Section 54-0505. Criteria for municipal landfill closure projects

1.  State  assistance  payments  shall  be  approved  only for closure
  projects that include plans for closure, post-closure  and  construction
  in  accordance  with the department's solid waste management regulations
  applicable to new projects which were in effect six months prior to  the
  date of submittal of the final application.
    2.  Municipal  landfill  closure project costs incurred prior to April
  first, nineteen hundred ninety-three shall not  be  eligible  for  state
  assistance payments funded pursuant to this article.
    3.  Prior to processing applications for state assistance payments for
  projects pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall promulgate, in
  consultation with the director of  the  budget,  rules  and  regulations
  which  shall  include criteria for determining eligible expenditures and
  procedures  governing  the  commitment   and   disbursement   of   funds
  appropriated  in  accordance  with  this  section. The commissioner also
  shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall  include  application
  procedures,  review  processes,  and  project  approval  guidelines  and
  criteria.