Solid Waste Guidance
Through various regulations and policy documents, 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 management.
The solid waste management regulations are written with the purpose of filling in the details of broad concepts mandated by the legislature in statutes. Policy documents 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.
- Storm Debris Management 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 DMM-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-96-09 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-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
- Policy DMM-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 DMM-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.
- Policy DMM-3 Guidance for Renewing or Modifying an Existing Part 360 Permit for Construction and Demolition Debris Landfills Three Acres or Less in Area - This program policy document establishes operational requirements related to permit renewals or modifications of existing Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris landfills that are three acres or less in area
- Policy DMM-4 Guidance for Photovoltaic Solar Projects at Closed Solid Waste Landfills - This policy describes the procedure and considerations to be used by Department staff when reviewing PV solar projects located at closed solid waste landfills and identifies the required information that must be provided for review and approval of these projects.
