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		<title>Cecil County Environment: &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; on Bay Pollution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be the Cecil County environmental equivalent of “don’t ask, don’t tell” when the county submits to the state of Maryland a mandated preliminary plan on curbing pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. Cecil County Director of Public Works Scott Flanigan told the County Commissioners on Tuesday that lawyers for statewide stormwater and wastewater (sewers) organizations have advised local and county governments to say as little as possible on specific details for complying with pollution reduction goals as part of “watershed implementation plan” (WIP) mandates. Keep it vague and with no commitments, the lawyers advised, so that the counties cannot be held responsible for detailed and specific targets—and their costs—for pollution reduction measures. The sense of relief among the Cecil County Commissioners was palpable in the room on Tuesday, as they realized they would not have to make some very tough political decisions on pollution reduction measures in the next few weeks to meet previously declared deadlines for a county WIP plan. Just a few weeks ago, Flanigan outlined to the county commissioners the potential $600 million costs to Cecil County of steps to comply with state and federal mandates to reduce pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, including mandatory upgrades [&#8230;]]]></description>
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