Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
the following terms used in this article shall have the following
meanings:
ACT 101
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
Act, Act of July 28, 1988, P.L. 528, No. 101, as now or hereafter
amended.
DISPOSAL
The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or
placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner such
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.
LANDFILL
A facility using land for disposing of municipal waste. The
facility includes land affected during the lifetime of operations,
including but not limited to areas where disposal or processing activities
actually occur, support facilities, borrow areas, offices, equipment
sheds, air and water pollution control and treatment systems, access
roads and transportation and storage facilities. The term does not
include construction/demolition waste landfills or a facility for
the land application of sewage sludge.
MUNICIPALITY
Any city, borough, incorporated town, township or home rule
municipality located in the county.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any 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 or hazardous
waste in the Solid Waste Management Act 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.
MUNICIPAL WASTE LANDFILL
Any facility that is designed, operated or maintained for
the disposal of municipal waste, whether or not such facility possesses
a permit from the Department under the Solid Waste Management Act. The term shall not include any facility that is used exclusively
for disposal of construction/demolition waste or sludge from sewage
treatment plants or water supply treatment plants.
PERMIT
A permit issued by the Department for the operation of the
landfill by the operator.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal
government or agency, state institution or agency or any other legal
entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights
and duties.
RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the
mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than
through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials
other than a fuel for the operation of energy.
Not later than 120 days after the effective
date of County Ordinance No. 082092-SWM, all persons collecting and/or
transporting waste within the municipality shall be required to obtain
a county license pursuant to County Ordinance No. 082092-SWM.
All municipal waste collectors and transporters
shall deliver and dispose of all municipal waste generated within
the municipality, other than recyclable materials as designated in
a municipality's recycling ordinance, at the site(s) designated by
the municipality. Patterson Township has contracted, or will contract,
for waste disposal capacity with the following disposal facilities
for a period of five years with the option to renew said contract
for an additional five years:
A. J.J. Brunner, Inc., New Sewickley Township, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
B. Arden Landfill, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
C. BFI - Imperial Landfill, Findlay Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania.
D. Vogel Disposal Landfill, Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
E. Northwest Sanitary Landfill, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
F. Valero Terrestrials Landfill, Brooks County, Colliers,
West Virginia.
G. BFI - Poland Landfill, Poland Township, Mahoning County,
Ohio.
All collectors and transporters shall comply
with all county rules and regulations adopted by the county and this
municipality pursuant to Act 101, County Ordinance No. 082092-SWM or this article.
[Amended 2-8-1996 by Ord.
No. 348]
Any person who engages in unlawful conduct as
defined in this article shall be subject a fine not exceeding $600
plus costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine
and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to
exceed 30 days.
The terms and provisions of this article are
to be liberally construed so as to best achieve and effectuate the
goals and purpose hereof. This article shall be construed in pari
materia with County Ordinance No. 082092-SWM and Act 101.