Mt. Ephraim Plans To Fight Sewage Fine

Edward A. Korab, the borough's engineer, said the CCMUA had disrupted plant operations while excavating for a sewage metering station under construction on the plant site in July. The CCMUA is extending its sewer lines to Mount Ephraim.

Korab said he was optimistic that the Department of Environmental Protection would reconsider the fine. But John P. Maroccia, the borough solicitor, said he would nevertheless file a formal administrative appeal of the DEP order because "the bureaucrats involved don't seem to be too sensitive to the plight of municipalities."

Korab said that if the state did not rescind the fine, the borough would ask the CCMUA to pay it.

The DEP imposed an $11,200 fine on Mount Ephraim on Nov. 21, 1986, because its plant had discharged polluted water into Little Timber Creek during 1985. The borough appealed that fine and is still awaiting a decision by an administrative law judge, Korab said.

Korab said Mount Ephraim has $175,000 in repairs under way at the 40-year- old plant even though the plant will close in late 1990 or early 1991 when Mount Ephraim connects to the CCMUA system.