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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 6901', '§ 2605', '§ 2011', '§ 6901', '§ 2601', '§ 136', '§ 1251', '§ 9601', '§ 2011', '§ 6018', '§ 4000', '§ 4000', '§ 6018', '§ 4000', '§ 93', '§ 93', '§ 93', '§ 481', '§ 2301']

Borough of Pennsburg, PA Solid Waste
Police Pension Program
Retirement Plan, Municipal Employees'
Disorderly Conduct; Noise
Ch 38A
Drainageways and Watercourses
Dumpsters and Temporary Portable Storage Units
Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
Junkyards; Property Maintenance; Littering
Peddlers and Street Vendors
Residential Property, Sale of
Operation by licensed collectors and transporters.
Disposal of municipal waste.
Prohibitions; construal of provisions.
Creation of Authority.
Compliance with IMA.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Pennsburg 4-1-1991
by Ord. No. 3-91. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Junkyards and littering — See Ch. 60.
Refuse collection and disposal — See Ch. 82.
Chapter 93: Solid Waste
A. The following terms shall have the following
meanings in this chapter:
Municipal waste which is not unacceptable or nonprocessible waste.
The County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
COUNTY ORDINANCE or COUNTY WASTE FLOW ORDINANCE
An ordinance enacted by the county creating the Western County System
in the Western District, providing for the licensure of various persons, regulating
waste flow and setting forth certain related provisions.
DATE OF WESTERN COUNTY SYSTEM OPERATION
That date on which the Western County System shall be declared by
the county to be ready to commence the disposal of acceptable waste on a sustained
(1) Any material or substance which, by reason of its composition
or characteristics, is toxic or hazardous waste as defined in the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.,
as defined in Section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.
§ 2605(e), under Act 97[1] or under any other applicable law of similar purpose or effect,
including but not limited to, with respect to each of such items in this subsection,
any replacement, amendment, expansion or supplement thereto and any rules,
regulations or policies thereunder; or special nuclear or by-product materials
within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011
et seq., and any replacement amendment, expansion or supplement thereto and
any rules, regulations or policies thereunder.
(2) Any other material that any governmental agency or unit having
appropriate jurisdiction shall determine, from time to time, as harmful, toxic
or dangerous or otherwise ineligible for disposal in the landfill.
A landfill with which the Waste Authority has contracted to dispose
of acceptable waste.
The Borough of Pennsburg, located within the County of Montgomery,
Municipal waste, as defined in Section 103 of Act 97 and Section
103 of Act 101[2] and any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder.
NONPROCESSIBLE WASTE
(1) White goods.
(2) Automobile tires in quantity.
(3) Noncombustible items, stumps, logs, brush and other waste
which either weighs in excess of 25 pounds or exceeds one of the following
dimensions: four feet in length, four inches in diameter or four inches in
(4) Sludges.
(5) Construction and demolition debris.
(6) Leaf waste beyond that permitted by Act 101.[3]
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, trust, municipal authority, federal institution or
agency, state institution or agency, municipality, other governmental agency
or any other legal entity or any group of such persons"whatsoever which is
recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of
this chapter prescribing a fine, penalty, imprisonment or denial or grant
of any license, or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall
include the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity
having officers and directors.
The county-wide Municipal Waste Management Plan developed by the
county and approved by the Department of Environmental Resources, as such
has been and may hereafter be amended or revised in compliance with law.
The revision, dated June 1990, to the County Municipal Waste Management
Plan developed by the county to be submitted to the Department of Environmental
Resources and approved by a majority of the affected municipalities within
the county representing a majority of the county's population.
POINT OF ENTRY INTO THE WESTERN COUNTY SYSTEM
Any delivery point within the Western County System designated by
the Waste Authority for delivery of acceptable waste.
PROCESSIBLE WASTE
That portion of acceptable waste which is not nonprocessible waste.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of metals,
glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which would otherwise
be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the mechanized separation and
treatment of municipal waste, other than through combustion, and the creation
and recovery of reusable materials other than a fuel for the operation of
The segregation and collection, prior to the point of entry into
the Western County System, for the purpose of recycling of individual components
of acceptable waste, such as, without limitation, bottles, cans and other
materials in accordance with Act 101.[4]
(1) Any material that by reason of its composition, characteristics
or quantity is ineligible for disposal at the landfill pursuant to the provisions
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq. and the regulations thereunder or, except for trace amounts normally
found in household or commercial solid waste, any other similarly applicable
law, including but not limited to the following laws and the regulations,
if any, promulgated under each: the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C.
§ 136 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq.; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; Act 97;[5] the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, Act 108, enacted October 18,
1988;[6] and any similar or substituted legislation or regulations or amendments
to the foregoing, as well as any other laws coextensive with the foregoing.
(2) Any other materials that any governmental body or unit having
or claiming appropriate jurisdiction shall determine from time to time to
be harmful, toxic, dangerous or otherwise ineligible for disposal at the landfill.
(3) Any waste that a landfill or other applicable facility is
precluded from accepting pursuant to any permit or governmental plan governing
such landfill or other applicable facility.
(4) Hazardous waste.
(5) Residual waste, as defined in Act 101,[7] except as otherwise provided in any landfill agreement to which
the Waste Authority is a party.
(6) Special nuclear or by-product materials within the meaning
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., and
any similar or substituted legislation or regulation or amendments to the
foregoing, including but not limited to any other laws coextensive with the
(7) Asbestos, sludge, infectious waste, chemotherapeutic waste
and incinerator ash, except as otherwise provided in any landfill agreement
to which the Waste Authority is a party.
(8) White goods in quantity and/or automobile tires in quantity.
(9) Any other material that the Waste Authority reasonably concludes
would require special handling or present an endangerment to a disposal facility,
the public health or safety or the environment.
The Waste System Authority of Western Montgomery County created by
the county for purposes relating to municipal waste disposal and/or the intermunicipal
agreement (IMA) and the County Waste Flow Ordinance.
WESTERN COUNTY SYSTEM or SYSTEM
The Solid Waste Management and Disposal System created by the county
for the Western District, and every aspect thereof, including but not limited
to equipment, transfer stations and resource recovery facilities, residue
disposal sites, contractual arrangements or other rights owned, acquired,
leased, placed under contract, constructed or assumed, operated or to be owned,
acquired, leased, placed under contract, constructed, operated or assumed
by the Waste Authority, the county or any agent, designee or contractor of
either in connection with the plan or the plan revision.
Refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, window air conditioners,
hot-water heaters and other major home appliances.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.103 and 53 P.S. § 4000.103.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.
B. All other words and phrases defined by Act
97 or Act 101[8] shall have the same meanings as set forth in Act 97 or Act 101,
as they may hereinafter be amended or supplemented by legislation regarding
municipal waste management or planning, or as set forth in the IMA. To the
extent that any definition herein varies from the definition in the IMA, the
definition in the IMA shall control.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq. and 53
P.S. § 4000.101 et seq., respectively.
A. Licensing. No person who is not duly licensed
or deemed to be licensed by the Waste Authority may collect or transport municipal
waste located or generated within the municipality. This waste collection
or transportation license shall be a county license issued by the Waste Authority.
within this municipality, all municipal waste collectors and all municipal
waste transporters shall comply with the county ordinance, this chapter and
the other municipal waste flow ordinances and all rules and regulations pertaining
to the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste
as may be hereafter promulgated by the Waste Authority. Delivery by such collectors
or transporters to the Western County System of unacceptable waste, nonprocessible
waste, except for white goods, and waste from unapproved sources is prohibited.
C. Administration. Licenses hereunder shall be
issued and revoked by the Waste Authority and administered by it. Any collectors
or transporters who fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall
be subject to any applicable sanctions in addition to the revocation of their
A. Delivery to Western County System. Except as provided in Subsections B and C below, all acceptable waste generated within this municipality shall be delivered to the Western County System, and all acceptable waste collectors and transporters shall deliver and dispose of all acceptable waste collected or generated within municipality to solid waste facilities designated in the plan or plan revision at one or more points of entry into the Western County System as designated from time to time by the Waste Authority.
B. Disposal at other sites. Disposal of municipal
waste collected or generated within the municipality may occur at other sites
only as permitted by rule, regulation, ordinance or order duly issued by the
Waste Authority or by the written agreement of the Waste Authority.
C. Recycling. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
prohibit source separation or recycling or to affect any sites at which source
A. Compliance with Waste Authority regulations.
The collection, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal waste
present or generated within the municipality shall be subject to such further
reasonable rules and regulations as may from time to time be promulgated by
the Waste Authority, including, without limitation, regulations related to
the operation, management and administration of the Western County System;
applications and standards for licensing requirements for payment bonds or
other payment security, including but not limited to meeting liability insurance
requirements; fees to be charged for such licensing; the terms of licenses;
procedures; recordkeeping; transportation routes; payment for services; billing
for shortfalls; sanctions for nonpayment, and other matters.
B. Adoption of regulations. Rules and regulations
adopted by the Waste Authority for the Western County System shall be deemed
rules and regulations adopted under this chapter.
C. Consistency of regulations with this chapter
and other laws. No rules or regulations adopted by the municipality pursuant
to this chapter shall be in violation of or inconsistent with the provisions
of this chapter, the other municipal waste flow ordinances, the County Waste
Flow Ordinance, the plan, the plan revision, the provisions and purposes of
Act 97, Act 101[1] or regulations adopted thereunder or such other laws, regulations
or requirements as may be enacted by the United States of America, the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources or
the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board governing municipal waste planning,
collection, storage, transportation, processing or disposal.
D. Enforcement of waste flow control. Enforcement
of waste flow control and the terms of and any duties established pursuant
to the County Waste Flow Ordinance, the other municipal waste flow ordinances
and this chapter will be the responsibility of the county or the Waste Authority
and, if requested by the county or the Waste Authority, with the cooperation
of the municipalities.
All generators of municipal waste and all municipal waste collectors
and municipal waste transporters, and landfill operators, any transfer station
operators or any other parties involved in the collection, transportation,
processing or disposal of municipal waste of the municipality shall cooperate
in the taking and preparation of an annual survey to be conducted by an engineering
consultant designated by the Waste Authority.
A. No person shall enter into any contract or
conduct any other activity concerning the collection, transportation, processing
or disposal of municipal waste in municipality in contravention of the terms
of the County Waste Flow Ordinance, this chapter or any rules and regulations
B. Recycling. Nothing contained in this chapter
shall interfere with the operation of any program for recycling.
C. This chapter shall be construed consistently
with Act 97 and Act 101.[1]
The county has created the Waste Authority to administer the terms of
the County Waste Flow Ordinance and to operate and administer the Western
A. Unlawful conduct. It shall be unlawful for
(1) Violate, cause or assist in the violation
of any provision of this chapter, any rule, regulation or order promulgated
hereunder or any rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Waste Authority
or the county consistent with this chapter.
(2) Transport, process, treat, transfer or dispose
of, or cause to be processed, treated, transferred or disposed of, municipal
waste generated within the municipality, except as provided for in this chapter.
(3) Collect or transport municipal waste present
or generated within the municipality without a valid license for collection
or transportation issued by the Waste Authority.
(4) Hinder, obstruct, prevent or interfere with
the municipality, the Waste Authority or the county, or their personnel, in
the performance of any duty under this chapter or in the enforcement of this
(5) Act in a manner that is contrary to Act 97
or Act 101,[1] regulations promulgated thereunder, the plan, the plan revision,
this chapter, the county ordinance, rules or regulations promulgated under
this chapter or the county ordinance or the terms of licenses issued thereunder.
B. Public nuisance. Any unlawful conduct set forth in Subsection A hereof shall constitute a public nuisance.
Any person who engages in unlawful conduct, as defined in this chapter,
shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and not less than $500
for each offense and, in default of payment thereof, shall be committed to
the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that there is
a violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
Upon finding that any person has engaged in unlawful conduct, as defined in this chapter, the Waste Authority may revoke any license issued to that person in accordance with § 93-2 of this chapter, and the Waste Authority may deny any subsequent application by that person for a license pursuant to § 93-2 hereof.
A. Restraining violations. In addition to any other remedy provided in this chapter, the Waste Authority or the county may institute a suit in equity where unlawful conduct or a public nuisance exists, as defined in this chapter, for an injunction to restrain a violation of this chapter or rules, regulations, orders or the terms of license promulgated or issued pursuant to this chapter. In addition to an injunction, the court may impose penalties as authorized by § 93-9 hereof.
B. Concurrent remedies. The penalties and remedies
prescribed by this chapter shall be deemed concurrent. The existence or exercise
of any remedy shall not prevent the Waste Authority or the county from exercising
any other remedy provided by this chapter or otherwise provided at law or
A. Entry into intermunicipal agreement (IMA).
In order to implement the intent and terms of this chapter, the municipality,
pursuant to the authority of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Act of
July 12, 1972, No. 180, codified at 53 P.S. §§ 481 to 490 (Purdon's
1974 and Purdon's Supplement 1990),[1] and Article IX, Section 5, of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania,[2] has determined to enter into the IMA between the municipality,
the county, the Waste Authority and other municipalities within the Western
District, together with such changes consistent with this chapter, if any,
as may be approved by the officials of the parties executing the same, such
execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval.
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
B. Terms and implementation of IMA. As more fully
set forth in the IMA and this chapter:
(1) Terms of IMA. In the IMA:
(a) The Waste Authority agrees to arrange through
the Western County System for the provision of municipal waste disposal facilities
for the economical and environmentally sound disposal of acceptable waste
generated within the municipalities.
(b) The municipalities state that they have enacted
a municipal waste flow ordinance, in a form substantially similar to this
chapter, which requires that all acceptable waste be delivered to the Western
(c) The county and the Waste Authority agree to
enact or cause to be enacted rules and regulations and to enforce or cause
to be enforced this chapter and the County Waste Flow Ordinance and the parallel
municipal waste flow ordinances.
(d) The municipalities agree to cooperate with
the Waste Authority in the enforcement of the IMA and all ordinances enacted
pursuant to the IMA; provided, however, that to the extent the enforcement
of such ordinances can properly be delegated to it, the Waste Authority shall
undertake the primary responsibility for such enforcement, and the municipalities
thereby agree, cooperatively, to exercise their powers to accomplish the objectives
of the IMA.
(2) Duration of term of the IMA. The term of the
IMA shall commence on the date thereof and shall terminate on the 10th anniversary
of the date the Western County System becomes operational.
(3) Purpose and objectives of the IMA. The purpose
of the IMA is to provide a mechanism to implement and operate the Western
(4) Financial obligations under the IMA. During
the term of the IMA, municipalities (to the extent that they engage in the
collection or transportation of municipal waste or contract with other persons
for the collection or disposal of municipal waste) and other persons using
the Western County System shall pay to the Waste Authority, on a monthly basis,
the appropriate per-ton tipping fees, plus any other charges payable, as specified
by the Waste Authority, for all tonnage delivered or caused to be delivered
to the Western County System in accordance with Article III of the IMA. Municipalities
shall provide certain moneys for operating expenses of the Authority to the
extent not paid for through tipping fees on the basis of adjusted population
C. Execution. Appropriate officers of this municipality
are authorized and directed to execute the IMA on behalf of this municipality.
D. Findings under Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act. As required by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of July 12, 1972,
P.L. 762, No. 180, as amended,[3] the following matters are specifically found and determined:
(1) The conditions of this agreement are set forth
in the IMA.
(2) The duration of the terms of this agreement
are set forth in Section 801 of the IMA.
(3) The purpose of the IMA is to cooperate with
the county or Waste Authority and other municipalities in implementing the
plan and the plan revision.
(4) The agreement will be financed through tipping
fees imposed on users of the Western County System and through the budgeting
and appropriation of funds by the municipality, as necessary to meet the expenses
of the Waste Authority.
(5) The organizational structure necessary to
implement the agreement is set forth in the IMA, with which the current officers
of municipality shall cooperate.
(6) The manner in which property, real or personal,
shall be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of is as set forth in the
(7) The agreement contemplates cooperation with
the county or Waste Authority, which entities are empowered to enter into
contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including
social security, for their employees.
The terms and provisions of this chapter are to be liberally construed
so as best to achieve and to effectuate the goals and purposes hereof. This
chapter shall be construed, in pari materia with Act 97 and Act 101.[1]
The municipality will take such actions as are necessary to comply with
the terms of the IMA and to fulfill its obligations thereunder.