Section 54-0703. Approval of state assistance payments for municipal recycling or waste reduction projects

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