PRINTER'S NO. 2156
No. 1535 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, BRIGHTBILL, THOMPSON, STOUT, BELL,
AFFLERBACH AND SCHWARTZ, SEPTEMBER 23, 1998
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
SEPTEMBER 23, 1998
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," further
18 defining "department"; and further providing for permit and
19 license application requirements.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The definition of "department" in section 103 of
23 the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid
24 Waste Management Act, is amended to read:
25 Section 103. Definitions.
26 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
1 have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
2 meanings given to them in this section:
3 * * *
4 "Department." The Department of Environmental [Resources]
5 Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its
6 authorized representatives.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. Section 502 of the act is amended by adding a
9 subsection to read:
10 Section 502. Permit and license application requirements.
11 * * *
12 (h) An applicant who has submitted an application with the
13 department shall also notify by certified mail owners and
14 occupants of land within 1,500 feet of the site, including any
15 individual who is leasing any part of the land. The applicant
16 shall submit proof of the notice in the form of a United States
17 Postal Service postmarked signature card or other dated
18 acknowledgment form of private letter carrier services.
19 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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