§ 284.102. Nature of a general permit; substitution for individual applications and permits.
(a) When the Department issues a general permit for a regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste processing facility on either a regional or Statewide basis, persons or municipalities who intend to process regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste in accordance with the terms and conditions of the general permit may do so without filing an individual application for, and first obtaining, an individual permit.
(b) The use of an applicable general permit shall satisfy the requirement to obtain a permit in § 271.101 (relating to permit requirement) if the following are met:
(1) The processing activities are conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable general permit.
(2) The person or municipality conducting the processing activities is authorized to operate under the general permit at the time that the Department issued the general permit or under the applicable general permit in accordance with § 284.133 (relating to registration).
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Department may require a person or municipality authorized by a general permit to apply for, and obtain, an individual permit if a general permit is not available to conduct an activity, when the person or municipality is not in compliance with the conditions of a general permit or is conducting an activity that harms or presents a threat of harm to the health, safety or welfare of the people or the environment of this Commonwealth.
Source The provisions of this § 284.102 amended November 7, 2014, effective November 8, 2014, 44 Pa.B. 7021. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (273294).
Cross References This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 284.114 (relating to approval or denial of an application).
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