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. 556, No. 101, as now or hereafter
amended.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
DISPOSAL
The 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.
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.
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, waste water 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.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Raccoon, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
PERMIT
Permit No. issued by the Department for the operation of
the landfill by 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
metal, 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.
All persons collecting and/or transporting waste
within the Township shall obtain a county license pursuant to County
Ordinance No. 082092SWM, as amended.
All municipal waste collectors and transporters
shall deliver and dispose of all municipal waste generated within
Raccoon Township, other than recyclable materials as designated in
the Township's recycling ordinance, if any, at the site(s) designated
by Raccoon Township. Raccoon Township shall be contracting for waste
disposal capacity with disposal facilities approved by Beaver County.
All collectors and transporters shall comply
with all county rules and regulations adopted by the county and Raccoon
Township pursuant to Act 101, County Ordinance No. 082092SMW, or this article.
Any person who engages in unlawful conduct as
defined in this article shall be subject to such penalties and jail
terms as are authorized by Act 101 or the Second Class Township Code or the County Code, whichever is greater, as applicable.
The terms and provisions of this article are
to be liberally construed, so as to best achieve and effectuate the
goals and purpose hereof. The chapter shall be construed in pari materia
with the County Ordinance No. 082092SWM and Act 101.