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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 53. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PART I. GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW
CHAPTER 17A. THE MUNICIPAL WASTE PLANNING, RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT
CHAPTER 11. ASSISTANCE TO MUNICIPALITIES
Date:
08/31/2009
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§ 4000.1101. Information provided to host municipalities
(a) DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION.-- The department will provide all of the following information to the governing body of host municipalities for municipal waste landfills and resource recovery facilities:
(1) Copies of each department inspection report for such facilities
under the Solid Waste Management Act, the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.
1987, No. 394), known as The Clean Streams Law, the act of January 8,
1960 (1959 P.L. 2119, No. 787), known as the Air Pollution Control
Act, and the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L. 1375, No. 325), known as
the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, within five working days after
the preparation of such reports.
(2) Prompt notification of all department enforcement or emergency
actions for such facilities, including, but not limited to, abatement
orders, cessation orders, proposed and final civil penalty assessments,
and notices of violation.
(3) Copies of all air and water quality monitoring data collected by
the department at such facilities, within five working days after
complete laboratory analysis of such data becomes available to the
department.
(b) OPERATOR INFORMATION.-- Every operator of a municipal waste landfill or resource recovery facility shall provide to the host municipality copies of all air and water quality monitoring data, as required by the department for the facility conducted by or on behalf of the operator, within five days after such data becomes available to the operator.
(c) PUBLIC INFORMATION.-- All information provided to the host municipality under this section shall be made available to the public for review upon request.
(d) INFORMATION TO COUNTY.-- If the host municipality owns or operates the municipal waste landfill or resource recovery facility, or proposes to own or operate such landfill or facility, the information required by this section shall be provided to the county within which the landfill or facility is located or proposed to be located instead of the host municipality.
(e) SIGN ON VEHICLE.-- A vehicle or conveyance used for the transporting of solid waste shall bear the name and business address of the person or municipality which owns the vehicle or conveyance and the specific type of solid waste transported by the vehicle or conveyance. All signs shall have lettering which is at least six inches in height.
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