The Lycoming County commissioners Thursday will act on agreements with two companies that hauled leachate from the county landfill in Brady Township to wastewater treatment plants during the recent flooding.
On Tuesday during a commissioners work session, Dan Dorman, landfill support services manager, said more than 1.5 million gallons of leachate, which is contaminated liquid created by water moving through the landfill waste fields, was collected and removed from a lines retention pond over the last week.
The commissioners last week approved an emergency measure authorizing the removal.
The leachate produced usually is sent to the Borough of Montgomery's wastewater treatment plant, but that plant temporarily was out of commission during the recent rain and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee. The rain also caused an excess amount of leachate to be generated at the landfill.
Leachate was trucked from the retention pond so it would not overflow.
The agreements are with Wolfe Liquid Hauling, of Lewisburg, and Folse Oil Field Services, of Williamsport.
In other business, the commissioners will act on receipt of a Homeless Assistance Program grant from the state Department of Public Welfare.
The $170,000 grant is about $20,000 less than the county received last year, according to Mya Toon, county grants administrator.
Toon said the funding is passed through to area human service agencies to help fund outreach to the homeless.
The decrease in funding could significantly impact local agencies, Toon said, adding that the county will prioritize which agency needs the available funding the most.
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