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Lower Pottsgrove Authority says it has exited PA DEP corrective action plan after flow review
Summary
The Lower Pottsgrove Township Authority reported it is out of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Corrective Action Plan after engineers demonstrated no present or projected hydraulic overload based on high-resolution flow data; the solicitor will review whether a remediation fee should still be charged.
The Lower Pottsgrove Township Authority announced March 9 that it has exited the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Corrective Action Plan that had been in place since 2008.
Authority Manager Edward C. Wagner said the Authority is "out of the CAP which they have been in since 2008." Engineer Fred Ebert told the board DEP reviewed flow-meter information — one-minute increments at Sanatoga Pump Station and five-minute increments at Porter Road Pump Station over a year — and concluded there is neither an existing nor a projected hydraulic overload. Ebert said Lower Pottsgrove was the first municipality required to demonstrate peak-hour flows to secure CAP removal and that the data satisfied DEP's requirements.
The finding means the Authority can return to standard procedures for flow management rather than the special measures required under the CAP, Ebert said. Wagner asked Solicitor Stephen Kalis to investigate whether a remediation fee should still be charged; Ebert noted DEP's letter nonetheless requests remediation be continued. Wagner also passed along thanks from the Board of Commissioners to Authority staff for their work in reaching this status.
The authority provided no dates or citation for the DEP letter during the meeting. The Engineer said he expected to submit the Chapter 94 report to Pottstown soon. The Authority did not adopt any ordinance or policy change at the March 9 meeting; the solicitor's review of the remediation fee and any next administrative steps were listed as follow-up items.
