NY Pub Auth L § 2050-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-G - Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency 2050-B - Definitions.

§  2050-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears in the context,  the  following  terms   shall have the following meanings:1.  "Agency"  means  the public benefit corporation created by section   two thousand fifty-c of this title, known as the Ulster county  resource   recovery agency.2. "Area of operation" means the county of Ulster.3.  "Bonds"  means the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness   issued by the agency 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.4.  "Cost"  as  applied  to  any  project,  includes   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   acquiring any lands to which such building 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 consultants and legal services, the cost   of lease guarantee, credit enhancement or bond insurance, other expenses   necessary or incidental to the construction  of  such  project  and  the   financing  of  the construction thereof, including the amount authorized   in the resolution of the agency providing for the issuance of  bonds  to   be paid into any reserve or other special fund from the proceeds of such   bonds  and  the  financing  of  the placing of any project in operation,   including reimbursement  to  the  county,  or  any  municipality,  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 agency.5. "County" means the county of Ulster.6. "County legislature" means the legislative body of the county.7.  "Construction"  means   the   acquisition,   erection,   building,   alteration,     improvement,     increase,    enlargement,    extension,   reconstruction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation   of   a   solid   waste   management-resource  recovery  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.8. "Governing body" means the members of the agency  constituting  and   acting as the governing body of the agency.9.  "Municipality"  means any county, city, town, village, improvement   district, or  public  corporation  of  the  state,  or  any  combination   thereof.10. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, joint   venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.11.  "Project"  means  any  solid  waste  management-resource recovery   facility, the planning, development, financing, construction, operation,   or maintenance of which is authorized to be undertaken in  whole  or  in   part by the agency pursuant to this title.12.  "Real  property" means lands, structures, franchises and interest   in lands, waters, lands under water, 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 interest   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 judgment, mortgages or otherwise.13. "Resources recovery" means 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.14. "Revenues" means all rates, fees, rents, charges and other  income   derived by the agency from its operation.15.  "Solid  waste"  means  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 of hazardous waste promulgated by  the  commissioner   of  environmental  conservation  pursuant  to  section  27-0903  of  the   environmental conservation law.16. "Solid waste management-resource recovery facility" or  "facility"   means   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 for or is incidental   to the collecting,  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, collection vehicles, 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  and related   plants  and   facilities,   sanitary   landfills,   leachate   treatment   facilities,  landspreading  facilities,  waste oil storage, reprocessing   and  recycling  facilities,  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  and  disposal  equipment as defined in subdivisions   four and five of section 51-0903 of the environmental conservation  law.   Any  such  facility producing either electricity or shaft horsepower and   useful thermal energy  shall  constitute  a  co-generation  facility  as   defined in subdivision two-a of section two of the public service law.17. "State" means the state of New York.18.  "Source separation" means the segregation of recyclable materials   from the solid waste stream at the  point  of  generation  for  separate   collection, sale or other disposition.