25 Pa. Code § 273.201 - Basic limitations
(a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), a person or municipality may not own or operate
a municipial waste landfill unless the Department has first issued a permit to
the person or municipality for the facility under this chapter.
(b) A person or municipality may conduct
monitoring under §
273.116 (relating to groundwater
quality description) without a permit from the Department if the Department has
given written approval for the monitoring based on written plans that are
consistent with this chapter. The monitoring information may be used for a
permit application for the proposed facility.
(c) A person or municipality that operates a
municipal waste landfill shall comply with the following:
(1) The act, this article and other
applicable regulations promulgated under the act.
(2) The plans and specifications in the
permit, the terms and conditions of the permit, the environmental protection
acts, this title and orders issued by the Department.
(d) A person or municipality may not allow
special handling waste or residual waste to be disposed at the facility unless
the Department has specifically approved the disposal of the waste at the
facility, in the permit, under Subchapter D (relating to additional application
requirements for special handling and residual wastes).
(e) The operator may not allow explosive
waste to be disposed at the facility.
(f) Hazardous waste subject to Article VII
(relating to hazardous waste management), may not be disposed, processed or
stored where a municipal waste landfill is operated.
(g) Except to the extent that leachate
recirculation is allowed in the permit under §
273.162 (relating to leachate
treatment plan), bulk or noncontainerized liquid waste may not be disposed at a
municipal waste landfill. Containers holding free liquids may not be disposed
unless the container is less than 1 gallon in size, except as otherwise
provided in the permit.
(h) Lead
acid batteries may not be disposed at the facility.
(i) A person or municipality may not allow
solid waste to be received, disposed or otherwise managed at the facility if
the transportation to, or processing or management at, the facility would
violate applicable laws in effect in the county or state in which the waste was
generated, or state or local solid waste management plans in effect where the
waste was generated.
(j) Loads
composed primarily of leaf waste may not be disposed at the facility.
(k) The approved mitigation measures
identified in the permit application shall be completed before a facility may
accept waste unless a later date is authorized in writing by the Department for
technical reasons.
(l) The
following radioactive material controlled under specific or general license or
order authorized by any Federal, State or other government agency may not be
disposed at the facility, unless specifically exempted from disposal
restrictions by an applicable Pennsylvania or Federal statute or regulation:
(1) Naturally occurring and accelerator
produced radioactive material.
(2)
Byproduct material.
(3) Source
material.
(4) Special nuclear
material.
(5) Transuranic
radioactive material.
(6) Low-level
radioactive waste.
(m)
The following radioactive material may not be disposed at the facility, unless
approved in writing by the Department, and the disposal does not endanger the
environment, facility staff or public health and safety:
(1) Short-lived radioactive material from a
patient having undergone a medical procedure.
(2) TENORM.
(3) Consumer products containing radioactive
material.
(n) The
limitations in subsections (l) and (m) do not apply to radioactive material as
found in the undisturbed natural environment of this Commonwealth.
Notes
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 273.132 (relating to operation plan).
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