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		<title>State Leaders Tour Conowingo Dam, Admit Dam is Half of Bay Pollution but Cecil County Still on Hook for Cleanup Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R-Harford/Cecil) peered out the window of a mini-bus crossing the Conowingo Dam Thursday and exclaimed, “where’s all the usual debris—they must have scooped it up…did they know we were coming?” But the real problem with the dam is invisible and far below the surface of the Susquehanna River: tons of backed-up sediment that is released into the Chesapeake Bay when floodgates are opened, especially during storms. Jacobs, along with Cecil County officials, took top state environmental regulators on a bus trip to make their point that the privately-owned dam is a major source of pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. And that multi-state problem must be cleaned up first, they argued, before downstream counties in Maryland are forced to spend millions on state-mandated pollution fixes. While conceding that the Susquehanna—which originates in New York and flows through Pennsylvania before reaching Maryland—is responsible for at least half of the pollutants entering the Bay, the state officials were un-moved. “It’s not just about the Bay,” said Robert Summers, Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment. Streams, reservoirs and “the future of our drinking water in the state” all require additional steps to curb pollution from stormwater runoff, septic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Officials to Challenge State Officials on Bay Cleanup, Conowingo Dam, Earleville Dump</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2013/04/cecil-county-officials-plan-challen-of-state-officials-on-bay-cleanup-conowingo-dam-earleville-dumpsite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore and the County Council mapped strategy on Tuesday for an upcoming meeting with top state officials involved in Chesapeake Bay policy, with a plan to focus on sediment buildup at the Conowingo Dam that swamps the Bay with pollutants especially after storms. But one Councilor and Moore said the talks should also focus on pollution of citizens’ wells in Earleville by a US Army Corps of Engineers dumpsite. County officials are working on setting up a meeting with the so-called “Bay Cabinet”&#8211; which includes the Secretaries of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Department of Agriculture, and the Maryland Department of Planning. At the heart of the discussion will be the costs and impact on Cecil County of federal, and especially state, mandates for pollution reductions to protect the Bay. Compliance could cost Cecil County up to $600 million by 2020. Moore said she wanted them to tour the Conowingo Dam in person before sitting down with her and the County Council to discuss pollution issues. Cecil County has joined a coalition with several other counties, mostly on the Eastern Shore, that have hired a lawyer and are threatening [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridges of Cecil County Redux: Broomell Wants Skinny Bridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you get if you put a bridge on Weight Watchers? A skinny bridge on Old Elk Neck, designed by Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) to limit area development potential, even though such a new bridge would be “functionally obsolete,” according to county engineers. It was yet another do-over day Tuesday afternoon for the county commish, as they argued for about two hours, yet again, over county bridge priorities and re-visiting decisions that commissioners already made in the past, at the instigation of Broomell. And it was the latest installment in the not-ready-for-primetime unreality show, “The Bridges of Cecil County,” that has been playing on the County Commissioners channel in Elkton for much of the year. [SEE Cecil Times Special Report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2012/08/the-bridges-of-cecil-county-deja-vu-do-overs/ The commissioners voted a few weeks ago to proceed with replacement of the Old Elk Neck bridge, which washed out in a storm many years ago, but deferred action on recommended safety and grading improvements on nearby roads and intersections. But Broomell was back at the drawing board again, this time saying that the engineering work already completed for a two lane bridge should be changed to make it narrower. At one point she suggested a one [&#8230;]]]></description>
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