Pennsylvania Statutes Title 27 Pa.C.S.A. Environmental Resources § 6301. Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills

(a) Imposition.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), each operator of a municipal waste landfill shall pay, in the same manner prescribed in Chapter 7 of the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L. 556, No. 101),  1 known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, a disposal fee of $4 per ton for all solid waste disposed of at the municipal waste landfill. The fee established in this section shall apply to process residue and nonprocessible waste from a resource recovery facility that is disposed of at the municipal waste landfill and is in addition to the fee established in section 701  2 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act. The fee established by this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of section 701(d) of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.

(b) Exceptions.--The fee established under this section shall not apply to the following:

(c) Operator.--For purposes of imposition of the disposal fee under this section, the term “operator” shall be defined consistent with the definition of “operator” in the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act and shall include municipalities or municipal authorities that operate disposal facilities.