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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 sternberg.david@epa.gov

(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