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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) General rule.--Two years after the effective date of this section, no person may place in municipal solid waste a covered device or any of its components, excluding any nonhazardous residuals produced during recycling in any solid waste disposal facility.
(b) Hold harmless.--An owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall not be found in violation of this section if such owner or operator has:
(1) made a good faith effort to comply with this section;
(2) posted in a conspicuous location at the facility a sign stating that covered devices or any of their components shall not be accepted at such facility; and
(3) notified, in writing, all collectors registered to deposit solid waste to such facility that such devices or their components shall not be accepted at the facility.
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, “facility” shall have the same meaning given to it in section 103 of the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97), 1 known as the Solid Waste Management Act. The term does not include a transfer station.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 6031.506. Disposal ban - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-6031-506/
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