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EPA Orders 79 Municipalities to Improve Stormwater Management -Benefits Local Streams; Chesapeake Bay-
Release Date: 04/23/2010
Contact Information: David Sternberg, 215-814-5548 [email protected]
(PHILADELPHIA) April 23, 2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has sent orders to 79 municipalities in south central Pennsylvania requiring improvements to their Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) programs.
The orders require the cited municipalities to correct problems with their respective MS4 programs and come into compliance with their Clean Water Act permits. MS4s are publicly owned drainage systems, including storm drains, pipes, and ditches, designed to collect and convey stormwater runoff in urbanized areas.
“These actions are critical since improperly managed stormwater can wash harmful pollutants into local streams and rivers,” said Shawn M. Garvin, Regional Administrator for EPA’s mid-Atlantic region. “EPA is committed to gaining compliance with these municipalities for the health of local waterways in Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay.”
Urbanized areas contain large portions of impervious surfaces such as roads, rooftops and parking lots that channel stormwater directly into local streams, rivers, and other water bodies. Improperly managed stormwater runoff from urbanized areas can damage streams, cause significant erosion, and carry excessive nutrients, sediment, toxic metals, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants downstream.
EPA will provide compliance information to municipalities receiving these orders, and will host a one-day conference on May 5 in Harrisburg, Pa., to discuss the MS4 requirements of the Clean Water Act.
See attached list of Municipalities receiving the orders.
For more information about Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) visit https://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/munic.cfm
Municipalities | County |
Allegheny Township | Blair |
Alsace Township | Berks |
Blair County | Blair |
Blair Township | Blair |
Breaknock Township (Berks/Denver) | Lancaster |
Camp Hill Borough | Cumberland |
City Of Harrisburg | Dauphin |
Colebrookdale Township | Berks |
Cornwall Borough | Lebanon |
Conewago Township | Dauphin |
Borough Of Chambersburg | Franklin |
Dauphin County | Dauphin |
Dover Township | York |
East Petersburg Borough | Lancaster |
East Hempfield Township | Lancaster |
East Penns Borough Township | Cumberland |
Ephrata Township | Lancaster |
Fairview Township | York |
Fleetwood Borough | Berks |
Franklin Township | York |
Frankstown Township | Blair |
Freedom Township | Blair |
Highspire Borough | Dauphin |
Jacobus Borough | York |
Jackson Township | York |
Jonestown Borough | Lebanon |
Kenhorst Borough | Berks |
Lancaster City | Lancaster |
Lancaster Township | Lancaster |
Lebanon City | Lebanon |
Lebanon County | Lebanon |
Leesport Borough | Berks |
Lemoyne Borough | Cumberland |
Londonderry Township | Dauphin |
Lower Alsace Township | Berks |
Lower Heidelberg Township | Berks |
Logan Township | Blair |
Loganville Borough | York |
Lower Paxton Township | Dauphin |
Manheim Borough | Lancaster |
Manor Township | Lancaster |
Marietta Borough | Lancaster |
Manchester Borough | York |
Manchester Township | York |
Marion Township | Berks |
Middleton Borough | Dauphin |
Monroe Township | Cumberland |
Mountville Borough | Lancaster |
New Cumberland Borough | Cumberland |
North Londonderry Township | Lebanon |
North Cornwall Township | Lebanon |
North Lebanon Township | Lebanon |
Paxtang Borough | Dauphin |
Penbrook Borough | Dauphin |
Red Lion Borough | York |
Robeson Township | Berks |
Robesonia Borough | Berks |
Shiremanstown Borough | Cumberland |
Sinking Spring Borough | Berks |
South Hanover Township | Dauphin |
South Lebanon Township | Lebanon |
Spring Garden Township | York |
St Lawrence Borough | Berks |
South Hiedelberg Township | Berks |
Swatara Township | Dauphin |
Swatara Township | Lebanon |
Upperleacock Township | Lancaster |
West Hanover Township | Dauphin |
West Lebanon Township | Lebanon |
West York Borough | York |
Windsor Borough | York |
Windsor Township | York |
Womelsdorf Borough | Berks |
Wormleysburg Borough | Cumberland |
West Cocalico Township | Lancaster |
York City | York |
York County | York |
Yoe Borough | York |
York Haven Borough | York |
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