(a) This Part applies to requests for funding through grant opportunities provided in the ECL for:

1. (1) municipal waste reduction, recycling, household hazardous waste collection and beverage container assistance capital projects detailed in Subpart 369-2 of this Part;
2. (2) education, promotion, planning and coordination costs related to municipal waste reduction and recyclables recovery programs as detailed in Subpart 369-3 of this Part;
3. (3) education, promotion and disposal costs related to municipal household hazardous waste collection, processing and disposal programs as detailed in Subpart 369-4 of this Part;
4. (4) targeted priority area municipal waste reduction and recycling projects as detailed in Subpart 369-5 of this Part;
5. (5) nonhazardous municipal landfill closure projects as detailed in Subpart 369-6 of this Part; and
6. (6) nonhazardous municipal landfill gas management projects as detailed in Subpart 369-7 of this Part.

(b) An eligible applicant is a municipality, which includes one or more of the following: a county, city, town, village, local public authority or public benefit corporation, Native American tribe or nation residing within New York State, or school district or supervisory district. In addition:

1. (1) for a beverage container assistance project, a not-for-profit organization also qualifies as an eligible applicant; and
2. (2) for landfill closure and landfill gas management projects, a State agency, State public authority or State public benefit corporation also qualifies as an eligible applicant.