ACT 537 Plan Special Study

Please join us on March 30 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. for our virtual Act 537 Plan Special Study Public Meeting, where we will discuss the proposed amendments to ALCOSAN’s Act 537 Plan. You can view this meeting thru Zoom, or watch the broadcasts on alcosan.org and YouTube.

The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act of 1966 (Act 537) requires municipalities to plan for and to provide adequate wastewater management. ALCOSAN prepared a regional Act 537 Plan on behalf of its customer municipalities in 1996.  The Act requires that the plan be amended prior to major expansions or improvements to the wastewater system.

Amending the Act 537 Plan is one of the Authority’s first steps in constructing new infrastructure as part of its Regional Tunnel System, which will consist of a 120 million gallon per day wet weather pump station and the tunnel system, including near surface facilities. The tunnel system is a key part of ALCOSAN’s Clean Water Plan for controlling the discharge of untreated waste and storm water from the region’s combined sewer systems.  The special study amending the Act 537 Plan includes a comprehensive Uniform Environmental Review of the temporary and long-term environmental and community impacts of the new infrastructure.

During the meeting, we will share our strategies for this important component of the Clean Water Plan and offer our constituents a chance to comment on the Act 537 Plan Special Study.

This Special Study is a second amendment to the Authority’s approved Act 537 Plan, which was previously amended in 2018 to cover the expansion of ALCOSAN’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.

If you wish to make a public comment during the meeting, please register no later than March 29 at Noon. Registration can be done by emailing public.relations@alcosan.org or calling 412-734-6249.