Section 626-3-1 - DEFINITIONSA. Act: "Act" means 5 MRSA Chapter 383, Subchapter IX.B. Applicant: "Applicant" means any municipality in which an Eligible Industrial or Manufacturing Site is located, or any corporation, any partnership, any limited liability company, any private, nonprofit or public entity, organization or association, any individual or any other person which owns an Eligible Industrial or Manufacturing Site.C. Authority: "Authority" means the Maine Rural Development Authority, or as the context requires, any agent, employee or other representative of the Authority.D. Eligible Implementation Grant Project: "Eligible Implementation Grant Project" means the reasonable costs and expenses of redevelopment and marketing of an eligible industrial or manufacturing site that is located in a community that has experienced severe economic decline and employment loss due to the nonproductive nature of the site, in order to ready the site for productive use, including, without limitation, engineering, infrastructure, access, marketing or technology validation expenses.E. Eligible Industrial or Manufacturing Site: "Eligible Industrial or Manufacturing Site" shall mean a site in a rural location in the State that formerly was used for manufacturing or other industrial use, and is no longer in productive use, F. Eligible Technical Assistance or Planning Grant Project: "Eligible Technical Assistance or Planning Grant Project" means the reasonable costs and expenses of investigation, research, study, analysis or planning in connection with an effort to redevelop an Eligible Industrial or Manufacturing Site, including, without limitation, the conduct or creation of an environmental site assessment, infrastructure analysis, market study, business plan or other similar analysis, report, study or plan, and/or the technical assistance required to select or coordinate such services.G. Eligible Forest Economy Community Grant Project: "Eligible Forest Economy Community Grant Project means either an Eligible Implementation Grant Project or an Eligible Technical Assistance or Planning Grant Project that is also eligible for grant funds for the project under the Sub-Grant Program.H. Program: "Program" means the Rural Manufacturing and Industrial Site Redevelopment Program.I. Project: "Project" means (a) a Planning Grant Project, or(b) an Implementation Grant.J. Rural: "Rural" means any location in the State not within the legal limits of a municipality with a population of over 50,000 residents.K. Sub-Grant Program: "Sub-Grant Program" means the "Increasing Prosperity in Maine's Forest Economy Communities" sub-grant program approved for funding from the Norther Border Regional Commission pursuant to a Grant Agreement dated August 13, 2019 between the Northern Border Regional Commission and the Maine Development Foundation, NRBC Grant Agreement Number NBRC 19GRF09.