Approximately 100 concerned citizens many of whom were residents, attended the public hearing for the Abingdon Woods Business park on November 6 at Edgewood High Schools. Many testifying stated that their property, aesthetic and environmental interests will be directly harmed if the Wetlands and Waterways Permit 19-NT-0228 is approved by the Maryland Department of the …
MDE has provided the following press release and statement from Secretary Ben Grumbles : SECRETARY GRUMBLES STATEMENT ON MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN CHURCH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROPOSAL BALTlMORE (Oct. 23, 2019) — The Maryland Department of the Environment’s mission is to protect and restore the environment for the health and well-being of all Marylanders. The department appreciates and …
Several Harford County area nonprofits including Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER have requested a MDE hearing on the Wetlands and Waterways Permit #201961268/19-NT-0228. Project Name: CREG/ WESTPORT I, LLC, End of Comment Period November 15, 2019. An excerpt from the MDE letter dated October 15, 2019; CREG/WESTPORT I LLC, 1343 Ashton Road, Suite B, Hanover, Maryland 21076, has …
Thanks to the Baltimore Sun Editorial Board for their coverage of the MDE National Pollution and Elimination Discharge Permit Application that would allow discharges of treated wastewater Indian Grave Run, an ephemeral tributary that empties into Little Gunpowder Falls just downstream of the Jericho Bridge. In an editorial article titled; It flows downhill: Harford county …
Indian Grave Run could receive up to 5,000 gallons per day of treated wastewater if the permit is approved. This intermittent tributary is protected by state law from these types of discharges until all other remedies are exhausted. The Indian Grave Run enters the Little Gunpowder falls directly below the Historic Jericho Bridge. Please support …