25 Pa. Code § 283.201 - Basic limitations
(a) A
person or municipality may not own or operate a municipal waste processing
facility other than a transfer facility or composting facility, unless the
Department has first issued a permit to the person or municipality for the
facility under this chapter.
(b) A
person or municipality that operates a municipal waste processing facility
other than a transfer or composting facility shall comply with the following:
(1) The operating requirements of the act,
this subchapter and the applicable requirements of Chapter 271 (relating to
municipal waste management-general provisions).
(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.
(c) A person or municipality that operates a
facility subject to this chapter may not allow residual waste or special
handling waste to be handled at the facility unless the Department has
specifically approved the processing of the waste as part of the
permit.
(d) A person or
municipality that operates a facility subject to this subchapter may not:
(1) Mix solid waste with, or store solid
waste in close proximity to, other solid waste so as to create a risk of fire
or explosion, or a risk of the accumulation of poisonous or otherwise harmful
vapors or gases.
(2) Allow
explosive waste to be stored, processed or disposed at the facility.
(e) Hazardous waste subject to
Article VII (relating to hazardous waste management) may not be disposed,
processed or stored at municipal waste processing facilities subject to this
subchapter.
(f) Lead acid batteries
may not be processed at the facility except for purposes of removal for
recycling or disposal.
(g) On and
after September 26, 1990, loads composed primarily of leaf waste may not be
processed at the facility except for purposes of composting.
(h) A person or municipality may not allow
solid waste generated outside the host county for a facility to be received,
disposed or otherwise managed at the facility if the transportation to, or
disposal 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) The approved
mitigation measures identified in the permit application shall be completed
before a facility may accept waste unless otherwise authorized in writing by
the Department for technical reasons.
(k) The following radioactive material
controlled under specific or general license or order authorized by any
Federal, State or other government agency may not be processed 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.
(l) The following
radioactive material may not be processed at the facility, unless approved in
writing by the Department and the processing 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.
(m) The
limitations in subsections (k) and (l) do not apply to radioactive material as
found in the undisturbed natural environment of this Commonwealth.
Notes
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