| Waste Type |
Permit # |
Description |
| Antifreeze |
WMGR011 (pdf) |
Reconditioning of spent ethylene glycol antifreeze using a mobile processing unit. |
| Asphalt Wastes |
NA |
Industry-Wide Coproduct for Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (pdf) |
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WMGR028 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of baghouse fines and/or scrubber pond precipitates, generated by hot-mix asphalt plants, for use as: (i) an aggregate in roadway construction, (ii) a soil additive, (iii) a soil conditioner, or (iv) a component or ingredient in the manufacturing of construction products. |
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WMGR070 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of baghouse fines from air pollution devices generated at hot-mixed asphalt plants as a construction material or as levee core impermeable fill and pipe bedding. |
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WMGR079 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of waste asphalt shingles as an aggregate in the production of hot mix asphalt paving material and as a sub-base for road and driveway construction. |
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WMGR090 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) materials as roadway construction material. |
| Coal Ash and Combustion Wastes |
WMGR050 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of a mixture of 75 percent coal ash and 25 percent ash material from the incineration of waste carpet scraps for use as an antiskid material. |
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WMGR052 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of Low Permeability Cementitious material (a mixture of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) sludge, coal ash, and lime) for use as a construction material and for mine sealing, in mine fire and subsidence control, and for mine reclamation. |
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WMGR105 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of bottom ash generated from the burning of coal, bark, wood and pulp and paper mill sludge as construction material, antiskid, and in reclamation of active and abandoned mines. |
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WMGR111 (pdf) |
Processing (mixing or blending) at waste generation or mine sites of: (i) synthetic gypsum from forced oxidation flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems generated at coal-fired electric power plants, (ii) coal ash, and (iii) approved alkaline agent to produce for beneficial use as a stabilized FGD-gypsum material, for mine reclamation purposes. |
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WMGR125 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of a mixture of dry flue gas desulfurization waste (FGD waste) and coal ash from coal-fired power plants for reclamation of coal mine sites. |
| Contaminated Soil |
WMGR096 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of regulated fill when moved offsite or received onsite in accordance with DEP Guidance Document 258-2182-773 (Management of Fill). Application for Regulated Fill General Permit 2540-PM-LRWM0403 |
| Dredge |
WMGR046 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of drinking water treatment sludges, yard waste, bark ash, coal ash, agricultural residues, waste cardboard and paper, sludge generated by paper of pulp mills, waste from vegetable food processing, unused sands, waste foundry sand that is authorized for use as a soil additive or soil substitute under General Permit Number WMGR019, spent mushroom substrate and freshwater, brackish and marine dredged material use as manufactured soil or soil amendments. |
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WMGR072 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of dewatered dredge waste for use as a roadbed material in roadway construction. |
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WMGR083 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of dewatered dredge as a roadway construction material; soil amendment; landscaping soil; higher-grade topsoil; lightweight aggregate in concrete; stream bank stabilization or scour protection; and a cover, cap, or other component of a remediation or closure project. |
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WMGR085 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of freshwater, brackish and marine dredge material, cement kiln dust, lime kiln dust, coal ash, and cogeneration ash by screening, mechanical blending and compaction in mine reclamation. |
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WMGR093 (pdf) |
Processing of: (a) dewatered dredge waste blended with commercial products (i.e., gravel and virgin sand, clean and uncontaminated topsoil, etc.), (b) dewatered dredge waste blended with waste-derived materials (i.e., crushed, clean and segregated concrete and asphalt, fly ash, foundry sand, lime kiln dust, cement kiln dust, etc.), (c) dewatered dredge waste blended with glass waste unsuitable for recycling, and (d) dewatered dredge waste blended with steel slag, for beneficial use as: (1) an aggregate, a sub-base or sub-grade material for roadway construction, and (2) a lightweight aggregate in concrete or landscaping blocks. |
| Drinking Water Plant Treatment Sludge |
WMGR017 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of drinking water plant treatment sludge for use as a soil additive on agricultural lands. |
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WMGR046 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of drinking water treatment sludges, yard waste, bark ash, coal ash, agricultural residues, waste cardboard and paper, sludge generated by paper of pulp mills, waste from vegetable food processing, unused sands, waste foundry sand that is authorized for use as a soil additive or soil substitute under General Permit Number WMGR019, spent mushroom substrate and freshwater, brackish and marine dredged material use as manufactured soil or soil amendments. |
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WMGR088 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of drinking water treatment plant sludge for use as a soil additive on agricultural lands. |
| Electronic Waste |
WMGR081 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of electronic equipment and components by sorting, disassembling or mechanical processing. |
| Food Processing Wastes |
WMGR061 (pdf) |
Processing prior to beneficial use of food processing and agricultural waste, solid and liquid rendering waste, offal, animal parts, animal feed waste, potato and grain mill processing waste, and materials used to pack the waste (cardboard and polyethylene sewage sludge, mixed plastics, waste tires, and pre-sorted municipal waste) and spent mushroom substrate for use as fuel, fuel feedstock or as an ingredient in fertilizer. |
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WMGR108 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of chocolate confectionary residuals and cocoa bean shells as ingredients in fertilizer and incorporation into mushroom soil and cocoa bean shells as mulch. |
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Processing of used restaurant oil, yellow grease, grease trap waste, oils and animal fat from food processing or rendering plants, waste from ethanol production, soybean soap stock, float grease (from wastewater treatment plants), and off-specification vegetable oils ("oil and grease waste") to produce biofuel, including biodiesel, for beneficial use as fuel. Registration Form 2540-PM-BWM0016 (eLibrary) |
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Beneficial use of: (a) residential septage, (b) food processing residuals and (c) restaurant grease trap waste, hereinafter referred to as “blended waste” materials, as a soil conditioner or a fertilizer for agricultural purposes. The blended waste shall be treated to non-exceptional quality biosolid values. |
| Foundry Waste |
WMGR003 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of spent fired "ceramic" wastes (i.e., colloidal silica) generated from the lost wax casting process by a ferrous metal foundry, (Standard Industrial Classification Code 3324), as an aggregate, road base material, pipe bedding material or as a roadway construction material. |
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WMGR016 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of waste molding sand generated by gray and ductile iron foundries for use as pipe bedding. |
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WMGR019 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of waste foundry sand for use as roadway construction material, a component or ingredient in the manufacturing of concrete or asphalt products, a soil additive or soil substitute, and non-roadway construction. |
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WMGR098 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of foundry sand and sand system dust generated by ferrous metal foundries and steel for use as construction material, or as soil additive or soil amendment. |
| Oil Bearing Wastes |
WMGR023 (pdf) |
Reconditioning of waste oil for reuse by generator. |
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WMGR029 (pdf) |
Operation of transfer facility for the processing of waste oil (including waste oil mixed with hazardous waste), spent antifreeze, used oil filters and waste oil/water mixture. |
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WMGR039 (pdf) |
Processing prior to beneficial use of the operation of a transfer facility and rail transloading facility for the processing of waste oil, waste oil/water mixtures, and asphalt condensate. |
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WMGR040 (pdf) |
Processing of waste oil (including waste oil mixed with hazardous waste), spent antifreeze and waste oil/water mixtures from motor vehicles to rail cars for transport (rail transloading). |
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WMGR066 (pdf) |
Processing of waste oil, virgin fuel oil tank bottoms, spent antifreeze and waste oil/water mixture via operation of a transfer facility. |
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WMGR091 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of used oil filters as a scrap metal and waste oil generated from the filters. |
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WMGR104 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of used oil filters as a scrap metal and waste oil generated from the filters. |
| Paper Mill Sludge |
WMGR002 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of paper and pulp mill wastewater treatment sludge for use as a soil additive to facilitate revegetation on disturbed land at permitted and abandoned mine sites. |
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WMGR046 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of drinking water treatment sludges, yard waste, bark ash, coal ash, agricultural residues, waste cardboard and paper, sludge generated by paper of pulp mills, waste from vegetable food processing, unused sands, waste foundry sand that is authorized for use as a soil additive or soil substitute under General Permit Number WMGR019, spent mushroom substrate and freshwater, brackish and marine dredged material use as manufactured soil or soil amendments. |
| Slag |
WMGR042 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of slag fines from basic oxygen process (BOP) for use as construction material. |
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WMGR047 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of the residual aggregate generated from the extraction of stainless steel from stainless steel slag for use as an agricultural liming agent, an ingredient in specialty fertilizers and an ingredient in mine grouting material. |
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WMGR065 (pdf) Northeast Region Only |
Beneficial use of the following types of residual wastes related to the manufacturing of iron and steel, refractories, foundry sands, slags, air emission control solids, and the media associated with their excavation as construction fill at an Act 2 remediation site. |
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WMGR082 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of steel and iron slag and refractory bricks mined from an existing slag pile for use as a construction material. |
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WMGR101 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of steel slag, iron slag, and refractory bricks that were co-disposed with slag, reclaimed asphalt pavement materials (RAP) in quantities greater than 10 cubic yards and uncontaminated brick, block and concrete from sidewalk and highway projects as a construction material. |
| Spent Mushroom Substrate |
WMGR046 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of drinking water treatment sludges, yard waste, bark ash, coal ash, agricultural residues, waste cardboard and paper, sludge generated by paper of pulp mills, waste from vegetable food processing, unused sands, waste foundry sand that is authorized for use as a soil additive or soil substitute under General Permit Number WMGR019, spent mushroom substrate and freshwater, brackish and marine dredged material use as manufactured soil or soil amendments. |
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WMGR100 (pdf) |
Transfer and/or composting of spent mushroom substrate (SMS), a residual waste, prior to its beneficial use, through construction and operation of storage and composting facilities, and where applicable, the management of resulting wastewater through construction and operation of wastewater storage and land application. |
| Tires |
WMGR038 (pdf) |
Processing waste tires and tire-derived material for fuel and consumer products. |
| Wastewater Treatment Sludges |
WMGR069 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of wastewater treatment sludge generated from meat processing operations as top dressing or soil conditioner on agricultural lands. |
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WMGR074 (pdf) |
Processing prior to beneficial use of biosolids, water treatment plant sludge, paper pulp sludge and lime neutralized industrial water sludge to be blended with thermally treated soil as landscaping soil materials. |
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WMGR084 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of wastewater treatment sludge from the production of Formaldehyde, Trimethyloethane (TME), Dimethyloproprionic acid (DMPA), and Calcium Formate as a soil additive for agricultural utilization and land reclamation, and as an ingredient to produce other soil additives. |
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WMGR086 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of wastewater treatment sludge generated from leather production as a soil conditioner for land application on agricultural lands and mine sites. |
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WMGR099 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of the combined domestic sewage and industrial wastewater treatment sludge for agricultural utilization and mine reclamation by land application as a soil conditioner or an effective fertilizer. |
| Miscellaneous |
WMGR013 (pdf) |
Processing (i.e., sorting, de-reeling, shearing, stripping, and sweating of lead sheathed cables and other lead materials) and beneficial use of waste telecommunication cables as a raw or reclaimed materials. |
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WMGR024 (pdf) |
Processing and recycling spent cleaning solvent back to original form. |
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WMGR025 (pdf) |
Composting and beneficial use of the following source-separated wastes: agricultural waste other than mortalities, butcher waste other than whole carcass, food processing waste, pre-consumer and post-consumer food residuals, yard waste, land clearing and grubbing material, untreated wood waste, gypsum wallboard, paper, cardboard, waxed cardboard, virgin paper mill sludge and spent mushroom substrate. The beneficial uses of the finished compost approved in this permit are for use, marketing or distribution as a soil conditioner, soil amendment, fertilizer, mulch or for erosion control. The finished compost is not considered a waste when it has satisfied the conditions of this permit and is ready for use, marketing or distribution as a soil conditioner, soil amendment, fertilizer, mulch or for erosion control. |
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WMGR031 (pdf) |
Retorting of metallic grinding swarfs and spent catalysts. |
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WMGR053 (pdf) |
Processing prior to beneficial use of recyclable containers from off-specification or out-of-date consumer commodity-type materials for use as raw material. |
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WMGR064 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of natural gas well brines for roadway pre-wetting (brines mixed with antiskid materials prior to roadway application), anti-icing (brines applied directly to roadway and walkway surfaces prior to precipitation event), and for roadway de-icing purposes (brine is applied directly to roadway surfaces after precipitation event). |
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WMGR067 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of dried holding pond sediment consisting of filter backwash, coal pile runoff, river silt, boiler and cooling tower blowdown as a soil additive to facilitate revegetation on disturbed land at permitted and abandoned mine sites. |
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WMGR080 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of weak alkali liquor as an alkaline material to treat acid mine drainage wastewater. |
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WMGR089 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of lime kiln dust as a soil amendment, for stabilization/solidification of soils and sludges, treatment of acid mine drainage, alkaline activator in cements, grouts in mine reclamation, for roadway subbase, stabilization and conditioning, as filler in agricultural and construction products, and as construction material in nonresidential projects. |
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WMGR094 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of cement kiln dust in road construction applications for the stabilization of road subgrade, and for embankment and backfill construction. |
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WMGR097 (pdf) |
Processing and beneficial use of residual and/or municipal waste for R&D activities. |
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WMGR103 (pdf) |
Processing by (i) grinding, mixing, screening and biological decomposition of tree stumps, roots, leaf waste, stump grindings, and grubbing material for the beneficial use as a mulch material, and (ii) grinding, screening and mixing of freshwater dredged material from Seyferts basin, spent mushroom substrate, leaf waste, and waste foundry sand (authorized under WMGR019 or WMGR098) with uncontaminated soil for beneficial use as a manufactured topsoil. Freshwater dredged material from basins other than Seyferts must meet the definition of clean fill and comply with the requirements provided in the Department’s Guidance Document, "Management of Fill, Document No. 258-2182-773" |
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WMGR113 (pdf) |
Beneficial use of non-hazardous coal tar and oil-contaminated waste as alternate fuels to be combined with waste coal/coal to produce specification fuel for circulating fluidized bed boilers (CFB). This general permit also authorizes the beneficial use of the resulting ash generated by co-firing the approved alternative fuels with waste coal/coal, hereinafter referred to as “ash”, for the beneficial uses authorized for coal ash in accordance with 25 Pa. Code, §§287.661-666 (relating to beneficial use of coal ash). |
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The processing of 1) spent polyethylene glycol slurry containing silicon and silicon carbide or diamond for beneficial use in fresh slurry and in production of silicon ingots and 2) spent aluminum cold rolling fluids for reuse as aluminum cold rolling fluid |
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Beneficial use of wastes as alternative fuels to be combined with waste coal/coal to produce specification fuel for CFB/BFB/PC facilities and beneficial use of resulting ash at active or abandoned mine sites. |
