PRINTER'S NO. 2335
No. 1564 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, OCTOBER 24, 2002
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, OCTOBER 24, 2002
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," providing for disposal of out-of-
16 State waste.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. The act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known
20 as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
21 Act, is amended by adding a section to read:
22 Section 1501.1. Disposal of out-of-State waste.
23 (a) General rule.--In order for an out-of-State municipality
24 to dispose of any recyclable materials listed in section 1501(c)
1 at a solid waste facility in this Commonwealth, the out-of-State
2 municipality must recycle at least three of the recyclable
3 materials listed in section 1501(c).
4 (b) Rules and regulations.--The department shall promulgate
5 rules and regulations to implement this act.
6 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "out-of-
7 State municipality" means a general local governmental unit not
8 located in this Commonwealth with a population of more than
9 5,000 people, as determined by the most recent decennial census
10 by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of
11 Commerce and which has a density of more than 300 people per
12 square mile.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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