Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 13 > Title 11 - State Aid: Planning For Construction of Solid Waste Management Facilities

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation of the state of New York. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1380
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Municipality: means a town, city, county, or village or any designated public agency thereof, or any two or more of the foregoing which are acting jointly in connection with a solid waste management facility, or a public authority. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1380
• Solid waste management facility: means any area or site, structure, facility or equipment used for or in connection with methods including, but not limited to shredding, compression, high-temperature incineration, pyrolization, separation or any other technology for resource recovery, transporting, storing, or the final placement and disposal of solid wastes in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1380