The following words and phrases as used in this chapter
shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).
ACT 101
The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
Waste Reduction Act of 1988 (Act 101).
AGENT
The Director of Planning and Development as Code Enforcement
Officer, the Superintendent of Public Works as supervisor of the Sanitation
Department, the Director of Administration and Finance as Secretary
and Treasurer of Latrobe and any other person appointed from time
to time by Latrobe to act on Latrobe's behalf with respect to the
provisions of this chapter.
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 size, shape or weight.
COLLECTOR OR WASTE HAULER
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or public agency
engaged in the collection and/or transportation of municipal waste.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including but not limited to stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
CONTAINER
A portable device in which waste is held temporarily for
storage or transportation.
COUNTY
The County of Westmoreland or the Westmoreland County Board
of County Commissioners.
DER
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER).
DISPOSAL
The deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or
placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that
the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or
is discharged to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
DOMESTIC WASTE or HOUSEHOLD WASTE
Solid waste, comprised of garbage and municipal waste which
normally originates in the residential private household or apartment
house.
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.
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.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and
similar material, but not including grass clippings.
LICENSED COLLECTOR OR LICENSED WASTE HAULER
Any municipal waste collector or hauler possessing a current,
valid county license issued by the Westmoreland County Department
of Planning and Development pursuant to county ordinance.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Any 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 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 collected by the municipality under Chapter
305, Recycling.
PERSON(S)
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution or agency or any other legal entity which
is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provision
of this chapter 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.
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.
SALVAGING
The controlled removal or recycling of material from a solid
waste processing or disposal facility.
SCAVENGING
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed
for collection or from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
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 a disposal of such waste. It shall be
presumed that the containment of any waste in excess of one year shall
constitute disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and
convincing evidence to the contrary.
TRANSPORTATION
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after
generation.