2006 New York Code - 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.

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