GOVERNOR'S OFFICE [31 Pa.B. 3723] Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency July 2, 2001
Whereas, on June 20, 2001, I declared a State of Disaster Emergency in Bucks and Montgomery Counties due to the effects of Tropical Storm Allison and the resulting on-going threat to public safety. The localized and unusually heavy rains associated with the storm system caused extensive damage to streets, private homes and businesses within the counties; and
Whereas, the same storm system and the associated heavy rainfall resulted in the failure of a dam in Berks County on June 22, 2001; and
Whereas, the failure of the Angelica Creek Dam and the localized flooding subjected the residents of Berks County to an on-going threat to public health and safety by damaging a stream channel, destroying a bridge and causing extensive damage to the local highway system. The reservoir destroyed by the storm was the primary water source for the City of Reading and the reserve for firefighting response; and
Whereas, investigations by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency indicate that additional resources of the Commonwealth may be needed to assist county and municipal efforts to mitigate and contend with the magnitude and severity of this continuing and expanding disaster emergency;
Now Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 7301(c) of the Emergency Management Services Code (35 Pa.C.S. Section 7101 et seq.), I do hereby amend my Proclamation of June 20, 2001, as follows:
1. Berks County is now declared to be in a State of Disaster Emergency and is added to the previously designated disaster emergency area.
2. This Proclamation Amendment shall take effect immediately.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Governor, at the city of Harrisburg, this second day of July in the year of our Lord, two thousand and one and of the Commonwealth, the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
Governor
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1264. Filed for public inspection July 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
