§ 262. Definitions
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 73 P.S. Trade and Commerce
73 P.S. § 262
§ 262. Definitions
The following words and phrases as used in this act shall be construed to mean:
(b) “Department” the Department of Environmental Resources;1
(d) “Retail Dealer” a person, association, partnership or corporation, or his or its legal representative, maintaining a place for the storage of anthracite, who purchases anthracite for resale to consumers, regardless of the quantity sold, or who sells to a retail dealer in lots not exceeding 20,000 pounds in any one transaction;
(f) “Sizes” include the sizes of anthracite commonly known as egg, stove, nut, pea, buckwheat and rice, the sizings for which are set forth in the definition of “Standard Anthracite.” “Sizes” does not include, and this act shall not be construed to apply to, anthracite of smaller sizes than those herein enumerated;
Size of Anthracite | Test Mesh Round | Under- size Maxi- mum | Ash Content Maxi- mum | Maximum Slate | Percentage Bone |
Through | Over |
Egg | 3 ¼ ″ | 2 7/16 ″ | 15% | 11% | ||||||||
Stove | 2 7/16 ″ | 1 ⅝ ″ | 15% | 11% | ||||||||
Nut | 1 ⅝ ″ | 13/16 ″ | 15% | 11% | ||||||||
Pea | 13/16 ″ | 9/16 ″ | 15% | 12% | ||||||||
Buckwheat | 9/16 ″ | 5/16 ″ | 15% | 13% | ||||||||
Rice | 5/16 ″ | 3/16 ″ | 17% | 13% |
As to the maximum percentage of undersize and the maximum percentage of ash content a tolerance of 1% shall be allowed. The maximum percentage of undersize shall be applicable only to anthracite as it is produced at the preparation plant. Anthracite which conforms to the sizing herein fixed, and conforms also to the specification for ash content, shall be deemed to be “Standard Anthracite”;
(l) “Wholesale Dealer,” a person, association, partnership or corporation or his or its legal representative, who purchases anthracite for resale to retail dealers in lots exceeding 20,000 pounds, or one not maintaining a storage place for anthracite, who sells anthracite to a consumer, regardless of the quantity sold;
(q) “Mine Inspector” the Underground District Mine Inspector as defined in section 103(18) of the act of November 10, 1965 (P.L. 721, No. 346), known as the “Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Mine Act.”2
Credits
1947, May 31, P.L. 368, § 2. Amended 1949, May 18, P.L. 1467, § 1; 1951, Sept. 26, P.L. 1465, §§ 1, 2; 1978, April 28, P.L. 93, No. 43, § 2, imd. effective.
Footnotes
The Department of Environmental Resources has been renamed the Department of Environmental Protection. See 71 P.S. § 1340.501.
52 P.S. § 70-103(18).
73 P.S. § 262, PA ST 73 P.S. § 262
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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