NY Pub Auth L § 2051-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority 2051-B - Definitions.

§  2051-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Authority" shall mean the public benefit  corporation  created  by   section  two  thousand fifty-one-c of this title, known as the county of   Franklin solid waste management authority.2.  "Bonds"  shall  mean  the  bonds,  notes  or  other  evidences  of   indebtedness  issued  by  the  authority  pursuant to this title and the   provisions of this title relating to bonds and bondholders  shall  apply   with  equal  force  and  effect  to notes and noteholders, respectively,   unless the context otherwise clearly requires.3. "Construction" shall  mean  the  acquisition,  erection,  building,   alteration,     improvement,     increase,    enlargement,    extension,   reconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of a solid waste management   facility; the inspection and supervision thereof; and  the  engineering,   architectural,  legal,  fiscal  and economic investigations and studies,   surveys, designs, plans, working  drawings,  specifications,  procedures   and other actions incidental thereto.4.  "Cost", as applied to any project, shall mean and include the cost   of construction, the cost of the acquisition of all property,  including   real  property  and  other property, both real and personal and improved   and unimproved, the cost of  demolishing,  removing  or  relocating  any   buildings  or  structures  on  lands  so acquired, including the cost of   relocating tenants or other occupants of the buildings or structures  on   such  land,  including  the  cost  of  acquiring any lands to which such   buildings or structures may be moved  or  relocated,  the  cost  of  all   systems,  facilities,  machinery,  apparatus  and  equipment,  financing   charges, interest prior to, during and after construction to the  extent   not  paid  or  provided  for from revenues or other sources, the cost of   engineering and architectural surveys,  plans  and  specifications,  the   cost  of  consultant  and legal services, the cost of lease guarantee or   bond insurance and the cost of other expenses necessary or incidental to   the  construction  thereof,  including  the  amount  authorized  in  the   resolution  of  the  authority providing for the issuance of bonds to be   paid into any reserve or other special fund from the  proceeds  of  such   bonds,  the  financing  of  the  placing of any project in operation and   reimbursement to the county, any municipality,  and  state  agency,  the   state, the United States government or any other person for expenditures   that would be costs of the project hereunder had they been made directly   by the authority.5. "County" shall mean the county of Franklin.6.   "Governing   body"  shall  mean  the  members  of  the  authority   constituting and acting as the governing body of the authority.7. "Municipality" shall mean any county, city, town,  village  or  any   combination thereof.8.  "Person"  shall mean any natural person, partnership, association,   joint venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.9. "Project" shall mean  any  solid  waste  management  facility,  the   planning, development, financing, construction, operation or maintenance   of  which  is  authorized  to  be  undertaken in whole or in part by the   authority pursuant to this title.10. "Real property"  shall  mean  lands,  structures,  franchises  and   interests  in  land,  waters,  lands underwater, riparian rights and air   rights and any and all things and rights included within said  term  and   includes  not  only  fees  simple  absolute, but also any and all lesser   interests including, but not limited to, easements, rights-of-way, uses,   leases, licenses and  all  other  incorporeal  hereditaments  and  every   estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years   and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise. 11.  "Resource  recovery"  shall  mean  the separation, extraction and   recovery of usable materials, energy or heat from  solid  waste  through   source  separation,  recycling  centers  or  other programs, projects or   facilities.12.  "Revenues"  shall  mean all rates, fees, rents, charges and other   income derived by the authority from its operations.13. "Solid waste" shall mean all materials or substances discarded  or   rejected  as  being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to the owners   at the time of such discard or rejection, including, but not limited to,   garbage, refuse, industrial and commercial waste, sludges  from  air  or   water pollution control facilities or water supply treatment facilities,   rubbish,   ashes,   contained  gaseous  material,  incinerator  residue,   demolition and construction debris and offal, but not  including  sewage   and other highly diluted water-carried materials or substances and those   in  gaseous  form, source, special nuclear or by-product material within   the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or waste which   appears on the list or satisfies the characteristics of hazardous  waste   promulgated  by  the commissioner of environmental conservation pursuant   to section 27-0903 of the environmental conservation law.14. "Solid waste management facility" or  "facility"  shall  mean  any   facility,   plant,  works,  system,  building,  structure,  improvement,   machinery, equipment, fixture or other real or personal  property  which   is  to  be  used,  occupied  or  employed beyond the initial solid waste   collection process for the receiving, transporting, storage, processing,   or disposal of solid waste or the recovery by any means of any  material   or  energy  product  or  resource therefrom including but not limited to   recycling centers, transfer stations, baling facilities,  rail  haul  or   maritime  facilities,  processing systems, resource recovery facilities,   steam and electric generating  and  transmission  facilities,  including   auxiliary   facilities   to   supplement  or  temporarily  replace  such   generating   facilities,   steam   distribution   facilities,   sanitary   landfills,   plants   and   facilities  for  compacting,  composting  or   pyrolization  of  solid  wastes,  incinerators  and  other  solid  waste   disposal,  reduction  or  conversion  facilities  and  resource recovery   equipment source separation equipment and disposal equipment as  defined   in  subdivisions  four  and five of section 51-0903 of the environmental   conservation law.15. "Source separation"  shall  mean  the  segregation  of  recyclable   materials  from  the  solid  waste stream at the point of generation for   separate collection, sale or other disposition.16. "State" shall mean the state of New York.