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Pennsylvania Septage Management Association C O N T E N T S Winter 2013 Published December 2013 President’s Message Kyle Rigby PSMA President With the end of 2013 upon us, it’s a chance for us all to reflect upon our personal and professional accomplishments from this past year as well as to plan our activities for next year. If your plans include heading to the Pumper Show in Indianapolis on Feb 24-27, you’ll have the opportunity to network with over 4,000 colleagues from around the country. Visit www. pumpershow.com for more info. Likewise, PMSA has been busy planning for the new year. PSMA’s 2014 Decentralized Wastewater Conference & Trade Show is scheduled for Jan 20-21 at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia. You’ll be able to participate in a number of educational classes ranging from safety to driving to installation to inspection topics. You can register & pay for PSMA’s conference right on our website. Visit www.psma.net for the schedule of events. PSMA has also been asked to present at the PASEO Conference in March 2014 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East. Not only will we be providing education on the value of PSMA’s Standards during a breakout session, but also we are planning to offer the Flagger course as optional training. And, our annual Spring Training Event will be offered March 25-26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Wyomissing, PA. Attendees can gain or maintain their inspector certifications by taking the PSMA/NOF 101, 102, or SR1 course. Look for more information & registration materials soon. On a closing note, I want thank you for your membership in PSMA this past year. By coming together in organizations like PSMA, we are able to speak with one voice. Whether it’s promoting professionalism in our business, advocating for our industry, or educating the public, we are stronger together. Legislative Update page 2 PENNVEST Loan Program page 4 New PSMA Members page 5 Preventing Tank Truck Rollovers page 6 Tips to Protect Against Hackers page 8 PSMA Association News page 8 Industry News page 9 Upcoming Events page 10 PSMA Board of Directors page 11 PSMA’s mission is to protect Pennsylvania’s citizens and our industry through sound management, proper maintenance and environmentally conscious disposal of wastewater. Kyle Rigby PSMA President Register On-Line Today! PA Decentralized Wastewater Conference and Trade Show January 20-21, 2014 Valley Forge Casino Resort, Valley Forge PA www.PSMA.net

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Page 1: Pennsylvania Septage Management Association › newsletters › 2013_Winter_PSMA_Newsletter.pdfPennsylvania Septage Management Association CON TEN TS Winter 2013 Published December

Pennsylvania Septage Management Association

C O N T E N T S

Winter 2013Published December 2013 President’s Message

Kyle RigbyPSMA President

With the end of 2013 upon us, it’s a chance for us all to reflect upon our personal and professional accomplishments from this past year as well as to plan our activities for next year.

If your plans include heading to the Pumper Show in Indianapolis on Feb 24-27, you’ll have the opportunity to network with over 4,000 colleagues from around the country. Visit www.pumpershow.com for more info.

Likewise, PMSA has been busy planning for the new year.

PSMA’s 2014 Decentralized Wastewater Conference & Trade Show is scheduled for Jan 20-21 at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia. You’ll be able to participate in a number of educational classes ranging from safety to driving to installation to inspection topics. You can register & pay for PSMA’s conference right on our website. Visit www.psma.net for the schedule of events.

PSMA has also been asked to present at the PASEO Conference in March 2014 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East. Not only will we be providing education on the value of PSMA’s Standards during a breakout session, but also we are planning to offer the Flagger course as optional training. And, our annual Spring Training Event will be offered March 25-26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Wyomissing, PA. Attendees can gain or maintain their inspector certifications by taking the PSMA/NOF 101, 102, or SR1 course. Look for more information & registration materials soon.

On a closing note, I want thank you for your membership in PSMA this past year. By coming together in organizations like PSMA, we are able

to speak with one voice. Whether it’s promoting professionalism in our business, advocating for our industry, or educating the public, we are stronger together.

Legislative Updatepage 2

PENNVEST Loan Programpage 4

New PSMA Memberspage 5

Preventing Tank Truck Rolloverspage 6

Tips to Protect Against Hackerspage 8

PSMA Association Newspage 8

Industry Newspage 9

Upcoming Eventspage 10

PSMA Board of Directorspage 11

PSMA’s mission is to protect Pennsylvania’s citizens and our industry through sound management, proper maintenance and environmentally conscious disposal of wastewater.

Kyle RigbyPSMA President

Register On-Line Today!PA Decentralized Wastewater Conference and Trade ShowJanuary 20-21, 2014Valley Forge Casino Resort, Valley Forge PAwww.PSMA.net

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PAGE 2 PENNSYLVANIA SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION WINTER 2013

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

TRANSPORTATION IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW

On November 21, the PA House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 1060, sending a $2.3 billion transportation funding bill to Governor Tom Corbett to be signed into law. By the time you read this, it will be the law of the land. Basically, HB 1060’s breakdown is $500 mass transit (principally Philadelphia and Pittsburgh); $1.3 billion for PennDOT to use on bridge and highway repair or reconstruction; $ 237 million revenue to local government to help smaller municipalities leverage their local road maintenance costs; and $30 million specifically earmarked for dirt and gravel roads. Adding to the benefit to municipalities is a change in the prevailing wage law raising the threshold from $25,000 to $100,000. This means a reduction in the costs of smaller maintenance projects. A Multi-Modal Fund ($144 million annually) funds aviation, freight and passenger rail, ports, waterways and bicycle/pedestrian facilities.

The lion’s share of the new money will come from lifting the cap on state taxes on gasoline. By 2018, the price of gas will have increased by 28 cents per gallon to pay for this spending on PA’s transportation infrastructure.

Revenue for these expenditures comes from a combination of gasoline taxes and increases in licensing and registration fees. Some others of potential interest:

• In lieu of serving a registration suspension because of failure to show proof of financial responsibility, a person may pay a $500 fine – but only once in a 12-month period (page 63)

• Doubling of the MVR fee from $5 to $10

• Reinstatement of operating privileges after suspension or revocation is $88, up from $50 where proof of financial responsibility (page 86)

• Transfer of registration goes from $6 to $9 (page 76)

• Personal plates increase from $20 to $76 paid in addition to the annual registration fee (Page 76)

• ID cards increase from $5 to $19 plus the cost of the photograph (page 83)

• Certificate of title increases to $50 from $22.50 (Page 83)

• Certified copies of records cost $22, up from $5; Certified State Police record of investigation shall be $22, up from $5 (Pages 83-84)

• A county has the authority to charge a $5 fee per vehicle registered to a county address, collected by PennDOT at the time a vehicle is registered and shall deposit the money into a newly created Local Use Fund to be used for transportation purposes (Pages 77-78)

• Truck registration fees (Pages 70-72) showing the increases each year through FY 2017-18

• CDL fees increase from $10 to $15 and an additional restoration fee (over and above any other reinstatement fee of $100, up from $50 (Page 62)

• Term of a driver’s license may be renewed every two years providing that the normal fee is doubled.

In addition, the maximum speed limit in PA will now be 70 where designated.

Vince PhillipsPSMA Lobbyist

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Senate Transportation Committee Chair John Rafferty (R-Montgomery) acknowledged the advocacy from groups like PSMA: “We worked hard with PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch and a long list of stakeholders to get the word out that this funding is crucial to addressing critical safety issues in communities across the state – from structurally deficient bridges, to crumbling roads and congested highways”. Analysis

Pennsylvania has more structurally deficient bridges – nearly 4,500 – than any other state in the nation, and 23 percent of its 44,000 miles of state-owned roads are in poor condition. This was a major reason for the bill and certainly a reason for PSMA’s involvement after last summer’s PennDOT’s placing weight restrictions on 1,000 bridges across the state. Keep in mind that these bridges will not be fixed immediately for several reasons. First is weather. With winter, construction slows to almost nothing so meaningful bridge repairs will wait till spring in all but the worst cases. Second, what is (to borrow President Obama’s phrase) “shovel ready? Transportation projects take time to plan. Engineering studies and construction schedules are two variables. This means that there will not be immediate relief regarding the 1,000 bridges on which PennDOT placed weight restrictions.

Looking at the funding streams, understand that not all is devoted to highway and bridge repair. In fact, only about half of the new expenditures go to bridges and roads. In order to get this legislation passed, a number of budgetary compromises had to take place. There would be zero votes from the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh delegations without more money going to mass transit. Money for bicycle trails and pedestrian walkways was critical to those lawmakers regarding those priorities as important. Ultimately, every vote was important since final House passage took three votes before the “yeas” finally won. One additional difficulty was the inclusion of prevailing wage as an integral part of the bill where some union Democrats regarded the prevailing wage law as sacred

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versus other union Democrats who looked at union construction jobs as a more important goal than defending prevailing wage in its original form. NOTE: The change to prevailing wage simply increased the threshold from $25,000 to $100,000. $100 k does not go far in road work so advocates of the union-scale prevailing wage system may not have too much cause to complain when all is said and done.

Another threat comes from the political right where conservative Republicans such as Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) mounted an ultimately unsuccessful attack on the bill because it increased taxes and fees. On the House floor, Rep. Metcalfe asked why the common person had to pay and pay. He also said that there were other ways to save money, thus allowing more to go for bridge and highway repairs such as eliminating the PA Turnpike Commission and just making it part of PennDOT. In a PA Independent news reports on November 22, conservatives were talking about this being a campaign issue in 2014 against Republicans who supported the legislation. On the left, a November 25 article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review cited Common Cause’s concern that $40 million from HB 1060 is simply a fund designed to give PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch and the General Assembly discretion as where money goes. Common Cause refers to this new fund as WAMS, also known as walking around money as “perilously close to the bad old days”. Proponents of the discretionary fund suggest that it is needed to make sure that rural projects are funded instead of the money being siphoned off to larger metropolitan areas.

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PENNVEST LOAN PROGRAMPENNVEST Individual On-Lot Sewage System Repair Program

The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has teamed with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to offer this special funding program. This assistance is available to eligible homeowners who do not have access to a public sewage system and need to repair or replace their individual on-lot sewage disposal system.

All assistance to homeowners under the On-Lot Funding Program is in the form of loans at an interest rate of one percent. The monthly payment also includes a .75 percent servicing and insurance fee. Loans will be secured by a mortgage on the borrower’s home. The maximum term of a loan is 20 years and loan repayment commences within 60 days after the date of loan disbursement. A loan must be immediately repaid in full if the property on which the project is located is either sold or transferred. Loan origination fees will also be charged in connection with a loan.

Benefits

The low cost financing available under the On-Lot Funding Program can provide an adequate on-lot sewage disposal system and save money at the same time. For example, the interest cost savings on a 15 year, $10,000 loan under this program, compared with a conventional loan, could range from $3,000 to $6,000. At the same time, you will be contributing to a cleaner environment for all of Pennsylvania.

Continuing Responsibility

A basic requirement of the program is that home owners keep the upgraded or new on-lot system in good repair, have it pumped out regularly, and ensure that it does not malfunction, fail to adequately treat wastewater, or cause a public health hazard. DEP will help them comply with these requirements. Simple common sense and reasonable regular upkeep should

be sufficient to avoid any problems. A pumping schedule and reporting requirements will be included in the loan agreement.

Eligibility

Loans offered under the On-Lot Funding Program are available to all citizens of the Commonwealth, with limited exceptions, as noted below. Information on eligibility requirements is also available by contacting a PENNVEST Participating Lender or your local Sewage Enforcement Officer.

Family income may not exceed $80,613. This is determined using the Adjusted Gross Income from the most current federal income tax returns.

Credit Worthiness: financial ability to repay the loan. Loan Amount Maximum: $25,000.

Project Type: rehabilitation, improvement, repair, or replacement of an existing system located on a single family, owner occupied property which is the primary residence of the owner.

Project Location: all areas are eligible unless a community wastewater collection and treatment system is either in place or will be constructed in the next five years.

Project Costs: construction fees and costs, permit fees, loan origination fees, and legal fees.

Documentation: all applicable permits, verification from your local municipality that a community wastewater disposal system neither exists nor is planned in the next five years, income, and other credit information.

Lien Position: the PENNVEST loan must be in second lien position unless the loan amount is not greater than $7,500, in which case a third lien position would be allowed.

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Richard R. Schmick, Inc.Fred J. Ritter

Cooopersburg, PA

River Valley SepticRegan Wilson

Plumsteadville, PA

Manny’s Septic ServicesManuel M. JuncalDowningtown, PA

David M. Hickman Santitation ServiceDana L. H. Simmler

West Chester, PA

Crawfords Septic Tank Cleaning, LLCClinton Crawford

Sugar Run, PA

Kiriposki & Sons, Inc.Timothy KiriposkiCoopersburg, PA

PSMA’s New MembersThe following Regular Members have joined PSMA in October through December 2013. Let’s welcome them!

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New Jersey - Region 7

PSMA members are automatically designated to a specific region based on the region map. PSMA region meetings are held throughout the year to keep the membership informed about association leadership activities, to provide legislative or regulatory news and to enhance educational opportunities through speaker presentations. Nonmembers are welcome to attend these meetings. Go to www.psma.net/regional_information.cfm for more information about PSMA’ regions.

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Lessons Learned: Preventing Tank Truck Rollovers

Tank truck rollovers can happen at any speed and on any type of road, but certain types of roadway surfaces make a rollover more likely. Roads with dirt or other soft shoulders are more likely to cause a rollover than a road with a paved breakdown lane. Rollovers can even occur when the vehicle is parked on a residential driveway or a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

The common factors to rollovers are road conditions, weather, speed, and driver error. The driver has to pay attention to the roadway conditions. If there has been lots of rain, the driver should expect soft shoulders and must make more of an effort to keep the vehicle on the paved part of the road. Driver error plays a key role in most rollover accidents. Distraction and speed too fast for conditions are the main factors that lead to rollovers. Speed limits for curves or on exit ramps are meant for automobiles, and this speed is often unsafe for a top-heavy tank truck.

One area that is often overlooked when discussing tank truck rollovers is the customer’s driveway. Driveways often do not get the same maintenance that public roadways do. Trees are not always trimmed back, storm damage and washouts may not have been repaired. Culverts that go under driveways may cause the driveway to slope because of frost heaves or washouts. These hazards can be new to a tank truck driver, and these conditions may change during future visits to the same customer location. It is important to remember that the tank truck may arrive empty and leave full. This means that the vehicle conditions and how it will handle on that customer’s driveway have changed dramatically since arriving. Surge

from side to side or forward to back may occur while negotiating steep driveways or driveways with narrow curves. When it comes to driveways, the driver has to look at the situation and consider whether the job can be completed safely – without injury or damage to equipment.

“Lessons Learned” provided courtesy of: Alteris/SeptiCover. PSMA has endorsed SeptiCover as the preferred Property and Casualty Insurance Program for its more than 200 members state wide. For more information, visit www.psma.net/septicover.cfm

PREVENTING TANK TRUCK ROLLOVERS

This tank truck rollover occurred at low speed in a cul-de-sac in a residential neighborhood.

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How to Apply

Your first step should be to contact a PENNVEST Participating Lender to see if you qualify for a loan. An application fee of $65 will be collected, but it is a reimbursable fee if your loan is closed and disbursed.

If approval is given, you should then contact your municipal officials (city, township, or borough office) and have them sign a standard form certifying that your proposed project is not in an area which is currently served by public sewers and will not be served by public sewers within five years. Once this is completed, contact the sewage enforcement officer (SEO) serving your municipality to determine if a repair or replacement of your on-lot system is permissible under all applicable Pennsylvania regulations.

If a repair or replacement is permitted, the system must then be designed, and the designing SEO or professional engineer (PE) must certify that the system proposed is the most cost-effective system available for your property. Your municipality’s SEO then reviews the design and, if acceptable, issues a permit for the system. Where conditions are not suitable for a standard or alternative subsurface disposal system, small flow treatment systems with a discharge may also be eligible. In these cases a PE must design the system and it must be permitted by DEP.

Your next step is to obtain bids from contractors who could do the work you are considering. Where possible, a minimum of three responsible bids is recommended. Have each contractor provide you with a written copy of the bid.

Once these steps are completed, take the permit application, permit, bids, and the certifications from both the designer and municipal officials to the participating local lending institution you contacted in the first step to complete your application for funding. That institution may request additional information and documentation.

PENNVEST LOAN PROGRAM

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NACWA Declares War to Protect our Pipes, Pumps, and Plants

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) has heard from more and more of its members about the expensive problems caused by wipes and other non-dispersible products that are flushed into the sewer systems.

Utilities across the country are spending millions of dollars to clean these products out of their pumps and other equipment and to replace equipment that should have had many more useful years of service.

The issue has received tremendous media attention in the last few months, including a front page story in the Washington Post, an Associated Press article, and multiple local television spots featuring NACWA and its member utilities.

A complete list of media coverage and other resources - including informative PowerPoints, media stories, and educational materials from utilities - may be found on NACWA’s website at www.nacwa.org/flushables.

Toilets Are Not Trash Cans!

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PSMA PARTNERS WITH CDIA TO PROVIDE NEW MEMBER BENEFIT

PSMA has entered into an affiliate agreement with Commercial Deposit Insurance Agency (CDIA) to provide members with the opportunity to purchase insurance protecting their business bank accounts from loss due to hacking.

Every day you read in the media about business computers being hacked. There are four staggering figures every business needs to know:

• 90% of companies’ computers have been hacked, according to Jupiter Communications

• 67% chance, according to Symantec, of going out of business within a year if the hackers steal a business’s bank user name/password and pretend to be the owner of the account.

• $1 billion stolen from business bank accounts and the number is tripling every year, according to the FBI. The bank isn’t liable for the business’s loss since they think the person moving the money is the owner of the account.

• $8.9 million is the average amount a business spends on cyber security, according to a 2012 Ponemon

Clearly small businesses can’t spend millions of dollars to protect their computers. A less expensive alternative is to insure those bank accounts against being hacked.

As per Regulation E, a Federal Regulation issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, business/commercial bank accounts are not protected against fraudulent cyber theft of cash at an account level.

This means that cyber thieves can hack your business/commercial bank account, steal your cash and you have absolutely no recourse against the bank, because it isn’t the bank’s fault someone got your user name and password and is pretending to be you.

PSMA ASSOCIATION NEWS

The Wall Street Journal & FOX News recently featured Commercial Deposit Insurance Agency and its new niche insurance policy for small business owners. For less than $180 a year small businesses can insure bank accounts for up to $50,000.

CDIA was established with financial backing from Alteris Inc., a subsidiary of insurance company Argo Group.

For more info on CDIA, visit PSMA’s website (www.psma.net) under Membership > Members Benefits.

Tips to Protect Your Account from Hackers

(Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100532366)

Encrypt your data - protect bank account info, credit card data, social security numbers, etc. through encryption. Not only when the information is sent over the internet, but also while its is stored on your hard drive. Most operating systems come standard with a full-disk encryption tool.

Secure your hardware - physically secure your computers and hard drives from theft or burglary. Consider installing tracking devices.

Lock your network - password protect your WiFi network with modern encryption standards. If not necessary, keep your SSID private by turning off broadcast mode.

Install anti-malware & anti-virus protection - spam and visits to harmful website can install malicious software onto your computer that can steal your passwords.

Educate your employees - be sure your employees are on the look out and report any unusual activity. Establish workplace rules on how employees can access the internet and what activities are prohibited.

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PAGE 9PENNSYLVANIA SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONWINTER 2013

INDUSTRY NEWSPA SUPREME COURT CONFUSES REGULATORY PICTURE

The December 19,2014, PA Supreme Court decision in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of PA on Act 13 (Marcellus Shale) found unconstitutional a provision pre-empting local zoning laws when it comes to drilling. The fear is that it can affect other PA statutes governing DEP and the state’s regulatory authority over local prohibitions on state-authorized activity.

Two of these of particular interest to PSMA members are the Solid Waste Management Act and the Agriculture and the Communities and Rural Environment Act (ACRE). Although it will take a while for the ruling to ripple through the affected stakeholders, the appearance that it reaches past Marcellus Shale drilling into other environmental regulation law also complicates the legislative landscape for PSMA.

PSMA OPPOSES BIOSOLIDS BILL

PA Septage Management Association came out swinging in opposition to House Bill 1866 (Knowles-R-Schuylkill) which gives municipalities veto power over application of biosolids on farmland if there was a local referendum.

PSMA argued in the letter that DEP-approved biosolid application is entirely consistent with state laws such as ACRE and that a municipal veto usurps state regulatory authority. The letter also cited concern that a decision by public referendum might lead to emotionally driven decisions separate from the science DEP considers when assessing any adverse environmental consequences.

The legislation would allow municipalities to develop ordinances regulating deposit, testing, and disposal or land application of biosolid materials and authorizes

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UPCOMING EVENTSINDUSTRY NEWSContinued from page 9municipalities to conduct local referenda to veto a permit application approved by DEP. The PSMA letter also noted that biosolid application also presents several advantages such as reducing strain on already overloaded waste treatment systems.

DEP SECRETARY CONFIRMED

Governor Tom Corbett’s nominee for Secretary of Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was approved by the PA Senate before it left for its holiday recess. E. Christopher Abruzzo was serving as DEP’s Acting Secretary and before that as Governor Corbett’s Deputy Chief of Staff. While Deputy Chief of Staff, his work included oversight of DCNR and DEP from the Governor’s Office.

PennDOT BRIDGE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

In September 2013, PSMA expressing concern to PennDOT over its recent expansion of weight restriction postings on 1,000 bridges across the state. By limiting crossing points, the weight restrictions are impacting PSMA members’ access to customers by adding time and expense to servicing operations.

In a response letter, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Transportation suggested PSMA members may wish to pursue a 4902 permit which is administered by the various Engineering Districts and would allow the use of a weight restricted bridge.

Chapter 191 of the PA Code does allow PennDOT to consider special requests which meet the guidelines presented in the regualtion. An engineering analysis is done to ensure no detrimental damage is done to the bridge and liability is assigned to the permittee for any damage.

There is a common misunderstanding regarding Chapter 4902 of the Vehicle code regarding exceptions for local deliveries. The regulation is very specific that an exception to travel on a posted roadway exists for local deliveries. This local delivery exception does not apply to crossing a posted bridge. A permit is needed to cross a weight restricted bridge.

PA Decentralized Wastewater Conference & Trade ShowJanuary 20-21, 2014Valley Forge Casino ResortKing of Prussia, PAwww.psma.net

Pumper & Cleaner Environmental ExpoFebruary 24-27, 2014Indiana Convention CenterIndianapolis, INwww.pumpershow.com

PASEO Annual Conference & Trade ShowMarch 9-11, 2014Holiday Inn Harrisbug EastHarrisburg, PAwww.pa-seo.org

PSMA Spring Training EventMarch 25-16, 2014Crowne Plaza HotelWyomissing, PAwww.psma.net

Did you remember to renewyour PSMA membership?

Your continued support of PSMA’s mission is greatly appreciated. Membership renewal invoices were mailed out in November. Membership in PSMA is based upon the calendar year and runs January 1st to December 31st.

IRS Notice: A portion of your membership dues is allocated to paying for legislative & regulatory lobbying services. Per IRC 6033(e), you cannot deductible that portion as an ordinary business expence. Current the nondeductible percentage of PSMA dues is 25%.

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PresidentKyle RigbyYoung’s Sanitary Septic ServicePO Box 704Dillsburg, PA 17019Email: [email protected]: 717-432-3514

Vice PresidentSusan MillerDale B. Miller & Son, Inc.217 Mill StreetFawn Grove, PA 17321Email: [email protected]: 717-382-4811

SecretaryJoseph ValentineQuality Septic Inspections, LLC143 Hoffman RoadWind Gap, PA 18091Email: [email protected]: 484-764-7862

TreasurerJeffrey RachlinOnSite Management, Inc.1109 Saunders CourtWest Chester, PA 19380Email: [email protected]: 610-430-3100

Past PresidentBruce FoxAllstate Septic Systems5167 Berry Hollow RoadBangor, PA 18013Email: [email protected]: 610-498-3111

Education ChairRay ErbThomas H. Erb & Sons, Inc.268 Sego Sago RoadLititz, PA 17543Email: [email protected]: 717-626-5591

Region 1Steven ChieffoAll American Septic Service, Inc.PO Box 552Douglassville, PA 19518Email: [email protected]: 610-582-2500

Robert ConnerRobert H. Conner LLC1231 Butler StreetReading, PA 19601Email: [email protected]: 610-375-9675

Franklin Parker, Jr.Parker Wastewater ConsultingPO Box 1854West Chester, PA 19380Email: [email protected]: 610-408-8110

Region 2Michael BirosBiros Septic & Drain Cleaning1365 State RoadZion Grove, PA 17985Email: [email protected]: 570-889-3738

Ned LangLang Industries, Inc.PO Box 485Narrowsburg, NY 12764Email: [email protected]: 845-252-3000

Eric SorgRoto-Rooter/Sorg, Inc.131 Cross RoadBloomsburg, PA 17815Email: [email protected]: 570-784-6093

Region 3David GlickThe Home Inspector, Inc.2061 Kenbrook Rd.Lebanon, PA 17046Email: [email protected]: 717-926-1206

Matt WeaverSonlight Septic Consultants2044 W. Main StreetEphrata, PA 17522Email: [email protected]: 717-738-1917

Region 4Lewis Crawford, Jr.Crawford’s Septic Tank CleaningRR1, Box 49Sugar Run, PA 18846Email: [email protected]: 570-746-3234

Laurel MuellerSoil Services Company, Inc.324 Hill RoadForksville, PA 18616Email: [email protected]: 570-924-3694

Region 5/6David HapchukHapchuk, Inc.226 Rankin RoadWashington, PA 15301Email: [email protected]: 724-222-6080

Charles Heffern, Jr.Heffern Septic Tank Service668 Buttermilk Hill Rd.Franklin, PA 16323Email: [email protected]: 814-432-3072

Calvin McCutcheonMcCutcheon Enterprises, Inc.250 Park RoadApollo, PA 15613Email: [email protected]: 724-568-3623 x101

Mark PattersonPatterson Septic ServicePO Box 101Jackson Center, PA 16133Email: [email protected]: 724-662-3996

2013 Board of Directors — Pennsylvania Septage Management Association

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DIRECTORS

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Pennsylvania Septage Management AssociationP.O. Box 144Bethlehem, PA 18016

Pennsylvania Septage Management Association

P.O. Box 144Bethlehem, PA 18016Phone: (717) 763-PSMA (7762)Fax: (215) 689-4263www.PSMA.net

Administrative Director:Mark Mitman [email protected]

This newsletter is a quarterly publication of thePennsylvania Septage Management Association

Spring issue is distributed in MarchSummer issue is distributed in June

Fall issue is distributed in SeptemberWinter issue is distributed in December

Material in this newsletter may be republished with permission of PSMA and with proper line credit. Mention of commercial prodcuts in this publication is solely for information purposes and endorsement is not intended by PSMA. Material does not directly reflect the opinions or beliefs of the Board or staff.