New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter IV - QUALITY SERVICES › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTES › Part 369 - State Assistance Projects › Subpart 369-3 - MUNICIPAL WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING EDUCATION, PROMOTION, PLANNING AND COORDINATION PROJECTS › Section 369-3.1 - General application procedures

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) A
					 municipality, upon the approval of its governing body, may submit an application
					 to the department, in a form and containing information as the department may
					 require, for state assistance toward the cost of an eligible project. The
					 procedures outlined in this section are only applicable to funding provided
					 pursuant to this Subpart.
(b)
					 Department receipt and processing of applications.
(1) A municipality may submit only one
					 application for state assistance for each calendar year for all eligible
					 municipal waste reduction and recycling education, promotion, planning and
					 coordination costs expected to be incurred during that year.
(2) Applications will be accepted by the
					 department during the months of August, September and October of each calendar
					 year for the following calendar year period. All applications must be received
					 during this three-month period. Applications received after October 31st of each
					 calendar year, other than those submitted pursuant to paragraph (3) of this
					 subdivision, will not be accepted. All complete applications received by the
					 department during the three-month period specified in this paragraph will be
					 considered to have been received simultaneously.
(3) If an application is determined by the
					 department to be incomplete, the applicant will be notified by the department,
					 and the application may be revised and resubmitted at the discretion of the
					 department. The department, at its own discretion, will establish a deadline for
					 resubmission of the application, which in no instance will exceed 30 calendar
					 days after notification that an application is incomplete.
(4) The department is authorized, at its own
					 discretion, to combine applications from municipalities in overlapping
					 jurisdictions.
(5) Only applicants
					 who submit complete applications, as determined by the department, will be
					 eligible for state assistance contracts and payments.
(6) Acceptance of an application or
					 determination by the department that an application is complete is not to be
					 interpreted as a guarantee or promise of funding from the department.
(7) Complete applications will be evaluated by
					 the department and, if acceptable, will be approved for state assistance for up
					 to 50 percent of eligible costs. If there are insufficient funds to provide 50
					 percent reimbursement to all applications, the department may either lower the
					 percentage or set a dollar maximum on the level of funding to be provided to each
					 municipality. In the event the department lowers the maximum reimbursement
					 percentage, the lowered percentage or dollar maximum will be the same for all
					 municipalities that submit a complete application during the application period
					 specified in paragraph 369-3.1(b)(2) of this Subpart.