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File #: 2016-1057    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 12/9/2016 In control: Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
On agenda: 12/13/2016 Final action: 12/29/2016
Enactment date: 12/29/2016 Enactment #: 790
Effective date: 1/8/2017    
Title: Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the NRG Uptown District Energy Center at 1339 Our Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Indexes: SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
Attachments: 1. Summary 2016-1057

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Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the NRG Uptown District Energy Center at 1339 Our Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

 

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WHEREAS, SECTION 5 of the Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, No. 537, known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act," as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (the “Department”) adopted thereunder, Chapter 71 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, requires the City of Pittsburgh to adopt an Official Sewage Facilities Plan (the “Official Plan”) providing for sewage services adequate to prevent contamination of waters of the Commonwealth and/or environmental health hazards from sewage wastes, and to revise said plan whenever it is necessary to determine whether a proposed method of sewage disposal for a new development conforms to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management; and

 

WHEREAS, NRG Energy Center Pittsburgh LLC has proposed the development of a certain parcel of land identified as NRG Uptown District Energy Center, at 1339 Our Way, including Allegheny County Block and Lot 2-G-92, located in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh and described in the attached Sewage Facilities Planning Module (the "Planning Module") for land development and proposes that project be served by use of existing connections to the City of Pittsburgh sewage systems; and

 

WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Water Sewer Authority, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, the City of Pittsburgh Planning Department and the Allegheny County Health Department have reviewed the respective components of the attached Planning Module in regard to each authority/department’s expertise and have approved the respective components as explained in the attached Planning Module. 

 

WHEREAS, based upon the approval of the above authorities and departments, the City of Pittsburgh finds that the project described in the attached Planning Module for land development conforms to applicable zoning, subdivision, other municipal ordinances and plans, and to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management.

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AS FOLLOWS:

 

SECTION 1. The City of Pittsburgh hereby adopts and submits to the Department of

Environmental Protection for its approval as a revision to the Official Sewage Facilities Plan of the City of Pittsburgh the above-referenced Planning Module for land development, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Said Planning Module includes the proposed NRG Uptown District Energy Center, at 1339 Our Way, including Allegheny County Block 2-G-92 located in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.

 

Finally, that any Ordinance or Resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution, is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.