§ 56-0401. Allocation of moneys.

Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 56-0401

  • Landfill: means a disposal facility or part of one at which solid waste, or its residue after treatment, is intentionally placed in or on land, and at which solid waste will remain after closure and which is not a land spreading facility, a surface impoundment, or an injection well. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 56-0403

Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996 to be used for solid waste projects, fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for disbursements for municipal landfill projects, excluding any landfill closure project in the city of New York; fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for disbursements for municipal recycling projects, of which twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for municipal recycling projects in the city of New York; and seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available for disbursements for the closure of Fresh Kills Landfill in the city of New York.