§ 54-0504. Eligibility to receive state assistance payments for

Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0504

  • Cost: means the capital cost of a municipal landfill closure project or a municipal landfill gas management project, including engineering and architectural services, plans and specifications, consultant and legal services, and other direct capital expenses incident to such project, less any federal or other assistance for such project received or to be received. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0501
  • Department: means the department of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0101
  • 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 54-0501
  • Municipal landfill gas management project: means activities undertaken to implement a landfill gas management system at an active landfill which is owned or operated by a municipality. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0501
  • Municipality: means a local public authority or public benefit corporation, a county, city, town, village, or Indian tribe or nation residing within New York state, or any combination thereof. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0101

municipal landfill gas management projects.

Any municipality which is the owner or operator of a landfill may apply for state assistance payments toward the cost of a municipal landfill gas management project. Any application for a municipal landfill gas management project must comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the department.