PRINTER'S NO. 1317
No. 1063 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, STOUT, O'PAKE, WAGNER, MELLOW, COSTA,
LOGAN, KITCHEN AND LAVALLE, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
2 "An act providing for planning for the processing and
3 disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
4 plans for municipal waste management systems within their
5 boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
6 for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
7 collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
8 municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
9 recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
10 procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
11 to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
12 Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
13 Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
14 providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
15 fund; and making repeals," further providing for restrictions
16 on certain wastes and out-of-State wastes.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 1502 of the act of July 28, 1988
20 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
21 Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a
22 subsection to read:
23 Section 1502. Facilities operation and recycling.
24 * * *
1 (e) Removal of other waste.--No municipal waste landfill may
2 accept for disposal truckloads comprised of waste tires, used
3 motor oil or major appliances.
4 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
5 Section 1513. Solid waste restricted.
6 No person shall transport into or deposit in this
7 Commonwealth, for the purpose of processing or disposal, solid
8 waste that was generated in another state unless the waste:
9 (1) meets all of the solid waste management regulations
10 of the state in which it was generated;
11 (2) contains none of the items specifically banned from
12 mixed municipal solid waste in this Commonwealth, including
13 waste tires, used motor oil, waste lead acid batteries, yard
14 waste, major appliances and any other item specifically
15 banned from the waste stream; or
16 (3) is being transported to a recycling facility as
17 defined in section 103.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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