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§ 6031.506. Disposal ban

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: January 24, 2011

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 29O. Covered Device Recycling Act
Chapter 5. Administration
Effective: January 24, 2011
35 P.S. § 6031.506
§ 6031.506. Disposal ban
Currentness
(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.

Credits

2010, Nov. 23, P.L. 1083, No. 108, § 506, effective in 60 days [Jan. 24, 2011].

Footnotes

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35 P.S. § 6018.103.
35 P.S. § 6031.506, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6031.506
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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