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		<title>Water Well Permit Denied for Home in Earleville Area Polluted by Federal Dump; Building Ban Looms as State-Local Feud Clouds Prospects for Cecilton Water Line</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2014/07/water-well-permit-denied-for-home-in-earleville-area-polluted-by-federal-dump-building-ban-looms-as-state-local-feud-clouds-prospects-for-cecilton-water-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT The Cecil County Health Department has refused to issue a water well permit needed to build a home in one of the Earleville communities where local aquifers were polluted by the nearby US Army Corps of Engineers dredge spoil dumpsite—a decision that could lead to a virtual building ban on area lots. The health agency ruled that water in the area was not “potable” and therefore state law required denial of a permit. The decision could decimate the property values of lots in the area and prevent construction of new homes, as well as complicating the purchase and sales of existing area homes. It was the first time that a well permit was denied due to water quality problems in the area since a landmark study by the US Geological Survey, issued in January 2013, concluded that the federal government’s dumpsite at Pearce Creek had altered underground water flow in the area and polluted many residents’ water supplies with contaminants, including arsenic and other toxics in some wells. The pollution persists despite the fact that the dump has been closed to new deposits of shipping channel dredge spoils for over 20 years due to environmental [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Health Dept. Drops Some Key Beach Testing, Pollution Monitoring in Cost-Cutting Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 19:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Health Department has decided to drop summer monitoring of pollution and potential health risks at six local beaches—including a southern county beach adjacent to a dredge spoil dumpsite found to have polluted area groundwater. The county Health Department is technically a state agency but a significant part of its budget comes from Cecil County taxpayers. And in the currently pending Fiscal 2015 budget, the health agency is tentatively slated to get an extra $345,000 in county funds earmarked only for drug abuse prevention and treatment programs. But the health agency has decided to cut health monitoring of the beaches because it is only getting $4,600 in state funds to monitor Cecil County beach water quality&#8211; down from $14,500 a decade ago, according to a memo sent by Stephanie Garrity, the county health officer, to County Executive Tari Moore recently. Garrity did not specify how much she hoped to save by dropping the local beaches from the monitoring program. Cecil County has 17 beaches that have been traditionally sampled for health hazards by the county health department. Under state law, the agency must continue testing and monitoring at 10 “public” beaches that hold state permits—including beaches at two [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Federal Study Proves Army Dumping Poisoned Earleville Wells; Army Wants to Resume Dumping in Cecil County</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Cecil Times Special Report A new comprehensive study by a federal agency proves what Earleville residents have known for decades: the US Army Corps of Engineers’ dumping of shipping channel dredge spoil in Cecil County has poisoned many homes’ drinking water wells—including hugely elevated levels of arsenic, heavy metals, and sulfates. But the Corps wants to resume dumping in the area, after an unspecified ‘remediation’ effort at the Pearce’s Creek dump site. The report by the US Geological Survey (USGS) was published online on 1/17/13 [SEE detailed, scientific jargon and charts-laden report here: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5263/sir12_5263.pdf ] But its conclusions have been known in the community in broad outlines for several months. The Corps held a briefing for some “elected officials” in Elkton late last year but community activists were barred from the meeting, sources said, and several county elected officials said they were not advised in advance of the meeting. Separately, Cecil County Executive Tari Moore told Cecil Times that shortly after she assumed her office in December, representatives of the Corps and the Port of Baltimore met with her personally in a “get-acquainted” session and spoke in general terms about the then-pending report. “They said they were going to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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