§ 2049-ee. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the\npower:\n 1. To sue and be sued.\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same.\n 3. To acquire in the name of the authority, hold, sell, lease,\nmortgage or otherwise dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, or\nany interest therein, without limitation, for its corporate purposes and\nto take by eminent domain, in the name of the authority, pursuant to the\neminent domain procedure law, any real property required to carry out\nits corporate purposes; provided, however, that in the acquisition of\nany real property designated as the site for any facility, the authority\nshall give consideration to the present and any proposed land use\ncharacter of the area in which the site is to be located and zoning laws\nor regulations, if any, otherwise generally applicable to such area.\n 4. To collect, receive, extract, transport, process, dispose of, sell,\nstore, convey, recycle, and deal with, in any lawful manner and way,\nsolid waste generated within the area of operation and any products or\nby-products thereof now or hereafter developed or discovered, including\nany energy generated by the operation of any solid waste\nmanagement-resource recovery facility. Any such disposal or sale may be\neffected on such terms and in such manner as the authority may deem\nproper.\n 5. To plan, develop and construct projects and to pay the cost thereof\nand to have the right to contract in relation thereto with the counties,\nor other municipalities or persons within or without the area of\noperation and to own and operate, maintain, repair, improve,\nreconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate, replace, increase, enlarge, and\nextend, subject to the provisions of this title, any of its projects\nacquired or constructed under this title, and to enter into contracts\nfor any and all such purposes and for the management and operation of a\nproject, and to sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any\nproject or part thereof to any person or public corporation,\nmunicipality or the state, subject to such conditions and limitations as\nthe authority may determine to be in the public interest.\n 6. To assist in the planning, development and construction of and the\nfinancing of the cost of any project to be located in the area of\noperation, whether or not such project is to be owned or operated by the\nauthority, which assistance may include loans to any person or public\ncorporation.\n 7. To collect or receive, from the counties, any other municipality\nlocated wholly or partially within the area of operation or public\ncorporation or person, solid waste generated within the area of\noperation for the purpose of treatment or disposal thereof, with the\nright of the authority to sell and dispose of any products or\nby-products (including energy) of such process of treatment or disposal,\nas the authority may deem proper provided, however, that the authority\nmay collect and receive recyclable material regardless of the place of\ngeneration of such recyclable materials.\n 8. To contract with the counties, or other municipalities, state\nagencies, public corporations or persons within or without the area of\noperation, for the purpose of collecting, receiving, treating and\ndisposing of solid waste, including, without limitation, to contract\nwith persons for the delivery of all solid waste generated within a\nstated area to a specific solid waste management-resource recovery\nfacility provided, however, that no solid waste generated outside of the\narea of operation, other than recyclable materials, shall be received,\ncollected, treated, or disposed of by the authority.\n 9. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs\nand, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the\nuse of any project or other property of the authority, which by-laws and\nall amendments thereto, duly certified by the secretary of the\nauthority, shall be filed in the of
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