The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have
the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
ACT or ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980, 35 P.S.
§ 6018.101 et seq.
AGRICULTURAL WASTE
Poultry and livestock manure, or residual materials in liquid
or solid form, generated in the production and marketing of poultry,
livestock, furbearing animals and their products, provided such waste
is not a hazardous waste. The term includes the residual materials
generated in producing, harvesting and marketing of all agronomic,
horticultural, silvicultural and agricultural crops or commodities
grown on what are usually recognized and accepted as farms, forests
or other agricultural lands.
ASHES
Any and all residue from the burning of coal, coke, wood
or other combustible material.
BULKY WASTE
Large items of solid waste, including, but not limited to,
appliances, furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches or stumps
which may require special handling due to their size, shape or weight.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
COMPOST, RESIDENTIAL
The process by which organic solid waste is biologically
decomposed under controlled anaerobic or aerobic conditions to yield
a humus-like product, restricted solely to residential use and not
for commercial purposes.
CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION WASTE
All municipal and residual waste building materials, grubbing
waste and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and
demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings and other structures
and pavements.
DEP/DEPARTMENT
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
DISPOSAL
The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in
a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid waste
enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to
the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
DUMPSTER
A metal storage receptacle used to temporarily store debris
or garbage and which is then emptied of its contents or removed with
its contents to a dumpsite.
GARBAGE
Any solid waste derived from animal, grain, fruit or vegetable
matter that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with
sufficient rapidity to cause such nuisances as odors, gases or vectors.
HAULER or PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation
who has been licensed by the Borough or its designated representative
to collect, transport and dispose of refuse for a fee as herein prescribed.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any solid waste or combination of solid wastes, as defined
in the Act, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical,
chemical or infectious characteristics may:
(1)
Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality
or an increase in morbidity in either an individual or the total population;
or
(2)
Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health
or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed
of or otherwise managed.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or processing
including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in service including, but not limited
to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools and universities.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and
other material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous
material resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial
or institutional establishments and from community activities; and
any sludge not meeting the definition of residual hazardous waste
under Act 97 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply
treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control
facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
MUNICIPALITY
The Borough of Rosslyn Farms, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, state institution and agency or any other
legal entity which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and
duties. In any provision of this chapter prescribing a fine, imprisonment
or penalty or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person"
shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other
legal entity having officers and directors.
PROCESSING
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk of municipal or residual waste or any technology used to convert
part of all of such waste material for off-site reuse. Processing
facilities include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, composting
facilities and resource recovery facilities.
REFUSE
All solid waste materials which are discarded as useless.
RESIDUAL WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste
including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials
resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural water supply treatment
facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution control facility,
provided that it is not hazardous. The term "residual waste" shall
not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control
Act, 52 P.S. § 30.51 et seq. Residual waste shall not include
treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal
of which is being carried on pursuant to and in compliance with a
valid permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. § 691.1
et seq.
RUBBISH
All nonputrescible municipal waste except garbage and other
decomposable matter. This category includes, but is not limited to,
ashes, bedding, cardboard, cans, crockery, glass, paper, wood and
yard cleanings.
SCAVENGING
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed
for collection or from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
SEWAGE TREATMENT RESIDUES
All coarse screenings, grit and dewatered or air dried sludges
from sewage treatment plants and pumpings from septic tanks or septage
which are a municipal solid waste and require proper disposal under
Act 97.
SOLID WASTE
Any waste including, but not limited to, municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material.
STORAGE
The containment of any waste on a temporary basis in such
a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste. It shall be
presumed that the containment of any waste in excess of one year constitutes
disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary.
TEMPORARY DUMPSTER
Any dumpster used or intended as a disposal facility for
construction, renovation, or demolition projects, special events,
seasonal use, or other purposes not permanent in nature.
TRANSFER STATION
Any supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct
to solid waste route collection vehicles.
TRANSPORATION
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after
generation.
YARD WASTE
Leaves, grass cuttings, weeds, garden waste, tree limbs,
and other vegetative wastes generated at residential, commercial,
or industrial properties.