N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0707 – State assistance application procedure
§ 54-0707. State assistance application procedure.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0707
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation; except that within and for the purposes of the projects undertaken by the office pursuant to title nine of this article, the term shall mean the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Cost: means the capital cost of a municipal recycling project including engineering and architectural services, surveys, plans and specifications; consultant and legal services; lands acquired pursuant to the conditions set forth in section 54-0709 of this title, and other direct capital expenses incident to such a project, less any federal assistance or other assistance received or to be received. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0701
- Governing body: means :
a. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0101 - Municipality: means a local public authority or public benefit corporation, a county, city, town, village, or Indian tribe or nation residing within New York state, or any combination thereof. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0101
1. A municipality, upon the approval of its governing body, may submit an application to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may require, for state assistance payments toward the cost of a project which is within the state of New York and which is eligible for state assistance pursuant to this title.
2. The commissioner shall review such project application and may approve, disapprove or recommend modifications thereto consistent with applicable law, criteria, standards or rules and regulations relative to such projects.
3. Upon approval of a project application, a municipality shall enter into a contract, as further provided within this article, with the commissioner for state assistance payments toward the cost of such project to be received pursuant to this article.
4. No monies shall be expended for municipal waste reduction or recycling projects except pursuant to an appropriation therefor.