SB 497 — An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions.

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497 PRINTER'STHE NO.GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of 2017 No.

748INTRODUCED THEBY GENERALVOGEL, ASSEMBLYBARTOLOTTA, OFWARD, PENNSYLVANIARESCHENTHALER, SENATEVULAKOVICH, BILLWHITE, SessionYAW, ofSCARNATI, HUTCHINSON, MENSCH AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 10, 2017 No.REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MARCH 10, 2017 AN ACT Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal;

INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, BARTOLOTTA, WARD, RESCHENTHALER, VULAKOVICH, WHITE, YAW, SCARNATI, HUTCHINSON, MENSCH AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 10, 2017 SENATOR YAW, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS AMENDED, APRIL 25, 2017 AN ACT Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal;

requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal waste;facilities;

imposingand dutieslicenses onfor personstransportation andof municipalities;oushazardous granting powers to municipalities;

authorizing thethees; Environmental Quality Board and the Department of Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations, standards and procedures;

Environmental Quality Board and the Department of Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations, standards and procedures;

The definitions of "processing" and "residual <-- waste" in section 103 of the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, are amended and the section is amended by adding a definition to read:

SECTION 1.

THE DEFINITION OF "RESIDUAL WASTE" IN SECTION 103 <-- OF THE ACT OF JULY 7, 1980 (P.L.380, NO.97), KNOWN AS THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, IS AMENDED AND THE SECTION IS AMENDED BY ADDING A DEFINITION TO READ:

* * * "Current generation BLAST FURNACE, iron and steel slag." <-- Existing and future iron and steel slag that has been generated at an operating steel mill and has not been:

* * * "Processing." <-- (1) The term includes any of the following:

20170SB0497PN0748 - 2 - "Residual waste." (1) The term includes any of the following:

(i) Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste including solid, liquid, semisolid, or 20170SB0497PN0497 - 2 - contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations [and any].

(i) Coal refuse as defined in the "Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act." ["Residual waste" shall not include treatment] (ii) Treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried on pursuant to and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant to "The Clean Streams Law." (iii) Current generation BLAST FURNACE, iron and <-- steel slag if:

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