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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 481', '§ 2301', '§ 6018', '§ 6018', '§ 142', '§ 142', '§ 142']

Township of Concord, PA Solid Waste Disposal
Ch 142 Art I Solid Waste Disposal
§ 142-1 Findings.
§ 142-3 Prohibited acts.
§ 142-4 County/Authority operations and charges.
§ 142-5 Operations by registered collectors.
§ 142-6 Disposal at designated site.
§ 142-7 Private dumps, transfer stations and landfills.
§ 142-9 Abatement of nuisance.
§ 142-11 Amendments; contract.
§ 142-12 Joint cooperation agreement.
§ 142-13 Adoption of Solid Waste Management Plan.
Chapter 142 Solid Waste
[Adopted 1-4-1988 by Ord. No. 158]
Chapter 142: Solid Waste Article I Solid Waste Disposal
The municipality (as hereinafter defined) finds it necessary to regulate the collection of municipal solid waste (as hereinafter defined) generated within its boundaries in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of its taxpayers and residents.
Act No. 180 of July 12, 1972, 53 P.S. § 481 et seq.,[1] authorizes a municipality to enter into joint cooperation agreements with other municipalities in the exercise or in the performance of their respective governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 12-19-1996 by P.L. 1158, No. 177. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2301 to 2315, inclusive.
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980, as amended, 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq. (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), authorizes a municipality to require by ordinance that all municipal wastes generated within its jurisdiction shall be disposed of at a designated facility.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Delaware County Council has caused to be prepared the Delaware County Solid Waste Management Plan of 1985, which was reviewed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, revised and is dated December, 1986 (the County Plan), which recommends that for the foreseeable future, the solid waste from this municipality be disposed of by means of regional facilities authorized by the county, the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority and/or the Authority's contractor (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "county").
The County Plan, in February, 1987, received preliminary approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), with final DEP approval conditional upon the county obtaining such municipal adoptions of the County Plan as may be necessary for its implementation.
The County Plan concludes that a county-wide solid waste disposal system should include a resources recovery plant or plants located within the county because it would be the most environmentally sound and cost-effective method of disposing of municipal solid waste within the county.
In order to obtain the environmental, economic and public benefits from the plant or plants as discussed in the County Plan, it is necessary that commitments be obtained from the local municipalities within the county as to the use of the plant or plants for the disposal of municipal solid waste from such municipalities.
The Township of Concord has full authority under the applicable laws to provide for the management of municipal solid waste within its boundaries as hereinafter provided.
The form of this article has been approved by the county and it has been or will be included in the county's Solid Waste Management Plan, which has been or will be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The county agrees to assist in the implementation of the County Plan but only after this article has been enacted by a sufficient number of municipalities in the county to make the construction of such plant or plants as proposed in the County Plan feasible.
Under the Act, any municipality with a population density in excess of 300 persons per square mile or which has a solid waste disposal problem must develop a solid waste management plan to be approved by DEP but may, at its option and with the county's agreement, delegate this duty to the county.
This municipality has delegated this aforesaid duty to the county, and the county has accepted this responsibility.
The Township of Concord.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material, including solid or semisolid material generated in residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities, and other solid waste which is within the definition of the term "municipal solid waste" as set forth in the Solid Waste Management Act, 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq., and which the county, Authority, or contractor, by its ordinance or regulations, is willing to accept at the plant, but excluding any liquid waste or sludge, all wastes which are defined by existing or future federal or state law or regulations as hazardous waste or industrial residual waste, any waste which may be marketable and which is intentionally segregated for purposes of recycling and materials specifically excluded under applicable county ordinances.
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation or governmental entity, with the exception of the county, Authority, or designated contractor.
Certain terms used herein are also defined in § 142-1, Findings.
[Amended 9-1-2015 by Ord. No. 368]
Except as it pertains to municipal solid waste collected directly by this municipality, all collectors of municipal solid waste generated within the municipality shall be registered by the municipality and shall be responsible for collecting municipal solid waste from properties in the municipality pursuant to a contract between them and the municipality and/or contracts between them and the owners or occupants of properties.
All collectors shall deliver and dispose of all municipal solid waste collected within the municipality at the solid waste facility designated by the county, subject to such reasonable regulations for the operation thereof as may be established by the county and/or contractor. Delivery and disposal at any other place shall be a violation of this article and cause for revocation of the collector's registration, except in special circumstances approved in advance by the municipality and the county and/or contractor. All collectors shall comply in their operation with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to the collection and transportation of municipal solid waste.
In addition to the remedies provided in § 142-8 herein, any continued violation of this article or other applicable law which shall constitute a nuisance in fact or which in the opinion of the governing body of this municipality shall constitute a nuisance may be abated by proceeding against the violation in a court of equity for relief.
The collection of municipal solid waste in the municipality and the disposal thereof shall be subject to such further reasonable rules and regulations as may from time to time be promulgated by the governing body of the municipality, including, but without limitation, regulations as to the form of registration application, the amount of fee to be charged for said registrations and the terms of the registrations and registration issuance procedures; provided, however, that no such rules and regulations shall be contrary to the provisions of this article, the County Solid Waste Plan or applicable law.
The term of this agreement shall be for a period of 25 years, and said term shall commence on the date when the county advises the municipality that the plant is operational. The municipality, at its option, may terminate this agreement with 30 days' written notice to the county in the event that the municipality will incur substantial costs over and above the costs generally accepted by the other municipalities in delivering municipal solid waste to the county during the term of this agreement, provided that the municipality has first obtained final approval from the Department of Environmental Protection for its own plan under the Act[1] or an approval from the Department for a modification that brings the municipality under another plan that has already obtained final approval. It is understood, however, that (upon any such termination of this agreement by the municipality) the county, the Authority and/or the county's contractor shall be relieved of any responsibility to accept and dispose of municipal solid waste generated within the municipality. It is further understood that any such termination of this agreement by the municipality shall constitute a repeal, whether express or implied, of § 142-13 of this article.
The municipality, by formal resolution dated April 3, 1984, authorized the county to prepare the Solid Waste Management Plan on the municipality's behalf.
The appropriate municipal officials of this municipality have reviewed the findings and recommendations of the Solid Waste Management Plan as it affects this municipality, have found the Plan acceptable and have recommended that the Plan be adopted.
The county is hereby authorized to submit the Plan to the DEP for the final approval on behalf of the municipality.[2]
Editor's Note: Former Section 15, Effective date, which immediately followed this section and which provided for the prevention of solid waste disposal until the completed construction of the plant, was deleted 1-5-1991 by Ord. No. 221.