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 that 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 non-processing business,
including but not limited to stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants,
shopping centers and theaters.
CONSTRUCTION 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 such 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 or
which has been licensed by the municipality or its designated representative
to collect, transport and dispose of refuse for a fee as here 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 cause or significantly contribute to an increase
in mortality or any increase in morbidity in either an individual or the total
population or 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 the 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. The term does not include source-separated
recyclable materials.
MUNICIPALITY
The Borough of Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, 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 facility include, but
are not limited to, transfer facilities, composting facilities and resource
recovery facilities.
REFUSE
All solid waste materials which are discarded as useless.
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Includes all single-family dwellings, duplexes, double houses, apartments
and multifamily dwellings.
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 treatment 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.
TRANSFER STATION
Any supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct to solid
waste route collection vehicles.
TRANSPORTATION
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after generation.