5. a. The provisions of any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the State may enter into a redevelopment agreement pursuant to section 35 of P.L.1997, c.278 (C. 58:10B-27) for the redevelopment project at the site of the following landfills: (1) the Avon Sanitary Landfill; (2) the Kingsland Park Sanitary Landfill; (3) the Lyndhurst Sanitary Landfill; and (4) the Rutherford Sanitary Landfill, in which the State may agree to reimburse the developer for the closure and remediation costs associated with the proper closure and remediation of the area of land whereon the Avon Sanitary Landfill, the Kingsland Park Sanitary Landfill, the Lyndhurst Sanitary Landfill, and the Rutherford Sanitary Landfill are located.

b. As used in this section, “closure and remediation costs” means all reasonable costs associated with the closure and remediation of the Avon Sanitary Landfill, the Kingsland Park Sanitary Landfill, the Lyndhurst Sanitary Landfill, and the Rutherford Sanitary Landfill, except that “closure and remediation costs” shall not include any costs incurred in financing the remediation and closure of a particular landfill; and “closure” means all activities associated with the design, purchase, construction or maintenance of all measures required by the Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to law, in order to prevent, minimize or monitor pollution or health hazards resulting from the Avon Sanitary Landfill, the Kingsland Park Sanitary Landfill, the Lyndhurst Sanitary Landfill, and the Rutherford Sanitary Landfill subsequent to the termination of operations at these landfills, or at any portion thereof, including, but not necessarily limited to, the placement of final earthen or vegetative cover, the installation of methane gas vents or monitors and leachate monitoring wells or collection systems, and long-term operations and maintenance, at the site of these landfills.

L.2001,c.398,s.5.