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General News Monroe moves toward agreement on CAA sale
And so might end an ongoing issue that started in November
2005 for Heeter again advised the board not to sign the agreement in
January 2006 without just and fair compensation from the Clarion Area Authority
to the township from the proceeds of the sale to Pennsylvania American Water. The debate continued in March 2006 when the township
supervisors, concerned over the authority‘s multiple DEP violations over the
years, opted to complete an Act 537 plan for the township instead of signing the
consent agreement. According to the DEP website, Act 537, or “Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act” plans are mandated by DEP to protect public health
through the development and implementation of plans for the sanitary disposal of
sewage waste. In September 2006 the township received a revised consent
order that was still deemed unacceptable by the supervisors and Heeter, who
believed that signing the revised agreement might still make the township and
its taxpayers liable for the future actions of the authority. The DEP had
withdrawn its most recent consent order in December 2006, in part because The supervisors signed an April 2007, resolution which
signified the agreement of the supervisors to enter into a consent order and
agreement for the sale of the authority with a return of a portion of the sale
to In October 2007 another revised consent order was sent to
the supervisors, who passed it along to Heeter for review. The following month, Heeter returned his verdict. He was
not satisfied with the wording of the order, and worried that it still provided
for potential liability to the township. Borovick met with representatives from
Pennsylvania-American Water, Clarion Borough, and Borovick told his fellow supervisors that the
municipalities could probably make an agreement with Pennsylvania-American to
make each party responsible for its own actions. “The consensus around the table is that it is doable,”
Borovick commented. The DEP must review the agreement and make an application to
the Public Utilities Commission to approve the sale.
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