The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Beer keg.” A vessel designed to contain at least 128 fluid ounces of malt or brewed beverage.

“Buyer.” The owner, operator or employee of a scrap processor or recycling facility.

“Catalytic converter.” An air pollution abatement device that removes pollutants from motor vehicle exhaust, either by oxidizing them into carbon dioxide and water or reducing them to nitrogen.

“Commercial account.” A relationship between a scrap processor and a commercial enterprise that is ongoing and properly documented.

“Commercial enterprise.” A corporation, partnership, limited liability company, single proprietorship, association, State agency, political subdivision of the Commonwealth, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.

“Commercial metal property.” Utility access covers, street light poles and fixtures, road and bridge guardrails, highway or street signs, water meter covers, traffic directional and control signs, traffic light signals, any metal property clearly marked with the name of the commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a telephone, cable, electric, water, natural gas or other utility or railroad, unused or undamaged building construction materials consisting of copper pipe, tubing or wiring, aluminum wire, siding, downspouts or gutters, aluminum or stainless steel fence panels, aluminum decking, bleachers or risers, historical markers, statue plaques, grave markers, funeral vases, agricultural irrigation wheels, sprinkler heads and pipes.

“Ferrous metals.” Items that are predominantly made from iron or steel that have no further use in their original manufactured form but which can be melted for their metal content and utilized in the manufacture of new products.

“Law enforcement officer.” A member of the Pennsylvania State Police or an individual employed as a police officer who holds a current certificate under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21, Subch. D¹ (relating to municipal police education and training).

“Nonferrous metals.” Items that are predominantly made from metals other than iron and steel, such as copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc, nickel and alloys that have no further use in their original manufactured form but which can be melted for their metal content and utilized in the manufacture of new products.

“Processing.” Receiving, storing or reselling scrap materials for payment or other financial consideration.

“Railroad material.” Railroad power and signal equipment, road or rail crossing signals, railroad track, railroad switch components, railroad spike, angle/joint bar as used in the jointing of railroad track, railroad anchors, railroad tie plate or bolt used in constructing a railroad.

“Recycling facility operator.” An owner, operator or employee who operates a facility employing a technology that is a process to separate or classify municipal waste and who creates or recovers reusable materials that can be sold to or reused by a manufacturer as a substitute for or a supplement to virgin raw materials. The term does not include a person who operates a transfer station or landfill for solid waste, composting facility or resource recovery facility.

“Scrap processor.” An owner, operator or employee who, from a fixed location, utilizes machinery and equipment for processing and manufacturing ferrous or nonferrous metallic scrap, paper scrap, plastic scrap, rubber scrap or glass scrap into prepared grades and whose principal product is sold as a raw material in the manufacture of new products.

“Seller.” Any person, other than a commercial enterprise, who sells scrap materials to a scrap processor or recycling facility operator.