The comment period on the Days Cove Rubble Landfill Discharge Permit has been extended by 30 days. You now have until October 22nd to email or send in any comments you have regarding the Permit.
If you couldn’t attend the hearing, but would still like your voice to be heard, please send in a comment opposing the permit:
Contact: Mr. Paul Hlavinka at (410) 537-3631 or 1-800-633-6101, or by email at paul.hlavinka@maryland.gov
or write:
Maryland Department of the Environment, Water and Science Administration
Attn.: Paul Hlavinka, Chief, Industrial Stormwater Permits Division
Reference State Discharge Permit 19DP3782 NPDES Permit MD0071587
1800 Washington Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1708
Here are some suggestions on how to send an effective comment:
My name is…My address is…I have lived on the area for X years;… I use the waters in, around, or in close proximity to the Days Cove Discharge for recreational pursuits, such as, (list all that apply) fishing, swimming, crabbing, birding, boating, kayaking and am concerned that my interests, such as, (list all that apply) property, recreational, environmental, and/or aesthetic, will be harmed and therefore oppose the MDE State permit 19DP3782, NPDES Permit MD0071587 as written. Please strengthen the permit to protect my interests and:
- Deny an increase in discharge volume and Ammonia concentration at the plant and at discharge
- Deny an increase in Nitrogen discharge* above the TMDL cap using credits from close facilities with expired permits.
- Require a no discharge alternative for the facility.
- Require Biomonitoring so plant performance can be assured
- Require that leachate is treated to a drinking water standard
- Require Weekly grab samples, (instead of monthly) and require annual inspections
- Require that the discharge not occur in a swale in the critical area
- Require PCB monitoring of discharges
- Require monitoring of iron
- Require that all discharges, whether trucked to Back River or applied as dust suppressant are counted towards the total nitrogen volume of permit.
- Require the applicant to assess water quality in receiving waters ** (for instance and MDE is using a buoy 8,584 feet from the receiving water to characterize salinity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen and temperature which inform permit conditions).