The following words and phrases as used in this Part 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, P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 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, 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.
BULK WASTE OR BULKY WASTE
All household items too large to fit in or too heavy to be
transported in a closed thirty-two-gallon container, a sealed box
of equal size, plastic bag, or that is bundled in a size greater than
three feet and exceeds 40 pounds in weight, including, but not limited
to, carpeting, appliances, furniture and large trees and branches
that require special handling. These items shall be placed within
five feet from a public or private way for collection no earlier than
24 hours prior to their scheduled collection.
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.
DISABLED CITIZEN
Any person residing in the municipality that is currently
receiving social security disability benefits, or who has written
confirmation from his or her physician that he or she is permanently
disabled, and unable to engage in any type of substantial, gainful
activity.
[Added by Ord. No. 453,
5/22/2018]
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 into
the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
EXCLUDED ITEMS
Building materials except to the extent that such item(s)
meet the definition of "rubbish" hereunder, concrete, dirt, sod, stone,
large car parts, tires, asphalt, railroad ties, landscape ties, liquid
paint, animal carcasses, propane tanks, chain link fence rolls, car
batteries, oil, gasoline, antifreeze and other similar vehicle fluids,
brick, block, tree and shrub stumps, electronics (including, but not
limited to, electric typewriters, cell phones, copiers, computers,
mainframes, servers, printers, scanners, fax machines, disk drives,
surge protectors, microwaves, computer cables and other cabling, satellite
systems, VCR and DVD machines, MP3 players, cassette players, CD players,
pianos, video games, video game consoles, and all digital photographic
equipment), and other items determined to require special handling
and those items excluded by landfill.
[Amended by Ord. No. 453, 5/22/2018]
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 Township 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; and (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 Township of North Fayette, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
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 Part 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
of 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.
RECYCLED MATERIALS
Are defined pursuant to Ord. 240, 1991 [Part
2]. The specific items included in the definition of recyclable materials, their separation, and collection are prescribed in Ord. 240 [Part
2].
REFUSE
All solid waste materials which are discarded as useless.
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
The owner of a home, dwelling or any other structure being
used as a residence, and that generates domestic or household waste.
[Added by Ord. No. 453,
5/22/2018]
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, 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 non-putrescible municipal waste except garbage and other
decomposable matter that can be contained in one 32-gallon container,
sealed box of equal size or plastic bag per weekly scheduled collection
and does not exceed 40 pounds in weight. This category includes, but
is not limited to, ashes, bedding, cardboard, crockery, wood, construction
materials, small furniture items, nonrecyclable cans, glass, paper.
SCAVENGING
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed
for collection or from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
SENIOR CITIZEN
Any person residing in the municipality that is 67 years
of age, or older.
[Added by Ord. No. 453,
5/22/2018]
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.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of North Fayette, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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.
YARD WASTE
Solid waste that is an accumulation of lawn grass, shrubbery
cuttings, clippings, leaf takings, tree branches, bushes or shrubs,
green leaf cuttings, or other vegetative matter created as refuse
in the care of lawns and yards that does not four feet in length and
40 pounds in weight. This does not include branches exceeding three
inches in diameter, trees or bulky and non-containerized material
that may require special handling Bundled limbs from tree trimmings
not exceeding four feet in length, two feet in diameter and weighing
less than 40 pounds may be placed at the curbside for regular weekly
pick up. These items shall be placed within five feet from a public
or private way for collection no earlier than 24 hours prior to their
scheduled collection.