2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 13 - NUISANCES AND SANITATION
Title 11 - (1380 - 1383) STATE AID: PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
1382 - Powers and duties of the commissioner.

 
    §  1382.  Powers and duties of the commissioner.  In administering and
  enforcing the provisions of this title, the commissioner shall:
    1. make an estimate of funds or appropriations for inclusion  annually
  in the executive budget;
    2. receive applications for state aid in such form and containing such
  information as he may require;
    3.  qualify  municipalities  for  state aid and advise them concerning
  such qualifications;
    4.  approve  detailed  plans  submitted  by  the  applicant  for   the
  construction  of solid waste management facilities or for improvement of
  existing solid waste management facilities where the same are  found  to
  be consistent with sound, comprehensive solid waste management planning,
  take  into  adequate  account the feasibility of a recycling facility to
  shred, compress, pyrolize, separate or otherwise process the solid waste
  for resource recovery, the potential resources to be recovered, ultimate
  land use and are otherwise acceptable to him; provided,  however,  plans
  further:
    a.  describe  the  components  of  the  solid  waste  estimated  to be
  generated, by weight or volume;
    b. describe the proposed method of transporting to  be  utilized  from
  its  source  to  the  solid waste management facility, and the estimated
  cost therefor;
    c. detail the separation techniques proposed to  be  utilized  at  the
  solid waste management facility; and
    d.  specify  what  and  where  the available markets are for recovered
  materials within the region covered by the  plan,  and/or  within  fifty
  miles outside the region covered by the plan;
    5. approve vouchers for payment of state aid grants;
    6.  perform  such other and further acts and promulgate such rules and
  regulations as may be  necessary,  proper  or  desirable  to  carry  out
  effectively the provisions of this title.