1. Any garbage, refuse, sludge from an industrial or other waste water treatment plant, medical or biohazard waste, electronic waste, sludge from a water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility 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 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
A. Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in morbidity in either an individual or the total population.
B. Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
2. The term "hazardous waste" shall not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, 52 P.S. § 30.51 et seq., and shall not include treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants, the disposal of which is being carried on pursuant to and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant to the Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
