PRINTER'S NO. 2778
No. 2141 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY TIGUE, BELARDI, BLAUM, SERAFINI, JAROLIN,
DOMBROWSKI, CAPPABIANCA, DIETTERICK, BATTISTO, FEE, MORRIS,
VEON, CIVERA, DISTLER, FISCHER, RAYMOND, PISTELLA, G. SNYDER,
McCALL, FOX, ACOSTA, SIRIANNI, O'DONNELL, BUNT, JOSEPHS,
R. C. WRIGHT, DALEY AND YANDRISEVITS, FEBRUARY 1, 1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, FEBRUARY 1, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An
2 act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste
3 storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment,
4 and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for
5 municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions;
6 authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of
7 the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste;
8 requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid
9 waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal
10 facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous
11 waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities;
12 granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the
13 Environmental Quality Board and the Department of
14 Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations,
15 standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing
16 duties upon county health departments; providing remedies;
17 prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," imposing
18 restrictions on the disposal of solid waste.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known
22 as the Solid Waste Management Act, is amended by adding a
23 section to read:
24 Section 109. Restriction on disposal of solid waste.
1 No solid waste may be disposed of in any sanitary landfill
2 unless an inspector from the department is on site. The costs of
3 implementing this section shall be borne by the operator of the
4 landfill.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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