County planners flag multiple engineering, regulatory gaps in proposed Mahoning Township solar park

Carbon County planning staff told the Planning Commission that a proposed commercial solar energy generation facility in Mahoning Township — identified in the record as a Milo Enterprises project on Ashtown Road — lacks key engineering, permitting and survey documentation and raises potential floodplain, stormwater and emergency-access concerns.

“I recommend plan rejection of the project as proposed” if the noted conditions are not adequately addressed, Carbon County planning staff said, listing missing items that county and state agencies will require before final approval.

The county review said the application proposes about 10.08 acres of earth disturbance, 5,400 ground-mounted panels shown on the submitted plan, and testimony before Mahoning Township supervisors estimating roughly 5,800–5,900 panels. The parcel lies largely in mapped FEMA floodplain and contains an existing sewer easement and an overhead PPL utility corridor. County staff said the Mahoning Township conditional-use approval does not remove the applicant’s responsibility to provide the documentation required by township and state rules.

County reviewers flagged a list of missing or incomplete items including: a complete perimeter survey…