PENNSYLVANIA, May 7 - Section 103. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the

meanings given to them in this section:

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"Drill cuttings." Rock cuttings and related mineral residues

created during the drilling of wells pursuant to [the act of

December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), known as the "Oil and Gas

Act,"] 58 Pa.C.S. (relating to oil and gas) provided such

materials are disposed of at the well site and pursuant to

[section 206 of the "Oil and Gas Act."] 58 Pa.C.S. § 3216

(relating to well site restoration).

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"Hazardous waste." Any garbage, refuse, sludge from an

industrial or other waste water treatment plant, sludge from a

water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility,

drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated

with the exploration, development or production of crude oil,

natural gas or geothermal energy and other discarded material

including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material

resulting from municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional,

mining, or agricultural operations, and from community

activities, or any combination of the above, (but does not

include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid

or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial

discharges which are point sources subject to permits under §

402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86

Stat. 880) or source, special nuclear, or by-product material as

defined by the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68

Stat. 923)), which because of its quantity, concentration, or

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