PRINTER'S NO. 663
No. 594 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, LAUDADIO, GRIECO, GREEN, GREENFIELD,
LETTERMAN, PETRARCA, MORRIS, HASKELL, McCLATCHY, FISHER,
COWELL, M. E. MILLER, CAPUTO, ARTHURS, MANMILLER, LEVI,
McCALL, W. W. WILT, RUGGIERO, YAHNER, GILLETTE AND VALICENTI,
FEBRUARY 26, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, MARCH 3, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.788, No.241), entitled
2 "An act providing for the planning and regulation of solid
3 waste storage; collection, transportation, processing and
4 disposal systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans
5 for solid waste management systems in their jurisdiction;
6 authorizing grants to municipalities; requiring permits for
7 operating processing or disposal systems; imposing duties on
8 and granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the
9 Department of Health to adopt rules, regulations, standards
10 and procedures; creating an advisory committee; providing
11 remedies, prescribing penalties, and making an
12 appropriation," providing for alternative plans for solid
13 waste disposal.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 2, act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.788,
17 No.241), known as the "Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act,"
18 is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
19 Section 2. Legislative Finding; Declaration of Policy.* * *
20 With respect to the disposal of solid wastes in sanitary
21 landfills, it is further determined and declared that since new
22 technology exists to make more efficient, economical and
1 beneficial use of solid wastes through resource recovery systems
2 and since such systems enhance the environment by making use of
3 solid wastes, the development of such systems shall be
4 encouraged and utilized whenever possible to dispose of solid
5 wastes.
6 Section 2. Section 6 of the act is amended by adding a
7 clause to read:
8 Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Department.--The
9 department shall have the power and its duty shall be to:
10 * * *
11 (11) Require municipalities to submit alternative plans for
12 solid waste disposal and after review of such plan, to adopt and
13 approve the alternative plan that is least detrimental to the
14 environment consistent with reasonable costs but not necessarily
15 the least costly alternative plan.
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