PRINTER'S NO. 2827
No. 2146 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CAWLEY, TIGUE, JAROLIN, STABACK, DIETTERICK, HASAY, STISH, BLAUM AND DISTLER, DECEMBER 4, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, DECEMBER 4, 1989
AN ACT 1 Providing for restrictions on the use of municipal waste 2 transfer facilities; and imposing duties on the Department of 3 Environmental Resources. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Restriction on use of transfer facilities. 7 (a) Power of governing body.--The governing body of a 8 municipality in a county with municipal waste landfill capacity 9 sufficient to accommodate three times the waste volume generated 10 within the county may prohibit or restrict the use of municipal 11 waste transfer facilities within its municipality. 12 (b) Formula for determining waste-capacity ratio.--The 13 formula for determining generated waste in relationship to 14 capacity shall be based on average daily volume. The Department 15 of Environmental Resources shall certify the amount of waste 16 generated by a county and the permitted waste capacity of 17 landfills within that county. 18 Section 2. Effective date.
1 This act shall take effect in 90 days. K14L27JAM/19890H2146B2827 - 2 -