Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VII - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 265a - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Subchapter H - FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 265a.153 - Requirement to file a bond

(a) Hazardous waste storage, treatment and disposal facilities permitted under the act, or being treated as having a permit under the act, shall file a bond in accordance with this subchapter and in the amount determined by § 265a.160 (relating to bond amount determination), payable to the Department.

(b) The Department will not issue a new, revised, amended, modified or renewed permit for the storage, treatment or disposal of hazardous waste unless the applicant files with the Department a bond under this subchapter, payable to the Department, on a form prepared and provided by the Department, and the bond is approved by the Department.

(c) An applicant for a new, revised, amended, modified or renewed permit may not disturb surface acreage, start construction of facilities for the storage, treatment or disposal of hazardous waste, or accept hazardous waste prior to receipt from the Department of approval of bond and issuance of a permit to conduct a hazardous waste storage, treatment or disposal operation.

(d) A hazardous waste storage, treatment or disposal facility permitted or treated as issued a permit, shall cease accepting hazardous waste unless the owner or operator has submitted a bond under this subchapter. The Department will review and determine whether or not to approve the bond within 1 year of the submittal. If, on review, the Department determines the owner or operator has submitted an insufficient bond amount, the Department will require the owner or operator to deposit additional bond amounts under § 265a.162 (relating to bond amount adjustments).