N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 54-0501: Definitions

§ 54-0501. Definitions.

As used in this title the following terms shall mean and include:

1. "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.

2. "Municipal landfill closure project" means activities undertaken to

close, including by reclamation, a landfill owned or operated by a

municipality to achieve compliance with regulations promulgated by the

department, or activities undertaken to implement a landfill gas

management system.

3. "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.

4. "Landfill gas management system" means an active system for the

control, capture, and management of gas created within and emitted from

a solid waste landfill.

5. "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.