As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACT 101
The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
Waste Reduction Act of 1988, Act 101, 53 P.S. § 4000.101
et seq.
ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980, P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 1980, 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
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
who is 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 Allegheny or the Allegheny County Board of
Commissioners.
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.
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.
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 waste
supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution
control facility.
MUNICIPALITY
The Borough of Thornburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, Federal Government or
agency, 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 Part 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 any 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 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.