Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 272 - MUNICIPAL WASTE PLANNING, RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION
Subchapter C - MUNICIPAL WASTE PLANNING
PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURES
Section 272.241 - Public notice of plan availability

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 272.241

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Upon completion of a proposed plan, the county shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall:

(1) Contain a brief description of the proposed plan, including at a minimum a description of the type and location of existing and proposed processing and disposal facilities that will be used, and waste reduction and recycling programs that will be used.

(2) Indicate where copies of the plan may be reviewed.

(3) State that a person may submit comments on the plan to the county within 90 days of the date of the notice, with the specific reasons for the comments, and state the procedure for submission of comments.

(4) State the time, place and date for at least one public hearing on the proposed plan, which shall be held prior to the end of the 90-day period.

(5) Be in the form of a display advertisement, and run twice over 2 consecutive weeks.

(b) At the same time that the newspaper notice under subsection (a) is published, the county shall submit copies of the proposed plan for review to the Department, municipalities within the county, county or multi-county planning agencies and the county health department, if one exists. In submitting copies of the proposed plan, the county shall state that it will receive comments, with the specific reasons for the comments, for 90 days after the date of the newspaper notice.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 272.242 (relating to adoption and ratification of the plan); and 25 Pa. Code § 272.252 (relating to development of plan revisions).

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