Section 2035 - Authority of departmentThe department is authorized:
(1) To collect and remove waste illegally deposited on State forest and State park lands or abutting lands and to ensure the proper disposal of these materials.(2) To eliminate, in accordance with applicable statutes, rules and regulations, unauthorized waste disposal sites which have been created by the illegal disposal of waste on State forest and State park lands or abutting lands, in cooperation with the owners of those properties, when the conditions on such properties are likely to affect the State lands.(3) To recycle, whenever practical, materials found in the course of waste collection and removal.(4) To place waste receptacles in appropriate places on State forest and State park lands or abutting lands and to arrange for the proper disposal and recycling of their contents.(5) To enforce laws and regulations which prohibit unauthorized waste disposal and to cooperate with other Commonwealth agencies and local agencies to enforce such laws and regulations.(6) To establish educational programs to increase public awareness of the problem of unauthorized waste disposal and to encourage recycling, waste reduction and proper waste disposal.1998, Dec. 3, P.L. 946, No. 125, § 5, imd. effective.