The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has issued a six-month permit to the US Army Corps of Engineers to allow renewed dumping of shipping channel dredge spoil at the Pearce Creek site the Corps owns in southern Cecil County. But dumping could not resume until construction begins on a seven-mile water pipeline from...
Read more »
Tags: Army Corps, bay view estates, cecil county, Cecil Times, Cecilton, chesapeake city, dump, earleville, Elk River, Joe Zang, Ken Cowley, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Port administration, mayor, MDE, MPA, pearce creek, pipeline, pollution, Sunset Pointe, US Army corps of engineers, waterline, west view shores
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecilton, chesapeake city, Elkton, Health, politics, real estate, Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
The US Army Corps of Engineers is refusing to provide temporary free bottled water to Earleville residents whose drinking water wells were polluted by a federal dredge spoil dumpsite, which the Corps and the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) are trying to re-open to new dumping after a 20-year hiatus due to pollution concerns. During...
Read more »
Tags: bay view estates, Bill Haines, bottled water, cecil county, Cecil County council, Cecil Times, Cecilton, Corps, County Council, Diana Broomell, dredge spoil, dump, earleville, Ken Cowley, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Port administration, MDE, MPA, pearce creek, permit, pipeline, Robert Hodge, Sunset Pointe, US Army corps of engineers, water quality certification, west view shores
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, politics, real estate, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Residents of three Earleville area communities told state environmental officials Saturday 9/27/14 that they must receive safe, clean drinking water before the US Army Corps of Engineers gets possible state approval for resumed dumping at its nearby Pearce Creek site, which has polluted area aquifers and drinking water wells. About 100 area residents attended...
Read more »
Tags: bay view estates, blackmail, cecil county, Cecil Times, Cecilton, Corps, dump, earleville, hearing, Joe Zang, Joseph Zang, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Port administration, MDE, MPA, pearce creek, permit, pipeline, pollution, Sunset Pointe, US Army corps of engineers, water, wells, west view shores
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecilton, Health, politics, real estate, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Earleville residents whose water wells have been polluted by a federal dredge spoil dumpsite will get their chance to weigh in on a proposal to renew dumping at the site at a state public hearing next week, as the Cecil County Council supported demands by local residents that free bottled water be provided by...
Read more »
Tags: bay view estates, cecil county, Cecilton, Diana Broomell, dump, earleville, Joseph Zang, Ken Cowley, Maryland Deptment of the Environment, Maryland Port administration, MDE, MPA, pearce creek, pipeline, pollution, Robert Hodge, Sunset Pointe, Tari Moore, US Army corps of engineers, water, wells, west view shores
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecilton, Elkton, Health, politics, real estate, Robert Hodge, seniors, Uncategorized | No Comments »
A stumbling block to bringing safe, clean water to three Earleville communities with wells polluted by a US Army Corps of Engineers dredge spoil dumpsite has been overcome with a new commitment by state environmental officials to require homes to connect to the water system once it is completed. Without such state action, there...
Read more »
Tags: building ban, cecil county, Cecil Times, Cecilton, dump, earleville, health department, Joe Zang, Joseph Zang, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Port administration, MDE, MPA, pearce creek, permits, pipeline, robert summers, special report, US Army corps of engineers, water, water pollution, wells
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecilton, Elkton, Health, Uncategorized | No Comments »
