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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4000.512. Completeness review

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General rule.--After receipt of a permit application under the Solid Waste Management Act for a landfill or resource recovery facility, the department shall determine whether the application is administratively complete.  For purposes of this section, an application is administratively complete if it contains necessary information, maps, fees and other documents, regardless of whether the information, maps, fees and documents would be sufficient for issuance of the permit.

(1) If the application is not administratively complete, the department shall, within 60 days of receipt of the application, return it to the applicant, along with a written statement of the specific information, maps, fees and documents that are required to make the application administratively complete.

(2) The department shall deny the application if the applicant fails to provide the information, maps, fees and documents within 90 days of receipt of the notice in paragraph (1).

(b) Repealed by 1997, Nov. 26, P.L. 530, No. 57, § 15, imd. effective.

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