Section 1382. Powers and duties of the commissioner  


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  • In administering and
      enforcing the provisions of this title, the commissioner shall:
        1. make an estimate of funds or appropriations for inclusion  annually
      in the executive budget;
        2. receive applications for state aid in such form and containing such
      information as he may require;
        3.  qualify  municipalities  for  state aid and advise them concerning
      such qualifications;
        4.  approve  detailed  plans  submitted  by  the  applicant  for   the
      construction  of solid waste management facilities or for improvement of
      existing solid waste management facilities where the same are  found  to
      be consistent with sound, comprehensive solid waste management planning,
      take  into  adequate  account the feasibility of a recycling facility to
      shred, compress, pyrolize, separate or otherwise process the solid waste
      for resource recovery, the potential resources to be recovered, ultimate
      land use and are otherwise acceptable to him; provided,  however,  plans
      further:
        a.  describe  the  components  of  the  solid  waste  estimated  to be
      generated, by weight or volume;
        b. describe the proposed method of transporting to  be  utilized  from
      its  source  to  the  solid waste management facility, and the estimated
      cost therefor;
        c. detail the separation techniques proposed to  be  utilized  at  the
      solid waste management facility; and
        d.  specify  what  and  where  the available markets are for recovered
      materials within the region covered by the  plan,  and/or  within  fifty
      miles outside the region covered by the plan;
        5. approve vouchers for payment of state aid grants;
        6.  perform  such other and further acts and promulgate such rules and
      regulations as may be  necessary,  proper  or  desirable  to  carry  out
      effectively the provisions of this title.