{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-637.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-637.04","heading":"Contaminated property cleanup assistance.","body":"(a)\nSubject to availability of funds in the Clean Land Fund established by § 8-633.08, the Mayor may award grants and provide financial assistance for the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property. The financial assistance, in the form of grants or loans, to be made at a rate not to exceed 2%, shall be in an amount up to 75% of the costs incurred for completing an environmental assessment and cleaning and redeveloping a contaminated property.\n\n(b)\nThe following criteria shall be used to determine eligibility for financial assistance:\n(1)\nThe benefit of the remedy to public health, safety and the environment;\n(2)\nThe permanence of the remedy;\n(3)\nThe cost effectiveness of the remedy compared with other alternatives;\n(4)\nThe financial condition of the applicant;\n(5)\nThe economic distress of the area in which the site is located; and\n(6)\nThe potential for economic development.\n\n(c)\nIn addition to the criteria in subsection (b) of this section, loans may be made based on the ability to repay the loan from future revenue to be derived from the redeveloped site and may be secured by a mortgage or other collateral.\n\n(d)\nMoneys received as repayment of loans shall be deposited in the Clean Land Fund.\n\n(e)\nThe Mayor shall provide an annual report to the Council by October 1 of each year on grants, loans, and expenditures made from the Clean Land Fund, the revenue received by the fund, and on the effectiveness of the fund in redeveloping contaminated property sites.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 6A. Brownfield Revitalization.","Subchapter VII. Cleanup Incentives."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-637.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3566f881a56ece37010449a397a854f70828bb25b12db12d5862cc34d70c8ef7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-637.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-638.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}