Solid Waste Guidance
Through various regulations, policy documents and technical and administrative guidance memorandums (TAGMs), the regulated community, as well as DEC staff are provided with the necessary guidance to ensure compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements regarding solid waste.
The solid waste regulations are written with the purpose of filling in the details of broad concepts mandated by the legislature in statutes. Policy documents and TAGMs are developed to provide guidance and clarify program issues to facilitate compliance. They also provide assistance to DEC staff and the regulated community in interpreting and applying regulations.
More about Solid Waste Guidance:
- What Are Regulations - Definition and explanation of environmental regulations.
- Regulations and Technical Guidance - Links to regulations and guidance appropriate to programs in the Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials.
- Guidance for Regulated Medical Waste Treatment, Storage, Containment, Transport and Disposal - Regulatory authority and jurisdiction; management of RMW spills or inappropriately disposed RMW; authorization process to accept treated RMW; and requirements for on-site treatment of RMW.
- Storm Debris & Disposal Guidelines - Storm debris and disposal guidelines, including information on existing disposal and transfer/processing sites, exemptions, individual emergency authorizations, general permits and registered disposal facilities.
- Policy DSHM-SW-09-01 Solid Waste Management Facility Permitting - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority with regard to solid waste management facility permitting for new facility construction, existing facility expansion, and acceptance rate increases.
- Policy DSH-SW-05-01 Solid Waste Management Policy Guidance - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- TAGM SW-92-06 Avoided Costs in Solid Waste - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- TAGM SW-96-08 Review of Local Solid Waste Management Plans - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- TAGM SW-96-09 Development and Review of Site Analytical Plans - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- TAGM SW-97-10 Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste Sharps - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- TAGM SW-98-12 Recyclables Recovery Programs and Percentage Recoveries - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- TAGM SW-98-13 Landfill Regulatory Responsibility - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- Policy DSHM-SW-03-14 Sludge Stabilization for Disposal in NY Landfills - Provides criteria to determine if a sludge has been stabilized for disposal in a landfilll.
- Policy DSHM-SW-03-15 Extending the Term of A LSWMP Planning Period - Describes DEC's statutory and regulatory authority to require applicants for permits to construct and operate solid waste management facilities
- Policy DSHM-SW-04-16 Landfill Gas Collection and Treatment Systems - This policy establishes a State assistance program for municipal owners or operators of landfills to recover a portion of the costs of design and construction of active landfill gas collection and treatment systems.
