Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4000.501. Schedule for submission of municipal waste management plans

(a) Submission of plan.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), each county shall submit to the department, within two and one-half years of the effective date of this act, an officially adopted municipal waste management plan for municipal waste generated within its boundaries.  Such plan shall be consistent with the requirements of this act.  For the purposes of this chapter, the term “county” includes cities of the first class, but does not include counties of the first class.

(b) Existing plans.--A county that has submitted a complete municipal waste management plan to the department for approval on or before 30 days from the effective date of this act shall be deemed to have a plan approved pursuant to section 505   1 if:

(c) Plan revisions.--Each county with an approved municipal waste management plan shall submit a revised plan to the department in accordance with the requirements of this act:

(d) Procedure for considering plan revisions.--At least 30 days before submitting any proposed plan revision to the department, the county shall submit a copy of the proposed revision to the advisory committee established pursuant to section 503   2 and to each municipality within the county.  All plan revisions that are determined by the county or by the department to be substantial shall be subject to the requirements of sections 503 and 504.  3  The plan revisions required by subsection (c)(2) shall be considered substantial plan revisions.