Commonwealth Court has approved the receivership for Pennsylvania American Water Company to operate the East Dunkard Water Authority. President Judge Emerita Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter signed off on the order Thursday that had been proposed by all parties earlier this week, paving the way for PAWC to immediately take control of the troubled water provider in […]
The state Department of Environmental Protection this week approved an air quality plan to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township. The air quality plan approval establishes emissions limitations and monitoring requirements, and the DEP is currently reviewing a waste permit modification application, which, […]
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver will need to make changes and report progress to the public after being fined $62,475 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for breaking state rules. The DEP fined the landfill for violating the state Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law. Violations