25 Pa. Code § 287.1
The following words and terms, when used in this article, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ASTM-The American Society for Testing and Materials.
Abatement-The restoration, reclamation, recovery, and the like, of a natural resource adversely affected by the activity of a person, permittee or municipality.
Abatement standards-Background, Statewide health and risk-based standards as those terms are defined under this article.
Access road-A roadway or course providing access to a residual waste processing or disposal facility, or areas within the facility, from a road that is under Federal, State or local control.
Accumulated speculatively-A material that is accumulated before being recycled.
Act-The Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101-6018.1003).
Adjacent area-Contiguous and noncontiguous land located outside the permit area, where air, surface water or groundwater, fish, wildlife, vegetation or other resources protected by this article may be adversely affected by residual waste management.
Adversely affect-In the context of water supplies, the term has the following meaning: to cause or contribute to a measurable increase in the concentration of one or more contaminants in a water supply above background levels, or to cause or contribute to a decrease in the quantity of the water supply.
Agricultural utilization-The land application of solid waste for its plant nutrient value or as a soil conditioner as part of an agricultural operation.
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, if the agricultural waste is not hazardous. The term includes the residual materials generated in producing, harvesting and marketing of agronomic, horticultural, aquacultural and silvicultural crops or commodities grown on what are usually recognized and accepted as farms, forests or other agricultural lands. The term also includes materials in liquid or solid form generated in the production and marketing of fish or fish hatcheries.
Airport-A public airport, as defined in 67 Pa. Code §471.2 (relating to definitions).
Aquaculture-The practice of raising plants or animals, such as fish or shellfish, in manmade or natural bodies of water.
Aquifer-A geologic formation, group of formations or part of a formation capable of yielding sufficient groundwater for monitoring purposes.
Association-A corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust or two or more persons associated in a common enterprise or undertaking.
Attenuating soil-Soil material existing in place or placed beneath solid waste that will provide natural attenuation of leachate emanating from the waste.
Attenuation-A decrease in the maximum concentration or total quantity of an applied chemical or biological constituent of solid waste in a fixed time or distance that results from physical, chemical or biological reactions or transformations.
Autofluff-Residue from the shredding of automobiles after all fluids have been removed.
Background standard-A numerical value as determined under section 302 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. § 6026.302) and § 250.202 (relating to establishing background concentrations).
Beneficial use-Use or reuse of residual waste or residual material derived from residual waste for commercial, industrial or governmental purposes, if the use does not harm or threaten public health, safety, welfare or the environment, or the use or reuse of processed municipal waste for any purpose, if the use does not harm or threaten public health, safety, welfare or the environment.
By-product-A material that is not one of the primary products of a production process or a coproduct and is not solely or separately produced by the production process.
Byproduct material-The Federal definition for "byproduct material" in 10 CFR 20.1003 (relating to definitions) is incorporated by reference.
Captive residual waste facility-A residual waste processing or disposal facility that is located upon lands owned by the person or municipality that generated the residual waste and which is operated to provide for the processing or disposal solely of the generator's residual waste.
Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number-A number assigned to a corresponding type of chemical or chemical category as referenced in regulations promulgated under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 11001-11050). The list of Chemical Abstract Service Registry numbers is codified at 40 CFR 372.65 (relating to chemicals and chemical categories to which this part applies).
Clean fill-Uncontaminated, nonwater-soluble, inert solid material used to level an area or bring the area to grade. The term does not include materials placed in or on the waters of this Commonwealth.
Clean Streams Law-35 P. S. §§ 691.1-691.1001.
Closure-The act of permanently ceasing to accept waste at a residual waste processing, storage or disposal facility, and limiting access to those activities necessary for postclosure care, maintenance and monitoring.
Coal ash-For purposes of Chapters 287 and 290, fly ash, bottom ash or boiler slag resulting from the combustion of coal, that is or has been beneficially used, reused or reclaimed for a commercial, industrial or governmental purpose. The term includes such materials that are stored, processed, transported or sold for beneficial use, reuse or reclamation. For purposes of Chapter 288 (relating to residual waste landfills), the term also includes fly ash, bottom ash or boiler slag resulting from the combustion of coal, that is not and has not been beneficially used, reused or reclaimed for a commercial, industrial or governmental purpose.
Collateral bond-A penal bond agreement in a sum certain, payable to the Department, executed by the operator, and which is supported by the deposit with the Department of cash, negotiable bonds of the United States, the Commonwealth, the Turnpike Commission, the General State Authority, the State Public School Building Authority or a Commonwealth municipality, Commonwealth bank automatically renewable and assignable certificates of deposit, or irrevocable and standby Commonwealth bank letters of credit.
Commercial establishment-An establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing business. The term includes stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
Composting-The process by which organic solid waste is biologically decomposed under controlled anaerobic or aerobic conditions to yield a humus-like product.
Composting facility-A facility for processing solid waste by composting.
Composting pad-An area within a composting facility where compost or solid waste is processed, stored, loaded or unloaded.
Confined aquifer-An aquifer in which the uppermost surface is at greater than atmospheric pressure.
Construction material-The engineered use of residual waste as a substitute for a raw material or a commercial product in a construction activity, if the waste has the same engineering characteristics as the raw material or commercial product for which it is substituting. The term includes the use of residual waste as a road bed material, for pipe bedding, and in similar operations. The term does not include valley fills, the use of residual waste to fill open pits from coal or other fills, or the use of residual waste solely to level an area or bring the area to grade where a construction activity is not completed promptly after the placement of the solid waste.
Container-A portable device in which waste is stored or transported.
Coproduct-
Crude material-A naturally occurring material in its unrefined or natural state.
Disposal-The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, incineration 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 this Commonwealth.
Disposal area-The part of the site where disposal has occurred, is occurring or will occur.
Dredged material-Material dredged or excavated from waters for the direct or indirect purpose of establishing or increasing water depth, or increasing the surface or cross-sectional area of a waterway and which includes sediment, soil, mud, shells, gravel or other aggregate. The material does not include waste removed or dredged from an impoundment that has received solid waste.
Drill cuttings-Rock cuttings and related mineral residues created during the drilling of wells under the Oil and Gas Act (58 P. S. § 601.101-601.605) if the materials are disposed of at the well site and under section 206 of the Oil and Gas Act (58 P. S. § 601.206).
Environmental protection acts-The Clean Streams Law, the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001-4015), the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1-1396.31), the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301-3326), the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1-693.27) and other State or Federal statutes relating to environmental protection or the protection of the public health, including statutes adopted or amended after July 4, 1992.
Exceptional value wetlands-Wetlands that exhibit one or more of the following characteristics:
FAA-The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.
Facility-Land, structures and other appurtenances or improvements where municipal or residual waste disposal or processing is permitted or takes place or where hazardous waste is treated, stored or disposed. The term includes land thereby used or affected during the lifetime of operations, including areas where solid waste management actually occurs, support facilities, offices, equipment sheds, air and water pollution control and treatment systems, access roads, associated onsite or contiguous collection, transportation and storage facilities, closure and postclosure care and maintenance activities, contiguous borrow areas and other activities in which the natural land surface has been disturbed or used as a result of or incidental to operation of the facility.
Failure-Actual or potential leakage, breach or overtopping of an impoundment.
Final closure-The date after which no further treatment, maintenance or other action is or will be necessary at a residual waste processing or disposal facility to ensure compliance with the act and this article.
Food processing sludge-A solid, semisolid or liquid waste generated by a food processing water treatment or wastewater treatment facility, containing food processing waste and additional materials. The additional materials may include detergents, dispersal agents, flocculants, disinfectants and biological agents.
Food processing waste-Residual materials in liquid and solid form generated in the slaughtering of poultry and livestock, or in processing and converting fish, seafood, milk, meat and eggs to food products. The term includes residual materials generated in the processing, converting or manufacturing of fruits, vegetables, crops and other commodities into marketable food items. The term also includes vegetative residuals from food processing activities that are usually recognizable as part of a plant or vegetable, including cabbage leaves, bean snips, onion skins, apple pomace and grape pomace.
Food processing wastes used for agricultural purposes-The use of food processing wastes in normal farming operations.
Free liquids-Liquids which readily separate from the solid portion of a waste under ambient temperature and pressure.
Friable asbestos-containing waste-Waste material containing more than 1% asbestos by weight that hand pressure can crumble, pulverize or reduce to powder when dry. The term also includes nonfriable asbestos-containing waste which is rendered friable during management.
Garbage-Solid waste.
General permit-A regional or Statewide permit issued by the Department for a specified category of beneficial use or processing of solid waste, the terms and conditions of which allow an original applicant, a registrant and person or municipality that obtains a determination of applicability, to operate under the permit if the terms and conditions of the permit and certain requirements of this article are met.
Generator-A person or municipality that produces or creates a residual waste.
Groundwater-Water beneath the surface of the ground that exists in a zone of saturation.
Groundwater degradation-A measurable increase in the concentration of one or more contaminants in groundwater above background concentrations for those contaminants.
Hazardous waste-
IRIS-Integrated Risk Information System.
Impoundment-A facility or part of a facility which is a natural topographic depression, manmade excavation, or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials although it may be lined with synthetic materials, and which is designed to hold an accumulation of liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids. The term includes holding, storage, settling and aeration pits, ponds and lagoons. The term does not include injection wells.
Incinerator-An enclosed device using controlled combustion for the primary purpose of thermally breaking down solid waste, which is equipped with a flue as defined in § 121.1 (relating to definitions).
Incorporating-Injecting solid waste beneath the surface of the soil or mixing solid waste with the surface soil.
Industrial establishment-An establishment engaged in manufacturing or processing, including factories, foundries, mills, processing plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
Intermittent stream-A body of water flowing in a channel or bed composed primarily of substrates associated with flowing water, which during periods of the year, is below the local water table and obtains its flow from both surface runoff and groundwater discharges.
Land application-The management of solid waste through agricultural utilization or land reclamation. The term does not include the disposal of solid waste in a landfill or disposal impoundment.
Landowner-The person or municipality in whom legal title to the surface of the land is vested.
Land reclamation-The land application of solid waste for its plant nutrient value or as a soil conditioner to restore or enhance the soil to establish vegetative growth.
Leachate-A liquid, including suspended or dissolved components in the liquid, that has percolated through or drained from solid waste.
Leaf waste-Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and similar material, but not including grass clippings.
Lift-A compacted layer of solid waste upon which daily, intermediate or final cover may be applied.
Liquid waste-Residual waste that contains free liquids as determined by Method 9095 (paint filter liquids test), as described in the EPA's "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods" (EPA Publication No. SW-846.)
Local captive residual waste facility-A captive facility which is located at one of the following locations:
MCL-Maximum contaminant level.
Management-The entire process or a part thereof, of storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment and disposal of solid wastes by a person engaged in the process.
Mine-A deep or surface mine, whether active, inactive or abandoned.
Mining-The process of the extraction of minerals from the earth, from waste or stockpiles, or from pits or banks.
Monofill-A facility that disposes solely of waste which is generated by the same industrial or manufacturing process and which has the same, or substantially similar, physical and chemical characteristics and composition.
Municipality-A city, borough, incorporated town, township, county or an authority created by one or more of the foregiong.
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 sludge not meeting the definition of "residual" or "hazardous waste" under this section from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility.
NARM-Naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material. The term does not include byproduct, source or special nuclear material.
NORM-Naturally occurring radioactive material. A nuclide which is radioactive in its natural physical state-that is, not manmade-but does not include source or special nuclear material.
NPDES-National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Noncaptive facility-A residual waste processing or disposal facility that is not a captive residual waste facility.
Normal farming operations-The customary and generally accepted activities, practices and procedures that farms adopt, use or engage in year after year in the production and preparation for market of poultry, livestock and their products; and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities, if the operations are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, and if the use or disposal of these materials will not pollute the air, water or other natural resources of this Commonwealth. The term includes the storage and utilization of agricultural and food processing wastes, screenings and sludges for animal feed, and the agricultural utilization of septic tank cleanings and sewage sludges which are generated offsite. The term includes the management, collection, storage, transportation, use or disposal of manure, other agricultural waste and food processing waste, screenings and sludges on land where the materials will improve the condition of the soil, the growth of crops or in the restoration of the land for the same purposes.
Occupied dwelling-A permanent building or fixed mobile home that is being used on a regular or temporary basis for human habitation.
Operate-To construct a residual waste management facility in anticipation of receiving solid waste for the purpose of processing or disposal; to receive, process or dispose of solid waste; to carry on an activity at the facility that is related to the receipt, processing or disposal of waste or otherwise uses or affects land at the facility; to conduct closure and postclosure activities at a facility.
Operator-A person or municipality engaged in solid waste processing or disposal by operating a facility. If more than one person is engaged in a single operation, all persons shall be deemed jointly and severally responsible for compliance with this article.
Owner-The person or municipality who is the owner of record of a facility or part of a facility.
PCB-A chemical substance that is limited to the biphenyl molecule that has been chlorinated to varying degrees or a substance which contains that substance.
PCB-containing waste-Solid waste containing PCBs in the following concentrations:
Perched aquifer-An aquifer that is separated from an underlying aquifer by an unsaturated zone.
Perched water table-The water table of a perched aquifer.
Perennial stream-A body of water flowing in a channel or bed composed of substrates associated with flowing waters and is capable, in the absence of pollution or other manmade disturbances, of supporting a benthic macroinvertebrate community which is composed of two or more recognizable taxonomic groups of organisms which are large enough to be seen by the unaided eye and can be retained by United States Standard No. 30 sieve (28 meshes per inch, 0.595 mm openings) and live at least part of their life cycles within or upon available substrates in a body of water or water transport system.
Permanent water supply-A well, interconnection with a public water supply, extension of a public water supply, similar water supply or a treatment system determined by the Department to be capable of restoring the water supply to the quantity and quality of the original unaffected water supply.
Permit-A permit issued by the Department to operate a residual waste disposal or processing facility or to beneficially use residual waste. The term includes a general permit, permit-by-rule, permit modification, permit reissuance and permit renewal.
Permit area-The area of land and water within the boundaries of the permit which is designated on the permit application maps as approved by the Department. The term includes areas which are or will be used or affected by the residual waste processing or disposal facility.
Permit-by-rule-A permit which a person or municipality is deemed to have for the operation of a facility or an activity upon compliance with § 287.102 (relating to permit-by-rule).
Person-An individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, Federal government or agency, State institution and agency-including the Department of General Services and the State Public School Buildings Authority- or another legal entity which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In the provisions of this article pertaining to a fine or penalty, or both, the term includes the officers and directors of a corporation or other legal entity having officers and directors.
Pollution-The contamination of air, water, land or other natural resources of this Commonwealth which will create or is likely to create a public nuisance or render the air, water, land or other natural resources harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other life.
Postclosure-Activities after closure which are necessary to ensure compliance with the act and this article, including application of final cover, grading and revegetation; groundwater, surface water and gas monitoring; erosion control and gas control; leachate treatment, and abatement of pollution or degradation to land, water, air or other natural resources.
Principal shareholder-A person or municipality that owns, holds or controls at least 5% of the stock of a publicly held corporation or at least 10% of the stock of a privately held corporation.
Processing-
Product-A commodity that is the sole or primary intended result of a manufacturing or production process.
Radioactive material-A substance which spontaneously emits alpha or beta particles or photons (gamma radiation) in the process of decay or transformation of the atom's nucleus.
Raw material-Material, including crude material, that can be converted by manufacture or processing into a product.
Rechanneling-The moving or relocation of a channel or stream and the reestablishment of the channel or stream to its former condition at a new location. The term does not include stream or channel enclosures, rock drains or the use of other materials to facilitate water flow under a facility.
Reclaimed-A material is "reclaimed" if it is processed to recover a useable product, or if it is regenerated.
Recycled-A material is "recycled" if it is used, reused or reclaimed.
Refuse-Solid waste.
Regional groundwater table-The fluctuating upper water level surface of an unconfined or confined aquifer, where the hydrostatic pressure is equal to the ambient atmospheric pressure. The term does not include the perched water table or the seasonal high water table.
Related party-A person or municipality engaged in solid waste management that has a financial relationship to a permit applicant or operator. The term includes a partner, associate, officer, parent corporation, subsidiary corporation, contractor, subcontractor, agent or principal shareholder of another person or municipality, or a person or municipality that owns land on which another person or municipality operates a solid waste management facility.
Remediation standards-Background, Statewide health and site-specific standards as those terms are defined under this article.
Residual waste-Garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and sludge from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution control facility, if it is not hazardous. The term does not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act. The term does not include treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried on under and in compliance with a valid permit issued under the Clean Streams Law.
Residual waste disposal impoundment-A facility for disposing of residual waste by impoundment.
Residual waste disposal or processing facility-A facility for disposing or processing of residual waste.
Residual waste landfill-A facility for disposing of residual waste. The term does not include a residual waste disposal impoundment or a facility for the land application of residual waste. The term also does not include a facility at which municipal waste, other than industrial lunchroom or office waste generated by the operator, construction/demolition waste generated by the operator, or certain special handling waste is disposed.
Risk-based standard-A risk-based abatement standard for substances that have no primary MCLs under the Federal and State Safe Drinking Water Acts (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 300F-300J-18 and 35 P. S. §§ 721.1-721.17).
Salvaging-The controlled removal of material from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
Scrap metal-Bits and pieces of metal parts-for example-bars, turnings, rods, sheets and wire-or metal pieces that may be combined together with bolts or soldering-for example, radiators, scrap automobiles and railroad box cars-and which when worn or superfluous, can be reused.
Seasonal high water table-The minimum depth from the soil surface at which redoximorphic features are present in the soil.
Secondary contaminants-A substance for which a secondary MCL exists, and no lifetime health advisory level exists.
Sewage sludge-Liquid or solid sludges and other residues from a municipal sewage collection and treatment system; and liquid or solid sludges and other residues from septic and holding tank pumpings from commercial, institutional or residential establishments. The term includes material derived from sewage sludge. The term does not include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator, grit and screening generated during preliminary treatment of sewage sludge at a municipal sewage collection and treatment system or grit, screenings and nonorganic objects from septic and holding tank pumpings.
Site-The area where a residual waste processing or disposal facility is operated. If the operator has a permit to operate the facility, and is operating within the boundaries of the permit, the site is equivalent to the permit area.
Site-specific standard-A numerical value as determined under section 304 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. § 6026.304) and Chapter 250, Subchapter F (relating to exposure and risk determinations).
Soil additive or soil substitute-The land application of coal ash or residual waste, at specified loading or application rates, to replace soil that was previously available at the site, to enhance soil properties or to enhance plant growth. The term does not include structural fills, construction material, valley fills, or the use of coal ash or residual waste to fill open pits from coal or noncoal mining or the disposal of coal ash.
Soil mottling-Irregularly marked spots in the soil profile that vary in color, size and number.
Solid waste-Waste, including, but not limited to, municipal, residual or hazardous waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials. The term does not include coal ash that is beneficially used under chapter 290 (relating to beneficial use of coal ash) or drill cuttings.
Source material-The Federal definition for "source material" in 10 CFR 20.1003 is incorporated by reference.
Source reduction-The reduction or elimination of the quantity or toxicity of residual waste generated, which may be achieved through changes within the production process, including process modifications, feedstock substitutions, improvements in feedstock purity, shipping and packing modifications, housekeeping and management practices, increases in the efficiency of machinery and recycling within a process. The term does not include dewatering, compaction, waste reclamation or the use or reuse of waste.
Special handling waste-Solid waste that requires the application of special storage, collection, transportation, processing or disposal techniques due to the quantity of material generated or its unique physical, chemical or biological characteristics. The term includes dredged material, sewage sludge, regulated medical waste, chemotherapeutic waste, ash residue from a solid waste incineration facility, friable asbestos-containing waste, PCB-containing waste, waste oil that is not hazardous waste, fuel contaminated soil, waste tires and water supply treatment plant sludges.
Special nuclear material-The Federal definition for "special nuclear material" in 10 CFR 20.1003 is incorporated by reference.
Spent material-Material that has been used and as a result of contamination can no longer serve the purpose for which it was produced without processing.
Standard Industrial Code Number-A number assigned to a corresponding type of industry, manufacture or product under the Standard Industrial Code prepared by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
Statewide health standard-A numerical value as determined under section 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. § 6026.303) and §§ 250.304, except for subsection (d), 250.305 and 250.308 (relating to MSCs for groundwater; MSCs for soil; and soil to groundwater pathway numeric values).
Steel slag-The uncontaminated, nonwater-soluble, solid material generated in the making of steel in an electric arc furnace, open hearth furnace, blast furnace or secondary steel-refining process.
Storage-The containment of waste on a temporary basis in a manner that does not constitute disposal of the waste. It shall be presumed that containment of waste in excess of 1 year constitutes disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
Storage impoundment-An impoundment that is designed to hold an accumulation of liquid waste for storage, processing or treatment, but not disposal.
Structural fill-The engineered use of coal ash as a base or foundation for a construction activity that is completed promptly after the placement of the coal ash, including the use of coal ash as a backfill for retaining walls, foundations, ramps or other structures. The term does not include valley fills or the use of solid waste to fill open pits from coal or noncoal mining.
Surety bond-A penal bond agreement in a sum certain, payable to the Department, executed by the operator and a corporation licensed to do business as a surety in the Commonwealth and approved by the Department, which is supported by the guarantee of payment on the bond by the surety.
Surface land disposal-Application of solid waste to the land surface for purposes other than agricultural utilization or land reclamation.
Tank-A stationary containment device which provides its own structural support and is constructed entirely of nonearthen and nonwood materials.
Temporary water supply-Bottled water, a water tank supplied by a bulk water hauling system and similar water supplies in quantities sufficient to accommodate normal usage.
TENORM-Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials. A technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material is not subject to regulation under the laws of the Commonwealth or the Atomic Energy Act, whose radionuclide concentrations or potential for human exposure have been increased above levels encountered in the natural state by human activities.
Topmost-The bedrock lithology unit closest to the surface of the earth.
Transfer facility-A facility which receives and processes or temporarily stores municipal or residual waste at a location other than the generation site, and which facilitates the transportation or transfer of municipal or residual waste to a processing or disposal facility. The term includes a facility that uses a method or technology to convert part or all of the waste materials for offsite reuse. The term does not include a collection or processing center that is only for source separated recyclable materials, including clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetalic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper and plastics.
Transportation-The offsite removal of solid waste after generation.
Transuranic radioactive material-Material contaminated with elements that have an atomic number greater than 92, including neptunium, plutonium, americium and curium.
Treatment-A method, technique or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of waste to neutralize the waste or to render the waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, suitable for recovery, suitable for storage or reduced in volume. The term includes an activity or process designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of waste to render it neutral or nonhazardous.
Unconfined aquifer-An aquifer in which the uppermost surface is at atmospheric pressure.
Used or reused-A material that meets one of the following conditions:
Visible emissions-Emissions that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments. The term does not include condensed uncombined water vapor.
Waste-
Waste classification standard-For purposes of this article, the waste classification standard for a contaminant shall be:
Waste oil-One of the following:
Water source-The site or location of a well, spring or water supply stream intake which is used for human consumption.
Water supply-Existing, designated or planned sources of water or facilities or systems for the supply of water for human consumption or for agricultural, commercial, industrial or other legitimate use, protected by the applicable water supply provisions of § 93.3 (relating to protected water uses).
Wetlands-Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.
25 Pa. Code § 287.1
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 78a.1 (relating to definitions); 25 Pa. Code § 287.8 (relating to coproduct determinations); and 25 Pa. Code § 298.1 (relating to definitions).