(A) In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter. Other words not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in § 103 of the state’s Solid Waste Management Act.
(B) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORITY. The County of Bedford or a municipal authority, agency, contractor, or other entity designated by the County of Bedford to administer, implement, and/or enforce the official plan for solid waste management for the borough.
BULKY WASTE. Large items of refuse including, but not limited to, appliances, furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches, and stumps.
CARTWAY. Paved area of street, avenue, alley, and the like.
GARBAGE. Municipal waste resulting from animal, grain, fruit, or vegetable matter.
HAULER. Any person, firm, co-partnership, association, or corporation who has been licensed by the Authority to collect, transport, and dispose of refuse for a fee as herein prescribed.
HAZARDOUS WASTE.
(a) Any garbage, refuse, sludge from an industrial or other wastewater treatment plant, sludge from a water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional, mining, or agricultural operations, and from community activities, or any combination of the above, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under § 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 923), which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may:
1. Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in morbidity in either an individual or total population; or
2. Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
(b) The term HAZARDOUS WASTE shall not include coal refuse as defined in the Act of September 24, 1968 (Pub. Law 1987, No. 394), known as the “Clean Streams Law.”
MUNICIPAL WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste, and other material including solid, liquid, semi-solid, 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 hereunder from a municipal, commercial, or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or air pollution control facility.
MUNICIPALITY. The Borough of Bedford, and its agencies.
NUISANCE. Any condition, structure, or improvement which shall constitute a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the borough.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions 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.
RESIDUAL WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material, or other waste including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining, and agricultural operations and any sludge from an industrial, mining, and agricultural water supply treatment facility or air pollution control facility, provided that it is not hazardous. The term RESIDUAL WASTE shall not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act. RESIDUAL WASTE shall not include treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried on pursuant and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams Law.
REFUSE. All 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.
(Prior Code, Ch. 20, Pt. 1, § 102) (Ord. 2-87, passed 6-1-1987; Ord. 2-2001, passed 7-2-2001)