North East Township to Hold Public Hearing to Consider Sewer Ordinance

The Township of North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, hereby gives notice that the Board of Supervisors at their regular monthly meeting on February 20, 2017, commencing at 9:00 A.M., prevailing time at the Municipal Building, 10300 West Main Road, North East, PA 16428, will conduct a public hearing on and consider enactment at such meeting of an ordinance setting forth the requirements for users of and discharges into the township’s publicly owned sewage system and enabling the township to comply with all applicable federal and state laws, regulations and permits.

The above statement is a brief summary of the Ordinance to be considered, copies of which are available and on file at the North East Township Office, 10300 West Main Road, North East, PA, 16428. Karen Ahlgrim, Secretary

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