For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT or 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.
AGRICULTURAL WASTE. Poultry and livestock manure, or residual materials in liquid or solid form, generated in the production, and marketing of poultry, livestock, fur-bearing animals and their products, provided such waste is not a hazardous waste. The term includes the residual materials generated in producing, harvesting and marketing of all agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and agricultural crops or commodities grown on what are usually recognized and accepted as farms, forests or other agricultural lands.
BULKY WASTE. Solid waste items that are too large to fit in a closed 35-gallon container or plastic bag or more than three bundles containing branches, bushes, stumps or other cuttings of vegetative matter in a length and width greater than three feet and stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, sofas, stuffed chairs, mattresses, box springs, auto parts and construction debris and any individual bag, bundle or item weighing more than 75 pounds or which cannot be loaded into a normal refuse collection truck by one person because of its size.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment engaged in non-manufacturing or non-processing business including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION WASTE. All municipal and residual waste building materials, grubbing waste and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings and other structures and pavements.
DEPARTMENT. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
DISPOSAL. The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the solid waste, or a constituent of the solid waste, enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to the waters of the commonwealth.
DOMESTIC WASTE or HOUSEHOLD WASTE. Solid waste, comprised of garbage and rubbish, 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.
HAULER or PRIVATE COLLECTOR. Any person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation who has been licensed by the borough or its designated representative to collect, transport and dispose of refuse for a fee as herein prescribed.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Any solid waste or combination of solid wastes, as defined in the Act, 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 the 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.
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. 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 (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 et seq.) 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.
MUNICIPALITY. The Borough of North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, 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 subchapter 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.
PROCESSING. Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume or bulk of municipal or residual waste or any technology used to convert part of all of such waste materials for off-site reuse. PROCESSING FACILITIES include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, composing facilities and resource recovery facilities.
REFUSE. All solid waste materials which are discarded as useless.
RESIDUAL WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and any sludge from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply treatment facility, wastewater 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 (52 P.S. §§ 30.51 et seq.) RESIDUAL WASTE shall not include treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried on pursuant to and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1 to 691.1001).
RUBBISH. All non-putrescible 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.
SCAVENGING. The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed for collection or from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
SEWAGE TREATMENT RESIDUES. Any coarse screenings, grit and dewatered or air-dried sludges from sewage treatment plants and pumpings from septic tanks or septage which are a municipal solid waste and require proper disposal under Act....[missing material]
(Ord. 1083, passed 10-15-2013)