Section 5. Authority of department.
The department is authorized:
(1) To collect and remove waste illegally deposited on
State forest and State park lands or abutting lands and to
ensure the proper disposal of these materials.
(2) To eliminate, in accordance with applicable
statutes, rules and regulations, unauthorized waste disposal
sites which have been created by the illegal disposal of
waste on State forest and State park lands or abutting lands,
in cooperation with the owners of those properties, when the
conditions on such properties are likely to affect the State
lands.
(3) To recycle, whenever practical, materials found in
the course of waste collection and removal.
(4) To place waste receptacles in appropriate places on
State forest and State park lands or abutting lands and to
arrange for the proper disposal and recycling of their
contents.
(5) To enforce laws and regulations which prohibit
unauthorized waste disposal and to cooperate with other
Commonwealth agencies and local agencies to enforce such laws
and regulations.
(6) To establish educational programs to increase public
awareness of the problem of unauthorized waste disposal and
to encourage recycling, waste reduction and proper waste
disposal.