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Resolution adopting the ALCOSAN Act 537 Special Study
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WHEREAS, Section 5 of the Act of January 24, 1996, P.L. 1535, No. 537, known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection adopted thereunder, Chapter 71 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, requires the City of Pittsburgh to adopt an Official Sewage Facilities Plan providing for sewage services adequate to prevent contamination of waters and/or environmental health hazards with sewage wastes, and to revise said plan whenever it is necessary to meet the sewage disposal needs of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) has prepared an Act 537 Special Study - Interim Measures Wet Weather Plan (IWWP) as an amendment to ALCOSAN's Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan (1996) which provides for sewage facilities in a portion of the City of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, the scope of this Special Study is limited to Act 537 planning requirements that directly relate to the alternative of choice to be implemented by December 31, 2036: Regional Conveyance Facilities including the wet weather pump station to be constructed at ALCOSAN's Woods Run Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, adoption will be required by those municipalities through which the tunnel alignment passes and those locations where surface construction is proposed. As such, formal adoption of the Special Study is required from nine municipalities: Aspinwall Borough, City of Pittsburgh, Etna Borough, McKees Rocks Borough, Millvale Borough, O'Hara Township, Shaler Township, Sharpsburg Borough, and West Homestead Borough; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh finds that the Act 537 Special Study conforms to applicable zoning, subdivision, other municipal ordinances and plans and to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsbur...
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