81-15,177 Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund; established; use; investment; council; grants; duties. - Nebraska Statutes

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81-15,177. Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund; established; use; investment; council; grants; duties.(1) There is hereby established the Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund which shall be a cash fund administered by the Department of Environmental Quality. The fund shall be used:(a) To provide grants for landfill site closing assessment, closure, monitoring, and remediation costs related to landfills existing or already closed on July 15, 1992; and(b) To provide funds to the department for expenses incurred in carrying out its duties under sections 81-15,178 and 81-15,179.Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Within five days after February 23, 2002, the State Treasurer shall transfer the balance of the fund to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Cash Fund.(2) The Environmental Quality Council shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations regarding the form and procedure for applications for grants from the fund, procedures for determining claims for payment or reimbursement, procedures for determining the amount and type of costs that are eligible for payment or reimbursement from the fund, procedures for determining priority among applicants, procedures for auditing persons who have received payments from the fund, and other provisions necessary to carry out sections 81-15,178 and 81-15,179. SourceLaws 1992, LB 1257, § 54; Laws 1994, LB 1022, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 125; Laws 1998, LB 924, § 45; Laws 2002, LB 1101, § 1. Cross ReferencesNebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.

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81-15,177. Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund; established; use; investment; council; grants; duties.(1) There is hereby established the Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund which shall be a cash fund administered by the Department of Environmental Quality. The fund shall be used:(a) To provide grants for landfill site closing assessment, closure, monitoring, and remediation costs related to landfills existing or already closed on July 15, 1992; and(b) To provide funds to the department for expenses incurred in carrying out its duties under sections 81-15,178 and 81-15,179.Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Within five days after February 23, 2002, the State Treasurer shall transfer the balance of the fund to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Cash Fund.(2) The Environmental Quality Council shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations regarding the form and procedure for applications for grants from the fund, procedures for determining claims for payment or reimbursement, procedures for determining the amount and type of costs that are eligible for payment or reimbursement from the fund, procedures for determining priority among applicants, procedures for auditing persons who have received payments from the fund, and other provisions necessary to carry out sections 81-15,178 and 81-15,179. SourceLaws 1992, LB 1257, § 54; Laws 1994, LB 1022, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 125; Laws 1998, LB 924, § 45; Laws 2002, LB 1101, § 1. Cross ReferencesNebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.

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81-15,177. Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund; established; use; investment; council; grants; duties.(1) There is hereby established the Solid Waste Landfill Closure Assistance Fund which shall be a cash fund administered by the Department of Environmental Quality. The fund shall be used:(a) To provide grants for landfill site closing assessment, closure, monitoring, and remediation costs related to landfills existing or already closed on July 15, 1992; and(b) To provide funds to the department for expenses incurred in carrying out its duties under sections 81-15,178 and 81-15,179.Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Within five days after February 23, 2002, the State Treasurer shall transfer the balance of the fund to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Cash Fund.(2) The Environmental Quality Council shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations regarding the form and procedure for applications for grants from the fund, procedures for determining claims for payment or reimbursement, procedures for determining the amount and type of costs that are eligible for payment or reimbursement from the fund, procedures for determining priority among applicants, procedures for auditing persons who have received payments from the fund, and other provisions necessary to carry out sections 81-15,178 and 81-15,179. SourceLaws 1992, LB 1257, § 54; Laws 1994, LB 1022, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 125; Laws 1998, LB 924, § 45; Laws 2002, LB 1101, § 1. Cross ReferencesNebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.