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
DAILY OPERATIONS
Section 288.214 - Measurement and inspection of waste
Universal Citation: 25 PA Code ยง 288.214
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) For a noncaptive facility that has received, is receiving or will receive 30,000 or more cubic yards of solid waste in a calendar year, the following apply:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
operator shall weigh solid waste when it is received. The scale used to weigh
solid waste shall conform to 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 41 (relating to Consolidated
Weights and Measures Act) and 70 Pa. Code Part I (relating to weighmaster). The
operator of the scale shall be a licensed public weighmaster under 3 Pa.C.S.
Chapter 41 and 70 Pa. Code Part I.
(2) The Department may approve, in the
permit, an alternative method of accurately measuring waste when it is
received.
(b) For other facilities, solid waste received or disposed of at the facility shall be accurately weighed or otherwise accurately measured.
(c) The operator shall inspect and monitor incoming waste to ensure that the disposal of waste is consistent with this article.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 288.132 (relating to operation plan).
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