The following words and phrases, as used in this article, shall have
the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
ACT or ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).
AGRICULTURAL WASTE
Poultry and livestock manure or residual materials in liquid
or solid form generated in the production and marketing of poultry,
livestock, fur-bearing 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.
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.
CONSTRUCTION AND 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.
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.
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.
(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 or hazardous waste
under Act 97 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply
treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control
facility.
MUNICIPALITY
The Borough of Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institutional,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution and agency or any other legal entity which
is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions
of this article 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 or all of such waste materials 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 operations, and
any sludge from an industrial, mining or 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. 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.
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
Any 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.
TRANSPORTATION
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after
generation.
TRANSFER STATION
Any supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct
to solid waste route collection vehicles.