Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article IX - Residual Waste Management
Chapter 288 - RESIDUAL WASTE LANDFILLS
Subchapter C - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN WASTES
Section 288.301 - PCBs
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) Solid waste containing PCBs may not be disposed at a residual waste landfill if the disposal of the waste at a municipal waste landfill is prohibited by the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C.A. §§ 2601-2629).
(b) Electrical transformers that contain or previously contained between 50 and 500 p.p.m. of PCBs may not be disposed until the equipment has been treated to meet either of the following:
(c) The solvent used to rinse electrical equipment or the oil absorbent materials generated under subsection (b) shall be incinerated or disposed at a facility approved by the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
(d) The Department may impose additional requirements on the disposal of PCB-containing wastes at a residual waste landfill as the Department deems necessary to protect public health, safety, welfare and the environment.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 273.515 (relating to PCBs, friable asbestos containing waste and other special handling wastes); and 25 Pa. Code § 288.191 (relating to plan for disposal of PCBs).
