Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The operator of a facility shall make and
maintain an operational record for each day that municipal waste is received,
processed or disposed, and each day that construction, monitoring or
postclosure activity occurs.
(b)
The daily operational record shall include the following:
(1) The type and weight or volume of the
solid waste received.
(2) The
county in which the solid waste originated, or if the waste originated outside
this Commonwealth, the state.
(3)
The transporters of the solid waste.
(4) The particular grid location of the area
currently being used for disposal of solid waste.
(5) A description of waste handling problems
or emergency disposal activities.
(6) A record of deviations from the approved
design or operational plans.
(7) A
record of activities for which entries are needed in order to comply with the
annual operation report required in §
273.313 (relating to annual
operation report).
(8) A record of
actions taken to correct violations of the act, the environmental protection
acts and this title.
(9) A record
of rejected waste loads and the reasons for rejecting the loads.
(10) A record of each incident in which
radioactive material is detected in waste loads. The record shall include:
(i) The date, time and location of the
occurrence.
(ii) A brief narrative
description of the occurrence.
(iii) Specific information on the origin of
the material, if known.
(iv) A
description of the radioactive material involved, if known.
(v) The name, address and telephone numbers
of the supplier or handler of the radioactive material and the name of the
driver.
(vi) The final disposition
of the material.
(11) A
record of each vehicle, other than a combination, that exceeds 73,280 pounds
gross weight and of each combination that exceeds 80,000 pounds gross weight.
(i) The record shall include:
(A) The gross weight of the vehicle when
weighed at the facility.
(B) The
registration plate number and home or base state registration of the
vehicle.
(C) The name, business
address and telephone number of the owner of the vehicle.
(D) The date and time when the vehicle was
weighed at the facility.
(E) The
date that the weight scale was last tested in accordance with 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter
41 (relating to the Consolidated Weights and Measures Act).
(ii) For purposes of this
paragraph, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
Combination-Two or more vehicles
physically interconnected in tandem. An example of a combination is a truck
tractor attached to a semi-trailer.
Gross weight-The combined weight of
a vehicle or combination of vehicles and its load, excluding the driver's
weight.
Registration-The authority for a
vehicle to operate on a highway as evidenced by the issuance of an identifying
card and plate or plates.
(c) The operator shall maintain accurate
operational records sufficient to determine whether municipal waste is being
stored under Chapter 285, Subchapter A (relating to storage of municipal
waste).
(d) Daily operational
records shall be retained for the life of the facility bond, or longer if
determined by the Department to be necessary to meet the standards of the
environmental protection acts, but in no case less than 5 years. These records
shall be made available to the Department upon request.
