35 Pa. Stat. § 6018.508

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 6018.508 - Coal combustion ash and boiler slag
(a) Beneficial use, reuse or reclamation of coal ash shall include, but not be limited to, the following if they comply with subsections (b), (c) and (d):
(1) The uses which are the subject of Federal Procurement Guidelines issued by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( Public Law 89-272, 42 U.S.C.§ 6962 ).
(2) The extraction or recovery of materials and compounds contained within coal ash.
(3) Those uses in which the physical or chemical characteristics are altered prior to use or during placement.
(4) The use of bottom ash as an anti-skid material.
(5) The use as a raw material for another product.
(6) The use for mine subsidence, mine fire control and mine sealing.
(7) The use as structural fill, soil substitutes or soil additives.
(b) The department may, in its discretion, establish siting criteria and design and operating standards governing the storage of coal ash prior to beneficial use, reuse or reclamation.
(c) The department may, in its discretion, establish siting criteria and design and operating standards governing the use of coal ash as structural fill, soil substitutes and soil additives. A person using coal ash for such purposes shall notify the department prior to such use.
(d) The department may, in its discretion, certify coal ash that is used as structural fill, soil substitutes and soil additives.
(1) Certification shall issue after the department has considered the following data:
(i) The facility from which the coal ash is originating.
(ii) The combustion and operating characteristics of the facility.
(iii) The physical and chemical properties of the coal ash, including leachability.
(2) Generators of certified coal ash shall notify the department whenever the data referred to in paragraph (1) are or have been significantly altered. At such time, recertification will be required.

35 P.S. § 6018.508

1980 , July 7, P.L. 380, No. 97, § 508, added 1986, Dec. 12, P.L. 1556, No. 168, § 3, effective in 60 days.