Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 283 - RESOURCE RECOVERY AND OTHER PROCESSING FACILITIES
Subchapter C - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 283.201 - Basic limitations

(a) A person or municipality may not own or operate a municipal waste processing facility other than a transfer facility or composting 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 municipal waste processing facility other than a transfer or composting facility shall comply with the following:

(c) A person or municipality that operates a facility subject to this chapter may not allow residual waste or special handling waste to be handled at the facility unless the Department has specifically approved the processing of the waste as part of the permit.

(d) A person or municipality that operates a facility subject to this subchapter may not:

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

(f) Lead acid batteries may not be processed at the facility except for purposes of removal for recycling or disposal.

(g) On and after September 26, 1990, loads composed primarily of leaf waste may not be processed at the facility except for purposes of composting.

(h) A person or municipality may not allow solid waste generated outside the host county for a facility to be received, disposed or otherwise managed at the facility if the transportation to, or disposal 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.

(i) Sections 283.121-283.123 (relating to recycling) also apply.

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

(k) 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:

(l) 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.

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