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It is unclear why MDE is taking such a muscular enforcement stance now for stormwater pollution violations, though it gives us reason to be optimistic.
WHYY By Rachel McDevittMay 11, 2021 Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) This article originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania. — State lawmakers are asking the administrators of a regional cap-and-trade program to bar Pennsylvania’s entrance unless the legislature approves. But the nonprofit RGGI, Inc. doesn’t require legislative backing to admit a new state. All Republicans and one coal-region Democrat on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted recently to warn RGGI, Inc. against Gov. Tom Wolf...
SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Jim Fischer ThisWeek Orange Township residents will have to wait at least until early June to learn if a Sheetz store will be approved for a site at the southwest corner of U.S. Route 23 and Orange Road. Developers presented their initial site plan, which includes fuel pumps, a convenience store-restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating and a separate structure for a car wash. Vehicle access to the site would be from both Orange Road and southbound Route 23. Frank Petruziello, president of development of Skilken Gold, the local developer working with ...
Orange Township residents were given no reason why their township administrator was suspended last week, but emails from Administrator Andrew King, trustee chairman Ben Grumbles and others that were acquired by the Dispatch show ongoing conflict. King accused Grumbles of micromanaging, bullying and nepotism in documents from last month, among other leadership faults — all of which Grumbles denied. "I can refute the bulk of what is in there," Grumbles said of a March 24 email from King. Grumbles called the assertions political retaliation that he believes has since prompted an inves...
The Orange Township trustees voted 2-1 Monday night to suspend the township administrator, a 43-year-old former assistant prosecutor who previously had given legal advice to officials there and at other Delaware County entities. No reason was given for the suspension of Andrew King, who was appointed a year ago. He had been given a 3-month raise in July and good evaluations, officials in the township had said. "I'm not going to give a reason right now," board chairman Ben Grumbles, who voted for the suspension, said after the meeting. "Before we make contractual decisions we need to get l...