: (1) Sites on which there has been a discharge and the discharge poses an imminent

and significant threat to a drinking water source, to human health, or to a sensitive

or significant ecological area shall be given first priority; (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2017, c. 353 ) (3) Sites that are owned by a municipality in a brownfield development area shall

be given second priority; and (4) Sites in areas designated as Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan) and Planning Area

2 (Suburban) pursuant to the “State Planning Act,” P.L.1985, c. 398 ( C.52:18A-196 et seq. ), shall be given third priority. The priority ranking of applicants within any priority category enumerated in this

section for awarding financial assistance and grants from the remediation fund shall

be based upon the date of receipt by the authority of an application from the applicant and on readiness to proceed with remediation as determined by the department and the

authority . If an application is determined to be incomplete by the authority, an applicant

shall have 30 days from receipt of written notice of incompleteness to file any additional

information as may be required by the authority for a completed application. If an applicant fails to file the additional information within those 30 days, the

filing date for that application for financial assistance or a grant for a site that

is not within a priority category enumerated in this section, shall be the date that

the additional information is received by the authority. An application shall be deemed complete when all the information required by the

authority has been received in the required form. b. Within 90 days, for a private entity, or 180 days for a municipality, county, or

a redevelopment entity authorized to exercise redevelopment powers pursuant to section

4 of P.L.1992, c. 79 ( C.40A:12A-4 ), of notice of approval of a financial assistance or grant application, an applicant

shall submit to the authority an executed contract for the remediation activities

for which the financial assistance or grant application was made. The contract shall be consistent with the terms and conditions for which the financial

assistance or grant was rendered. Failure to submit an executed contract within the time provided, without good cause,

shall constitute grounds for the alteration of an applicant's priority ranking for

the awarding of financial assistance or a grant.