Sec. 626.1. Definitions

(a) Air quality improvement project shall mean the upgrading of an existing incinerator, furnace or boiler and appurtenances thereto now owned and operated by the State or municipality.

(b) Municipality shall a city, county, town, village or school district or an improvement district within a city, county, town or village, or any combination thereof.

(c) Upgrading shall mean construction, reconstruction, renovation, or other process or activity necessary to insure that an existing incinerator or furnace or boiler meets air quality emission standards promulgated by the commissioner.

(d) Cost shall mean the cost of upgrading including the cost of all systems, facilities, machinery and equipment, engineering and architectural services, plans and specifications, consultant and legal services, and other direct expenses incident to such upgrading less any Federal assistance received or to be received.

(e) Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation.

(f) Department shall mean the Department of Environmental Conservation.

(g) Governing body shall mean:

(1) in the case of a town, a town board;

(2) in the case of a county outside of the City of New York, the county board of supervisors or other elective governing body;

(3) in the case of a city, or village, the local legislative body thereof, as the term is defined in the Municipal Home Rule Law;

(4) in the case of a school district, the board of education thereof; or

(5) in the case of a supervisory district, the board of cooperative educational services thereof.