N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0109: State assistance for local solid waste management plans

§ 27-0109. State assistance for local solid waste management plans.

1. As a complement to, and in conjunction with the technical

assistance provided pursuant to this chapter, and to foster and

facilitate local planning, a planning unit may apply for state

assistance for developing solid waste management plans pursuant to

section 27-0107 of this article or to update or revise an existing plan

to address the elements contained in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of

such section.

2. The commissioner is authorized to contract to make a state grant,

within the limit of appropriation therefor, to any planning unit for up

to ninety percent of the costs to prepare, update or revise its local

solid waste management plan; provided, however, that no such grant has

been previously made to a planning unit which is a part of or is served

by the planning unit seeking such grant. A planning unit may receive a

grant pursuant to this subdivision which shall not exceed the greater of

twenty-five thousand dollars or one dollar for each resident of the

planning unit, based upon the current federal decennial census.

3. Applications for such assistance shall outline the proposed scope

and timetable for preparation of the plan pursuant to section 27-0107 of

this article. In addition, the planning unit must demonstrate its intent

that the purpose of undertaking the plan is to develop a viable solution

to its solid waste management needs which cannot be achieved based on an

existing plan.

4. Payments authorized under this section for the preparation, update

or revision of a plan shall be made as follows:

(a) not more than fifty percent of the total grant upon approval by

the department of the grant request; and

(b) the balance of the total grant in not more than three periodic

payments for unreimbursed costs, as provided in the contract.

5. The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, deny

funding to a planning unit which is within the jurisdiction of another

planning unit or proposed planning unit.