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
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 279.201 - Basic limitations

(a) A person or municipality may not own or operate a transfer facility unless the Department has first issued a permit to the person or municipality for the facility under this chapter.

(b) A person or municipality that operates a transfer station facility shall comply with the following:

(c) A person or municipality that operates a transfer facility may not allow residual waste or special handling waste to be received or handled at the facility unless the Department has specifically approved handling that waste in the permit.

(d) A person or municipality that operates a transfer facility may not:

(e) Hazardous waste subject to Article VII (relating to hazardous waste management) may not be disposed, processed or stored at transfer facilities.

(f) A person or municipality may not allow solid waste to be received, disposed or otherwise managed at the facility if the transportation to, or processing or management at, the facility would violate applicable laws in effect in the county or state in which the waste was generated, or state or local solid waste management plans in effect where the waste was generated.

(g) The Department may waive or modify a requirement of this chapter for permitted transfer facilities at which no actual loading, unloading or transferring of municipal waste occurs, if the absence of loading, unloading and transferring activity renders the requirement unnecessary.

(h) The approved mitigation measures identified in the permit application shall be completed before a facility may accept waste unless a later date is authorized in writing by the Department for technical reasons.

(i) The following radioactive material controlled under specific or general license or order authorized by any Federal, State or other government agency may not be processed at the facility, unless specifically exempted from disposal restrictions by an applicable Pennsylvania or Federal statute or regulation:

(j) The following radioactive material may not be processed at the facility, unless approved in writing by the Department and the processing does not endanger the environment, facility staff or public health and safety:

(k) The limitations in subsections (i) and (j) do not apply to radioactive material as found in the undisturbed natural environment of the Commonwealth.