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PUBLIC LAW 107-118^JAN. 11, 2002 115 STAT. 2365 "(II) a Federal cost-share requirement; "(III) an administrative cost; "(IV) a response cost at a brownfield site for which the recipient of the grant or loan is potentially liable under section 107; or "(V) a cost of compliance with any Federal law (including a Federal law specified in section 101(39)(B)), excluding the cost of compliance with laws applicable to the cleanup. "(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—For the purposes of clause (i)(III), the term 'administrative cost' does not include the cost of— "(I) investigation and identification of the extent of contamination; "(II) design and performance of a response action; or "(III) monitoring of a natural resource. " (C) ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERN- MENT SITE REMEDIATION PROGRAMS. —^A local government that receives a grant under this subsection may use not to exceed 10 percent of the grant funds to develop and implement a brownfields program that may include— "(i) monitoring the health of populations exposed to one or more hazardous substances from a brownfield site; and "(ii) monitoring and enforcement of any institutional control used to prevent human exposure to any hazardous substance from a brownfield site. "(D) INSURANCE. —^A recipient of a grant or loan awarded under paragraph (2) or (3) that performs a characterization, assessment, or remediation of a brownfield site may use a portion of the grant or loan to purchase insurance for the characterization, assessment, or remediation of that site. " (5) GRANT APPLICATIONS.— " (A) SUBMISSION.— " (i) IN GENERAL.— "(I) AppLlCATiON.An eligible entity may submit to the Administrator, through a regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency and in such form as the Administrator may require, an application for a grant under this subsection for one or more brownfield sites (including information on the criteria used by the Administrator to rank applications under subparagraph (C), to the extent that the information is available). "(II) NCP REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator may include in any requirement for submission of an application under subclause (I) a requirement of the National Contingency Plan only to the extent that the requirement is relevant and appropriate to the program under this subsection. "(ii) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to assist in making eligible entities aware of other available Federal resources.