25 Pa. Code § 297.201 - Basic limitations
(a) A
person or municipality may not own or operate a residual waste processing
facility, unless the Department has first issued a permit to that person or
municipality for the facility under this article.
(b) A person or municipality that operates a
residual waste processing facility shall comply with the following:
(1) The operating requirements of the act,
this subchapter and the applicable requirements of Chapter 287 (relating to
residual 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
residual waste processing facility may not allow residual 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
residual waste processing facility may not:
(1) Mix solid waste with, or store solid
waste in close proximity to other solid waste as to create a risk of fire or
explosion, or a risk of the accumulation of poisonous or otherwise harmful
vapors of gases.
(2) Allow
explosive waste to be stored, processed or disposed at the facility.
(3) Allow hazardous waste to be stored,
processed or disposed at the facility.
(e) Municipal waste, including sewage sludge,
may not be stored, processed or disposed at the facility. Other special
handling municipal waste may not be stored, processed or disposed at the
facility unless the Department has specifically approved the storage,
processing or disposal of the waste as part of the permit.
(f) 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.
(g) 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
restriction 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.
(h)
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) TENORM.
(2) Consumer products containing radioactive
material.
(3) Short-lived
radioactive material from a patient having undergone a medical
procedure.
(i) The
limitations in subsections (g)-(h) do not apply to radioactive material as
found in the undisturbed natural environment of this Commonwealth.
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