State Specific Policy Resources: Pennsylvania

Auxiliary Containers

2019 Pennsylvania SB 712 (budget bill) Section 14 includes preemption of local regulations on "single use plastics, reusable plastics, auxiliary containers, wrapping or polystyrene containers" until after the Independent Fiscal Office and Legislative Budget and Finance Committee submit reports to the legislature, no later than July 1, 2020

Electronics Recycling

• Electronics Recycling Law - Pa. Unconsolidated Stat. 2010 Act 108 P.L. 1083 Covered Device Recycling Act; 35 P.S. § 6031.101 to 35 P.S. § 6031.702
• PA Dept. of Environmental Protection
• Electronics Recycling Management Program
• Electronic Recycling Facilities

Materials Theft

• Metal Scrap Law
• Pa. Unconsolidated Statutes Act of October 9, 2008, P.L. 1408, No. 113, Cl. 27: Scrap Materials Theft Prevention Act - Enactment
  • Pa. Unconsolidated Statutes Act of June 26, 2014, P.L. 799, No. 79, Cl. 27: Scrap material theft prevention act - commercial accounts, restricted materials, statewide registry of scrap processors and recycling facilities, duty to register, criminal registry and penalties
• Pa. Consolidated Statutes Title 18, Ch. 39, Subch. B, § 3935.1. Theft of secondary metal; 18 Pa.C.S. § 3935.1.
• Pa. Consolidated Statutes Title 75, Ch. 37, Subch. A, § 3723. Theft of catalytic converter; 75 Pa.C.S. § 3723 (as created by 2022 Pennsylvania HB 2398)
• ISRI Summary of Pennsylvania Metal Scrap Statute (Nov 4, 2022)

State Superfund (SREA Equivalent)

• Pa. Unconsolidated Stat. 1988 Act 108, P.L. 756, No. 108 Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act; 35 P.S. § 6020.101 to 35 P.S. § 6020.1305
• Section 701.(b)(5) exempts from "arranger" liability any party that generates scrap materials that are transferred to a facility for the purposes of reclamation or reuse, provided certain criteria are satisfied (subsections (b)(5)(i) through (b)(5)(v)).

Stormwater Permitting

• Pennsylvania DEP - Industrial Stormwater
• Document listing for PAG-03 NPDES General Permit - Industrial Activity
• Permit Number PAG-03 - Sample Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activity
  Effective: 03/24/23; Expires:03/23/28