4/20/16
by News Department on 04/20/16Hearing for ACT 537 Plan...
An appeal hearing was held Tuesday before presiding Judge Richard P. Mather Sr., and before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, to decide whether the joint Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan for Hegins and Hubley townships that was approved by the state Department of Environmental Protection is able to be implemented and about conflicting costs.
Attorney Matthew G. Boyd who is representing Hegins Township said the plan underestimated the true cost of the plan’s treatment facility at $26 million, when in reality it’s $30 million.
He said DEP didn’t consider if the plan could be implemented, and said the monthly cost for EDUs estimated at an average of $58 in Hubley and Hegins Townships and is much lower than the costs based on an engineering review conducted by Entech Engineering, Pottsville, which put the monthly EDU rate at $122.
The hearing was scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. today.
