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Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills - 27 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6301

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                                CHAPTER 63
                               DISPOSAL FEE
     Sec.
     6301.  Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills.
     6302.  Deposit of disposal fee.
     6303.  Surcharge.
     6304.  Sunset.
     6305.  Allocation for Environmental Stewardship Fund.
     6306.  Adjustments.

        Enactment.  Chapter 63 was added June 29, 2002, P.L.596,
     No.90, effective in ten days.
     § 6301.  Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills.
        (a)  Imposition.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection
     (b), each operator of a municipal waste landfill shall pay, in
     the same manner prescribed in Chapter 7 of the act of July 28,
     1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
     Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, a disposal fee of $4 per ton
     for all solid waste disposed of at the municipal waste landfill.
     The fee established in this section shall apply to process
     residue and nonprocessible waste from a resource recovery
     facility that is disposed of at the municipal waste landfill and
     is in addition to the fee established in section 701 of the
     Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act. The
     fee established by this subsection shall not be subject to the
     provisions of section 701(d) of the Municipal Waste Planning,
     Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.
        (b)  Exceptions.--The fee established under this section
     shall not apply to the following:
            (1)  Process residue and nonprocessible waste that is
        permitted for beneficial use or for use as alternate daily
        cover at a municipal waste landfill.
            (2)  Solid waste from a hazardous waste treatment
        facility that is converted into nonhazardous waste and
        disposed of at a municipal waste landfill.
        (c)  Operator.--For purposes of imposition of the disposal
     fee under this section, the term "operator" shall be defined
     consistent with the definition of "operator" in the Municipal
     Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act and shall
     include municipalities or municipal authorities that operate
     disposal facilities.
     (July 13, 2005, P.L.213, No.45, eff. imd.)

        2005 Amendment.  Section 7 of Act 45 provided that the
     amendment of section 6301 shall be retroactive to July 9, 2002.
     Section 8 of Act 45 provided that the amendment of section 6301
     shall be considered as a codification of the law in effect on
     July 9, 2002.
        Cross References.  Section 6301 is referred to in sections
     6302, 6303 of this title.

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