Sec. 3.500. Transfer station.
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Sec. 3.500. Transfer station. "Transfer station" means a site or facility that accepts waste for temporary storage or consolidation and further transfer to a waste disposal, treatment or storage facility. "Transfer station" includes a site where waste is transferred from
(1)a rail carrier to a motor vehicle or water carrier;
(2)a water carrier to a rail carrier or motor vehicle;
(3)a motor vehicle to a rail carrier, water carrier or motor vehicle;
(4)a rail carrier to a rail carrier, if the waste is removed from a rail car; or
(5)a water carrier to a water carrier, if the waste is removed from a vessel.
"Transfer station" does not include
(i)a site where waste is not removed from the transfer container, or
(ii)a site that accepts or receives open top units containing only clean construction and demolition debris, or
(iii)a site that stores waste on a refuse motor vehicle or in the vehicle's detachable refuse receptacle for no more than 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, but only if the detachable refuse receptacle is completely covered or enclosed and is stored on the same site as the refuse motor vehicle that transported the receptacle to the site.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to be less stringent than or inconsistent with the provisions of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-480) or regulations adopted under it.