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Upcoming EventsMay/June/Aug -2009 - PAOneCall is hosting PA Safety Days FREE to all - Click for details July 15-16, 2009 - PSMA/NOF 201 Training, West Chester, PA - Holiday Inn, details/registration - click here July, 22-23, 2009 - PSMA/NOF 101 Training, Bordentown, NJ - Olde York Country Club, details/registration - click here August 18-19-20, 2009 - Confined Space Training, Chester County Gov't Services Center - Room 42, West Chester, PA,
September 16-17, 2009 - PSMA/NOF 101 Training, Williamsport, PA - Pennsylvania College of Technology, details/registration - click here September 23-24, 2009 - PSMA/NOF 101 Training, Apollo, PA - McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc. details/registration - click here Call for more details at:(717)763-PSMA(7762) |
WelcomePSMA'S members are involved with... septic systems, on-lot sewage disposal systems, on-site sewage disposal systems, individual wastewater treatment systems, anaerobic treatment tanks, aerobic treatment tanks, cesspools, seepage pits, septics, seepage beds, trench systems, elevated sand mounds, peat filters, Biomicrobics® and Ecoflo® units, subsurface sand filters, drip irrigation systems, recirculating sand filters, Zabel™ filters, at-grade systems, IRSIS or individual residential spray irrigation systems, holding tanks, privies, septic inspections, onlot wastewater treatment system inspection, real estate transfer inspection, grease traps, grease pits, system installations, system maintenance, chlorinators, UV lamps and all related issues. Alternate systems, commercial systems, restaurant systems, experimental systems, emerging technology, Chapter 73 and Act 537 all apply to our members' businesses and our visitors' interests! We are glad that you found our web site! We appreciate other web sites that have chosen to link to this site. You will find explanations of PSMA/NOF's Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Inspection Standards on many web sites. Do not be misled. Because an inspection company has a link to this site, does not mean that the company is a PSMA member or employs a PSMA/NOF certified inspector. PSMA members service all or parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. ALWAYS ask if the company is a PSMA member before you hire them.ALWAYS ask if the technician that will inspect the system is currently PSMA/NOF certified.ALWAYS ask if the inspector will apply the complete PSMA Inspection Standards. |
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Current News Events
Packer Township, PA amends ordinance that bans Land Application of Bio-Solids
From Pottsville, PA Republican Herald, 10-15-08, The Packer Township, PA supervisors do not want the state attorney generals office meddling in their efforts to regulate the use of sewage sludge. The Packer Township supervisors do not want the State Attorney General's office meddling in their efforts to regulate the use of sewage sludge. They made that point clear when unanimously backing an amendment to the townships Local Control, Sewage Sludge and Chemical Trespass Ordinance on Tuesday night...... Read more - click here
Shrewsbury Township, PA ordinance bans Land Application of Bio-Solids
From York, PA Daily Record, 9-12-08, Are Sludge Regs Strong Enough in PA? State lawmakers should look into complaints by municipalities like Shrewsbury Township, PA. An ordinance passed by the Shrewsbury Township supervisors seemed to be popular among the large crowd that showed up for the meeting last week. Whether it will prove to be popular in court -- among judges -- remains to be seen. The new ordinance calls for stringent regulations on the practice of applying sewage sludge to farm fields as fertilizer..... Read more - click here
Biosolids Recycling In Pennsylvania - The Impact of Local Ordinances
From PSMA - Policy Statement A small but vocal minority of citizens opposed to biosolids recycling in their community, citing concerns about odors, safety and enforcement of the state program, have pushed several municipal governing bodies into passing local ordinances which ban or severely restrict the beneficial recycling of biosolids. Bills have been introduced in the legislature to legitimize municipal ordinances which impose bans or restrictions on land application of biosolids over and above the requirements of the state regulatory program....... Read more - click here
PSMA letter to Pennsylvania Attorney General
From RE:Pennsylvania Septage Management Association (PSMA) / Shrewsbury Township Ordinance, Dear Mr. Corbett: On behalf of our 200 plus members of the Pennsylvania Septage Management Association (PSMA), we are writing this letter regarding the recently enacted Shrewsbury Township ordinances concerning the pumping, transportation, and land application of biosolids and septage within the borders of Shrewsbury Township. Copies of the two ordinances are attached hereto for your review and consideration...... Read more - click here
Pennsylvania Attorney General responds to PSMA
Response highlights RE: Shrewsbury Township Sewage Sludge Ordinances PSMA has been informed by the Attorney General's office that they are already reviewing the legality of the Shrewsbury Township ordinances. The actual basis lies in the satute known as The Agricultural., Communities and the Environmmental law ("ACRE"), Act 38 of 2005, requires the office of the Attorney General, upon the request of a farm owner or operator, to review a municipal ordinance for compliance with ACRE. ACRE authorizes the Office, in it's discretion, to file a lawsuit against the municipality if, upon review, the Office believes that the ordinance unlawfully limits or restricts a normal Agricultural operation. They have received an ACRE to review the Shrewsbury Township Sewage Sludge Ordinances from the owner of a normal Agricultural operation, and that review is currently pending.
Sewage Enforcement Reimbursements Exhausted for Remainder of 2008-09 Fiscal Year
HARRISBURG, PA (Feb. 18) -- High demand has exhausted this year's fund to reimburse municipal sewage enforcement agencies for part of the cost of on-lot sewage permitting and enforcement, forcing the Department of Environmental Protection to halt payments...... Read more - click here
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