North East Borough Planning to Relocate Treated Wastewater Discharge Location

The public is hereby notified that the Borough of North East is preparing planning documents for submission to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Planning documents relate to the wastewater discharge from their Site II wastewater treatment facility, located in North East Township, Erie County.

The project will include the construction of a new pump station and force main pipeline and relocating the treated wastewater effluent discharge from its current location in 16 Mile Creek to a new location offshore in Lake Erie. The entire project will disturb approximately 1-2 acres.

A 30-day comment and review period commences effective on the date of this notice. Interested and/or affected parties are encouraged to comment on this proposed project. The public may review aspects of this project at the North East Borough office and the public may send written comments to William Rogers, Manager, North East Borough, 31 West Main Street, North East, Pennsylvania 16428.

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