The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will have a public hearing from 6-9:30 p.m. Monday, March 4 at the Swiftwater Elementary Center about the proposed Warner Road Warehouse Project in Pocono Township, Monroe County.

Core5 Industrial Partners of Harrisburg has applied for a National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System permit for a discharge of stormwater from construction activities.

Representatives from DEP’s Waterways & Wetlands Program, the Monroe County Conservation District, and Core5 Industrial Partners LLC will be in attendance for the hearing.

Core5 plans to build a 702,000 square-foot warehouse building along Warner Road. The project also includes the construction of car parking lots, truck loading docks, trailer parking areas, access drives, stormwater basins, and on- and off-site utilities. The NPDES permit is for the discharge of stormwater to Pocono Creek, which is a High Quality-Cold Water Fishes and Migratory Fishes stream, and to Exceptional Value wetlands.

DEP requests that people wishing to testify at the hearing submit a written notice of intent to Colleen Connolly, Community Relations Coordinator at: coconnolly@pa.gov.

DEP will accept requests up to the day of the hearing. Testimony will be limited to 5 minutes.

The NPDES permit application documentation is available for review at the Monroe County Conservation District, 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg. It is also available on the DEP Northeast Regional Office Community Information Web page at: CORE 5 Monroe County Warehouse (pa.gov) or at the DEP Northeast Regional Office, located at 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 570-826-2511.

Swiftwater Elementary Center is at 135 Academic Driver, Swiftwater.