A. The collection, transportation and disposal of municipal waste present or generated within the municipality shall be subject to such further reasonable rules and regulations as may from time to time be promulgated by the county, including any amendments to the County Waste Flow Ordinance and to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted by the county or the municipal waste authority, including, without limitation, regulations relating to the operation, management and administration of the county system, applications and standards for licensing, requirements for payment bonds or other payment security, including but not limited to meeting liability insurance requirements, fees to be charged for such licensing, the terms of licenses, procedures, recordkeeping, transportation routes, payment for services, billing for shortfalls, sanctions for nonpayment and other matters. To the extent that a the municipality is engaged in the administration of any licenses pursuant to written agreement with the county as required in Section 303(d) of Act 101
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and as provided in the County Waste Flow Ordinance, it shall do so in accordance with the foregoing rules and regulations and, in any event, at the direction of the county.
B. Adoption of regulations. Rules and regulations adopted by the county or municipal waste authority for the county system shall be deemed rules and regulations adopted under this Article. Each of the municipalities shall abide by such rules and regulations and will not adopt any rules and regulations to the contrary.
C. Consistency of regulations with ordinance and other laws. No rules or regulations adopted by the municipality pursuant to this Article shall be in violation of, inconsistent with or less stringent than the provisions of this Article, the other municipal waste flow ordinances, the County Waste Flow Ordinance, the plan, the provisions and purposes of Act 97, Act 101 or regulations adopted thereunder or such other laws, regulations or requirements as may be enacted by the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources or the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board governing municipal waste planning, collection, storage, transportation, processing or disposal.
D. Enforcement of waste flow control. Enforcement of waste flow control and the terms of and any duties established pursuant to the County Waste Flow Ordinance, the other municipal waste flow ordinances and this Article will be the responsibility of the county or the municipal waste authority or the municipalities at the direction of the county or the municipal waste authority.
5 Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.303(d).