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Menallen Township Municipal Office and the

Menallen Township Sewage Office

will be closed Tuesay May 20, 2025 for Election Day!

 

 

 

 

Menallen Township Office of Emergency Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 13, 2025
CONTACT: James Bittner jbittner@nsvfd29.org (724) 245-8100
Reference: Patsy’s Lake EAP
Address: Searight Herbert Road
The Menallen Township Office of Emergency Management is aware of a social media post that surfaced on May 12, 2025, concerning a routine posting of an Emergency Action Plan Notice for a high-hazard dam within our municipality. We feel that it is necessary for us to provide the community with important information and ensure that there is a ZERO threat to public safety at this time.
Within the County of Fayette there are 10 “high hazard” dams under the PA DEP Dam Safety program, we house 4 of these dams within Menallen Township. Our Emergency Management team is well versed in the requirements of this plan and the permitting process required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Division of Dam Safety.
The owners of this facility that was posted on social media retains an engineer as is required to maintain the plan, conduct visual and comprehensive inspections and have contingency plans in place for threats of public safety. We have met with the dam owners and their engineers in the past year and evaluated their plans and assure you our citizens that the plan is well within the parameters set forth and that the inspections are up-to-date, regular and on-going maintenance is performed, and the plans have been approved by the township, again with ZERO threat to public safety.
The following information presents a methodology for prioritizing the dams within a given county in terms of the risk they pose, to assist counties and municipalities in determining which dams to focus mitigation efforts and resources.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) Division of Dam Safety (the Division) maintains a list of dams in the given jurisdiction(s), including the dams’ Hazard Potential Categories. In the Commonwealth, dams with a Hazard Potential Category of 1 (Substantial) or 2 (Few) are considered “high hazard” dams. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) also categorizes dams through Hazard Potential Classification values of Low, Significant, and High.
The Dam Safety & Encroachments Act (Act 325 of 1978) and the Amendment for “High-Hazard Dam” Act 325 provides for the regulation of dams and reservoirs, water obstructions and encroachments in the Commonwealth, to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people and property.
Pennsylvania’s “Dam Safety and Encroachments Act” defines a high hazard dam as “any dam so located as to endanger populated areas downstream by its failure.” Practically, the term “high hazard” refers to a dam whose sudden failure would put the occupants of residential, commercial or industrial structures at risk. The extent of potential loss or damage is determined by a hydraulic engineer’s analysis of dam breach scenarios, translated into an inundation map. The inundation map is the most significant feature of an EAP. Category 1 Hazard potential describes a “high hazard” dam that could cause substantial loss of life, excessive economic loss, or substantial public inconvenience by its sudden failure. A
Category 2, “high hazard” potential dam is one that, in the event of operational or structural failure, could result in the loss of a few lives. Failure of a Category 3, “non-high hazard” dam, would not likely endanger human life, but could result in appreciable property damage or short duration public inconvenience. Public inconvenience could result from flooding of important roads, washout of a bridge, destruction or disruption of public utilities, etc.
For more information on the PA DEP Dam Safety program, you can refer to this Fact Sheet:
https://www.scema.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dam-Safety-Emergency-Action-Plans-Fact-Sheet.pdf
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427 Searight Herbert Road Uniontown, PA 15401
Telephone (724) 245-7108
www.menallen.org

 

Why Choose Us

Meeting Times
and Dates

All meetings are held at the Menallen Township Municipal Office 427 Searight-Herbert Road Uniontown, PA 15401.

Code Enforcement

The office is responsible for planning, zoning enforcement & code enforcement compliance inspections as well as property maintenance inspections.

Zoning

The Office works with engineers, developers, architects, and a variety of agencies, as well as our residents to assist with their respective development needs, guiding them through the planning and zoning process.

Planning

The Office reviews permit applications, issues zoning permits, as well as other related permits, inspects properties, buildings, as to maintain compliance with applicable codes and township ordinance.
The Office handles difficult and sensitive public inquires and complaints and assist township residents to resolve issues.

Sewer
Information

Menallen Township Sewage Authority
427 Searight-Herbert Road
Suite 1
Uniontown, PA 15401

Burning

Burning days are on Saturdays only from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and must be out by 5:00 pm.

Trash Collection

Township trash pickup days are Thursday and Friday each week. Hard to recycle items April and October each year.

Office Phone Directory

Local Offices, Public Office and Tax Offices, Utilities, Uniontown Area School District, Non-Emergency Numbers

Animal Control

The Township’s Animal Control officer is Gary Hoffman of Hoffman Kennels.

Winter
Maintenance

In order to make snow removal easier for our Road Department and any emergency vehicles, please park all automobiles.

Polling Places

District #1 – Keisterville Community & Youth Center
District #2 – Menallen School
District #3 – New Salem Christian Church

About Us

Hello and Welcome

Menallen Township is thankful and appreciative of you. It’s people that make a great place to live, work and play and Menallen Township in Fayette County cares for it’s people. Menallen Township is a bedroom community that focuses on offering a spacious, safe, educational, recreational and inviting place to live and grow for families.
One of our greatest assets is we have room to develop and we are focused in doing so with environmental stewardship in mind. Our Township Supervisors are dedicated to maintaining the health, safety and welfare of our residents. We have national historical sites, wonderful schools, golf courses, recreational areas and are proud of them all. With 4,500 residents and growing we are encouraging people to view our township for quality living.
We have an incredible amount to offer anyone looking for a wonderful place to live. Welcome to Menallen Township.

Meeting Agendas

Meeting Agendas