Township of Monroe v. Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

The Township of Monroe (appellant) appeals from an adjudication of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) affirming a May 16, 1973, Department of Environmental Resources’ (DER) order directed to appellant. Part of this order required appellant to “negotiate and enter into an agreement” with the Sewer Authority of the Borough of Mechanicsburg for the use of its excess sewerage treatment facility capacity.

This controversy has its genesis in an April 16, 1973, Consent Order of this Court in another proceedings (Commonwealth v. Municipal Authority of the Borough of…