Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 284.101 - Authorization for general permits(a) In accordance with this subchapter, the Department may issue general permits on a regional or Statewide basis for a category of mobile or stationary regulated medical waste processing facilities or stationary chemotherapeutic waste processing facilities if the Department determines the following: (1) The processing facilities and the waste to be processed in the category are substantially similar.(2) The processing facilities in the category can be adequately regulated utilizing standard conditions without harming or presenting a threat of harm to the health, safety or welfare of the people or environment of this Commonwealth.(3) The processing facilities in the category will comply with the requirements established in the permit and with the standards and requirements for design, construction, operation, maintenance and monitoring in Chapter 283 (relating to resource recovery and other processing facilities) and Subchapter D (relating to processing facilities).(b) The Department may issue a general permit upon its own motion under § 284.115 (relating to Department-initiated general permits) or upon an application from a person or municipality under §§ 284.111-284.114.(c) The Department may issue a general permit for the mixing of disinfection products with regulated medical waste to perform processing.(d) The Department may issue a general permit for the processing of mixtures of the same types of waste that are regulated medical or residual wastes.(e) The Department may modify, suspend, revoke or reissue general permits under this subchapter as it deems necessary to prevent harm or the threat of harm to the health, safety or welfare of the people or environment of this Commonwealth.(f) The Department will not issue a general permit for a commercial regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste processing facility, including commercial incinerators.The provisions of this § 284.101 amended November 7, 2014, effective 11/8/2014, 44 Pa.B. 7021. This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 284.114 (relating to approval or denial of an application); 25 Pa. Code § 284.115 (relating to Department-initiated general permits); and 25 Pa. Code § 284.121 (relating to contents of general permits).