2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 12 - Mitigation and Remediation of Certain Solid Waste Sites and Drinking Water Contamination › 27-1201 - Definitions.

§ 27-1201. Definitions.
When used in this title:
1.  "Contaminant"  means  emerging  contaminants  pursuant  to section
  eleven hundred twelve of the public health law,  and,  for  solid  waste
  sites, shall include parameters identified in regulations required to be
  tested by landfills to ensure the protection of groundwater quality.
2.   "Contamination"   or  "contaminated"  means  the  presence  of  a
  contaminant in any environmental media, including soil,  surface  water,
  or  groundwater,  sufficient  to cause or substantially contribute to an
  exceedance of standards, criteria, and guidance  values  established  by
  the   department   or   drinking   water  standards,  including  maximum
  contaminant levels, notification levels, maximum  residual  disinfectant
  levels or action levels established by the department of health.
3.  "Drinking water contamination site" means any area or site that is
  causing or substantially contributing to the  contamination  of  one  or
  more public drinking water supplies.
4.  "Mitigation"  means  the  investigation,  sampling, management, or
  treatment of a solid waste site or  drinking  water  contamination  site
  required  to  ensure  the availability of safe drinking water, including
  public  water  systems  and  individual  onsite  water  supply   systems
  necessary  to  meet standards, criteria, and guidance values established
  by  the  department  or  drinking  water  standards,  including  maximum
  contaminant  levels,  notification levels, maximum residual disinfectant
  levels, or action levels established by the department  of  health  that
  can  be  successfully  carried  out  with  available,  implementable and
  cost-effective technology. "Mitigation" activities include but  are  not
  limited  to  the  installation  of drinking water treatment systems, the
  provision of alternative water supplies, or repair of  a  landfill  cap.
  "Mitigation" does not mean remediation.
5.  "Solid  waste  site"  means  a site where (a) the department has a
  reasonable basis to suspect that the illegal  disposal  of  solid  waste
  occurred  or,  (b) a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that
  an illegal disposal of solid waste occurred, or (c) the department knows
  or has a reasonable basis  to  suspect  that  an  inactive  solid  waste
  management  facility which does not have a current monitoring program is
  impacting or contaminating one or more drinking  water  supplies.  Solid
  waste  site  shall  not  include  a  site  which is currently subject to
  investigation or remediation pursuant to title thirteen or  fourteen  of
  this  article  or  any site which completed such programs and was either
  delisted by or received a certificate of completion from the department.
6. "Solid waste management facility" means any facility  employed  for
  solid  waste  collection,  processing  and disposal including processing
  systems, including resource recovery facilities or other facilities  for
  reducing  solid  waste  volume, sanitary landfills, regulated facilities
  for the disposal of construction and demolition debris, regulated plants
  and facilities for  compacting,  composting  or  pyrolization  of  solid
  wastes,  regulated  mulch  facilities,  landspreading  and soil amending
  operations, and incinerators.