§ 54-0703. Approval of state assistance payments for municipal recycling\n or waste reduction projects.\n 1. State assistance payments toward the cost of municipal recycling or\nwaste reduction projects shall be made pursuant to this title with the\napproval of the commissioner pursuant to an approved contract or\ncontracts.\n 2. In reviewing applications for state assistance payments for\nmunicipal recycling or waste reduction projects, the commissioner shall\ngive due consideration to:\n a. the adequacy of the municipality's waste reduction or recycling\nprogram and its relationship to the needs and plans of other\nmunicipalities; provided, however, that such adequacy shall be\ndetermined in part by the efforts undertaken to date by the municipality\nto implement a mandato
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§ 54-0703. Approval of state assistance payments for municipal recycling\n or waste reduction projects.\n 1. State assistance payments toward the cost of municipal recycling or\nwaste reduction projects shall be made pursuant to this title with the\napproval of the commissioner pursuant to an approved contract or\ncontracts.\n 2. In reviewing applications for state assistance payments for\nmunicipal recycling or waste reduction projects, the commissioner shall\ngive due consideration to:\n a. the adequacy of the municipality's waste reduction or recycling\nprogram and its relationship to the needs and plans of other\nmunicipalities; provided, however, that such adequacy shall be\ndetermined in part by the efforts undertaken to date by the municipality\nto implement a mandatory source separation law or ordinance required\npursuant to section one hundred twenty-aa of the general municipal law;\n b. the suitability and feasibility of the project in relation to the\nrecycling program and the area to be served;\n c. the proportion of solid waste for which waste reduction or\nrecyclables recovery is contemplated and the extent to which the project\nis consistent with the statewide solid waste reduction and recycling\ngoals established under the state solid waste management plan, pursuant\nto section 27-0103 of this chapter;\n d. the potential for coordination and consolidation of solid waste\nmanagement practices among municipalities within specified areas,\nregions or planning units;\n e. the implementation of the system or components thereof and their\nexpected terms of usefulness, singly or in combination;\n f. the present and projected population, land use, and rates and\ncomposition of solid waste generation;\n g. the potential or contemplated markets for recovered recyclables and\nthe extent to which the full avoided costs of proper collection,\ntransportation and disposal of source separated recyclables are, or are\nprojected to be, greater than the cost of collection, transportation and\nsale of said recyclables less the amount received from the sale of said\nrecyclables;\n h. the intergovernmental arrangements integral to the project;\n i. the non-governmental arrangements integral to the project;\n j. the urgency of the project, in relationship to all recyclables\nrecovery program needs in the state; and\n k. the environmental soundness of the project, including assurance\nthat the project will meet all applicable laws, criteria, and rules and\nregulations.\n 3. State assistance payments toward the cost of a waste reduction or\nmunicipal recycling project shall not exceed fifty percent of the cost,\nand in the aggregate such payments shall in no event exceed two million\ndollars. Such costs are subject to final computation and determination\nby the commissioner upon completion of the project, and shall not exceed\nthe maximum eligible cost set forth in the contract.\n