[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Plymouth as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-7-1984 ATM by Art. 28; amended 9-1-1998 STM (Ch. 157, Art. I, of the 1999 Code); 10-18-2025 ATM by Art. 10]
A. 
No person, unless authorized by permit issued by the Department of Public Works, and except in accordance with the terms and conditions of such permit, shall dump, leave or dispose of any waste or refuse, including garbage, rubbish, household or other waste, in any place within the Town and then only at such sites or at such facilities and in such receptacles as may be designated for such waste by the Director of Public Works.
B. 
It shall constitute a violation of this section for any person to deposit household refuse in any Town receptacle maintained on any street, park or other public place. It shall constitute a violation of this section for the owner or person in control of any private land to allow any person to unlawfully deposit waste of any kind on such private property, or to allow such waste material to remain on such private property.
C. 
The fee for a waste disposal permit shall be established by the Select Board following a public hearing.
A. 
Any person who violates any provision of this article may be punished by a fine of $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second violation, and $300 for the third violation. Each unauthorized deposit and each day of violation or continued violation shall be deemed a separate violation for the purpose of the calculation of any fine.
B. 
This article may be enforced by any available means in law or equity, including but not limited to enforcement by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D, and §§ 1-4 and 1-5 of the Town Code.
[Adopted 4-7-1990 STM by Art. 8 (Ch. 157, Art. II, of the 1999 Code)]
To the extent allowed by federal and Massachusetts state law, no low-level radioactive waste generated by any government agency or pursuant to a government contract or license shall be treated, recycled, stored or disposed of in the Town of Plymouth boundaries except at a facility with a specific license for treatment, recycling, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste, whether or not such low-level radioactive waste has been reclassified as below regulatory concern by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy or other federal agency.
[Amended 10-18-2025 ATM by Art. 10]
To the extent allowed by federal or Massachusetts state law, it shall be unlawful to import any form of high-level radioactive waste into the Town of Plymouth for storage at any facility within the boundaries of the Town of Plymouth.
Should any section of this article be judged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to existing law or otherwise found to be of no legal effect or void, then all other sections shall remain in full legal force and effect.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Irradiated reactor fuel, liquid wastes resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system, or equivalent, and the concentrated wastes from subsequent extraction cycles, or equivalent, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel, and solids into which such liquid wastes have been converted. (Title 10c, 1 CFR NRC)
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Radioactive material that is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste or by-product material, as defined in the 42 U.S.C. § 2014(e)(2), the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Section 11(E)(2), and that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, classifies as low-level radioactive waste. Low-level radioactive waste also includes any radioactive material that is generated through the production of nuclear power and that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission classified as low-level radioactive waste as of January 1, 1989, but which may be classified as below regulatory concern after that date.
Any person or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be fined the maximum amount allowed by MGL c. 40, § 21 or other applicable federal or state law, plus all costs associated with the immediate removal of said materials.