PRINTER'S NO. 419
No. 404 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, STOUT, SCHWARTZ, HECKLER, STAPLETON,
KASUNIC AND BELAN, FEBRUARY 7, 1997
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, FEBRUARY 7, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
2 "An act providing for planning for the processing and
3 disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
4 plans for municipal waste management systems within their
5 boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
6 for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
7 collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
8 municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
9 recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
10 procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
11 to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
12 Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
13 Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
14 providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
15 fund; and making repeals," further providing for restrictions
16 on the disposal of newsprint.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 1502 of the act of July 28, 1988
20 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
21 Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a
22 subsection to read:
23 Section 1502. Facilities operation and recycling.
24 * * *
1 (e) Removal of newsprint.--No municipal waste landfill or
2 resource recovery facility may accept for disposal truckloads of
3 waste that primarily contain newsprint.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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