DEP Fines Jersey Shore Borough $3,000 for Sewage Planning Violations

PADEP has fined Jersey Shore Borough $3,000 for violating Act 537, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, in December 2006 and January 2007. 

The borough failed to halt the construction of new apartment buildings along Howard Street after it was discovered that work had begun without an approved sewage planning module. Project developers must submit a completed sewage planning module that outlines proposed changes to a municipality's official sewage facilities plan. A DEP inspection in early December 2006 confirmed that new apartment buildings were being built without approval for the required sewage planning module from DEP or the borough. DEP sent the borough a notice of violation asking that all necessary measures be taken to halt the violations. The Borough may attempt to obtain retribution from the developer. http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/news/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=527348

For more information on Act 537 or sewage facilities planning modules, or for help in either preparing or reviewing stormwater management plans or planning modules, contact info@fxbrowne.com. F. X. Browne, Inc. is a Qualified Provider for the PADEP NPDES third party expedited plan review process.