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Borough receives draft NPDES permit with new PFAS monitoring; Weis Road pump station construction set to begin
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Public works reported a draft NPDES permit from PA DEP requiring quarterly PFAS monitoring and initial cyanide monitoring, planned construction for Weis Road pump station starting March 9, and upcoming sanitary sewer repairs and PennBEst financing milestones.
Borough public works staff told the council they received a draft NPDES permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection that includes new monitoring requirements for PFAS compounds (including PFOS and PFBS) and other analytes. The draft also calls for initial monitoring of free cyanide in the first year of the permit, with the possibility of effluent limitations in later years, and quarterly monitoring for additional PFAS‑related parameters, staff said.
Councilman David DeGruvio said the Weis Road Pump Station construction is planned to begin March 9 and crews are preparing the site. He also described an upcoming West Main Street sanitary sewer main repair that will be coordinated with KB Construction and borough public works, and noted continued communications with PennBEst ahead of a May request to advertise bids for the Cannon & Poplar sanitary sewer upgrade and the Shammy Stream restoration project.
DeGruvio described routine winter maintenance and painting work at the wastewater treatment plant and suggested potential community volunteer support for some interior painting tasks. He said staff will return with permit details and that the borough will continue to engage engineers and regulators on any proposed effluent limits tied to the draft permit.
