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Council hears warning on upcoming EPA MS4 stormwater requirements; city says $2.5 million grant will start work
Summary
Councilor Tassoni cautioned that reduced professional services funding could hamper compliance with a forthcoming EPA MS4 stormwater permit; Mayor Nicholson said the city recently received about $2.5 million from the Commonwealth (passed through MassDEP from the Long Island Sound settlement) to begin necessary upgrades.
At an informal Gardner City Council budget session June 9, Councilor Tassoni warned that the city may face mandatory municipal stormwater retrofits under the federal MS4 permit and urged funding for professional services; the mayor responded that the city has received about $2.5 million in state pass-through funds to begin that work.
Tassoni told councilors the engineering department’s professional-services line was cut from $18,000 to $15,000 compared with FY25 and said the additional money would fund “mandatory stormwater treatment improvement” design and installation once the EPA MS4 permit is finalized. “That permit is still in draft at the EPA, but once it's finalized, we'll have 90 days to submit a new…
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