Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 279 - TRANSFER FACILITIES
Subchapter C - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER FACILITIES
DAILY OPERATIONS
Section 279.214 - Measurement and inspection of waste
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Solid waste delivered to the facility shall be accurately weighed or otherwise accurately measured prior to unloading.
(b) The operator of a transfer facility shall inspect and monitor incoming waste to ensure that the receipt of waste is consistent with this article.
(c) An operator of a transfer facility that has received, is receiving or will receive 30,000 or more cubic yards of solid waste in a calendar year 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 the Consolidated Weights and Measures Act) and 70 Pa. Code Part I (relating to weighmasters). The operator of the scale shall be a licensed public weighmaster under 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 41 and 70 Pa. Code Part I.
