(a) General rule.--Private individuals, municipalities, businesses or corporations are authorized to operate household hazardous waste collection programs in accordance with this act.

(b) Registration and department approval.--No person shall establish a program for the collection and management of household hazardous wastes until the program has been registered with and approved by the department. Every approved program shall also maintain and submit records to the department as required under the guidelines or regulations promulgated under section 1512(d) of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.¹

(c) Qualifications.--No person may be selected to operate a collection program or site unless the person can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department his ability to collect, package, transport and dispose of hazardous waste collected under this program, consistent with the requirements of Articles IV, V and VI of the Solid Waste Management Act² and regulations promulgated thereunder and guidelines or regulations under this act.

(d) Ineligibility.--A person shall not be eligible to operate a collection program or collection site if the department finds that the person has shown a lack of ability or a lack of intent to comply with the Solid Waste Management Act or other environmental laws of this Commonwealth, other states or the United States.

(e) Repealed by 1996, Dec. 19, P.L. 1478, No. 190, § 301(a), imd. effective.

(f) Other requirements.--Persons operating household hazardous waste collection programs shall be subject to all the same requirements as municipalities under section 1512 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder, except that persons other than municipalities shall not be eligible for grants under section 1512(b) of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act or this act.