§ 54-0505. Criteria for municipal landfill closure projects.

1. State assistance payments shall be approved only for closure
projects that include plans for closure, post-closure and construction
in accordance with the department's solid waste management regulations
applicable to new projects which were in effect six months prior to the
date of submittal of the final application.

2. Municipal landfill closure project costs incurred prior to April
first, nineteen hundred ninety-three shall not be eligible for state
assistance payments funded pursuant to this article.

3. Prior to processing applications for state assistance payments for
projects pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall promulgate, in
consultation with the director of the budget, rules and regulations
which shall include criteria for determining eligible expenditures and
procedures governing the commitment and disbursement of funds
appropriated in accordance with this section. The commissioner also
shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall include application
procedures, review processes, and project approval guidelines and
criteria.