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Consultant outlines Munhall stormwater obligations, suggests fee to fund pollution-reduction projects
Summary
LSSE presented the borough's MS4 inventory, pollution-reduction plan obligations and examples of stream-restoration projects, and described how a dedicated stormwater fee (measured in ERUs) could fund maintenance, capital work and PRP compliance.
Munhall Borough Council heard a presentation Jan. 14 from John Belinsky of LSSE about the borough's stormwater system, its MS4 permit obligations and options for paying for long-term maintenance and pollution-reduction projects.
Belinsky, the LSSE representative, said the borough's separate storm system includes roughly 97,000 linear feet of storm sewer pipe, about 45 outfalls and about 900 structures, and that the borough's watershed is considered a combined area for permitting purposes. “You have about 97,000 linear feet of separate storm sewers,” he said.
The presentation explained the borough's MS4 permit requires annual reporting on six minimum control measures (public education, public involvement, illicit discharge detection and elimination, construction site runoff control, post-construction stormwater management and pollution-prevention/good housekeeping). Belinsky described a…
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