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residues from a municipal sewage collection and treatment
system; and liquid or solid sludges and other residues from
septic and holding tank pumpings from commercial, institutional
or residential establishments. The term includes materials
derived from sewage sludge. The term does not include ash
generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge
incinerator, grit and screenings generated during preliminary
treatment of sewage sludge at a municipal sewage collection and
treatment system or grit, screenings and nonorganic objects from
septic and holding tank pumpings.
"Department." The Department of Environmental Protection of
the Commonwealth.
"Deposit, disposal or land application site." The physical
location where biosolid material is intended to be deposited,
disposed or applied in an affected municipality.
"Permit." A document issued by the department that grants a
person, party, corporation or governmental entity the
authorization to deposit, dispose or apply biosolid material or
any composition containing biosolid material in a municipality.
"Permit application." A request or petition to the
department seeking authorization by a person, party, corporation
or governmental entity to deposit, dispose or apply biosolid
material or any composition containing biosolid material in a
municipality.
Section 3. Biosolid material ordinances.
(a) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of subsections
(b) and (c), a municipality may adopt and enforce ordinances
regulating the deposit, testing, disposal or land application of
biosolid material.
(b) Relationship to other law.--A municipal ordinance
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