Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 285 - STORAGE, COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
Subchapter A - STORAGE OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
GENERAL
Section 285.114 - Equipment
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) A person or municipality that stores municipal waste shall maintain at the storage facility equipment necessary for the storage of municipal waste under this subchapter. The equipment shall be maintained in an operable condition.
(b) Standby equipment shall be located onsite or at a place where it can be available within 24 hours. If a breakdown of the equipment occurs, the person or municipality that stores municipal waste shall utilize standby equipment as necessary to comply with the act and regulations thereunder.
(c) Equipment shall be operated and maintained to prevent solid waste from being unintentionally conveyed out of the storage area.
(d) Equipment used to handle putrescible solid waste with which operations personnel are in direct contact shall be cleaned at the end of each working day or every 24 hours. Other equipment shall be cleaned based on scheduled or emergency maintenance periods.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 284.401 (relating to scope); and 25 Pa. Code § 285.101 (relating to scope).
