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		<title>Gov. Hogan Lifts High-Tech Septic Regs, Saves Residents, Business $$$ in Most of Cecil County; &#8216;Critical Areas&#8217; Near Bay, Rivers Still Under Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Larry Hogan will rescind regulations that required installation of costly high-tech septic systems in most of Cecil County, and instead will only retain the requirements in the “critical areas,” close to the Chesapeake Bay and tidal rivers feeding the Bay. The action, which repeals a mandate created by former Governor Martin O’Malley, will lower costs for most new construction as well as homeowners seeking to build additions to existing homes in the county. Hogan announced his decision during a weekend meeting of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) in Ocean City, a gathering of most of the state’s county and local elected officials as well as lobbyists and members of the General Assembly. Since a 2009 law enacted by the General Assembly, properties located in the “Critical Area”&#8211; within 1,000 feet of the Chesapeake Bay or its “tidal tributaries”—have been required to install nitrogen-reducing “Best Available Technology” (BAT) septic systems for new homes or to replace facilities for existing homes that had failing septic systems. But as of 1/1/13, O’Malley instituted broader regulations that applied to any property considered affecting the Chesapeake Bay “watershed.” In Cecil County, with its many rivers, streams and creeks feeding into the Bay, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Annapolis Legislation Gives Cecil County Headaches, but Rural &#8220;Coalition&#8221; Bid has Drawbacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as the state General Assembly is in session, it seems that every week brings another litany of legislation that could cause headaches and costly mandates for Cecil County. County Commissioners heard about a legislative laundry list of troublesome proposals on Tuesday— and received an appeal from a controversial Frederick County official trying to enlist support for his lobbying efforts in Annapolis. Pat Conway, Cecil County’s director of permits and inspections, outlined several legislative proposals that could impose costly regulatory burdens on the county as well as re-open one of the most contentious issues— residential fire sprinklers—that the local government has dealt with in recent years. During the Cecil County Commissioners Tuesday worksession, Conway described state legislative proposals that could remove the county’s ability to “opt out” of an international building code mandating sprinklers. After months of heated debate—literally heated, including controlled fire demonstrations of sprinkler systems outside the county administration building—the county commissioners voted a year ago to rescind legislation adopted by a previous commissioners’ board mandating sprinklers in new single-family home construction. Another legislative proposal would require the county to inspect residential balconies on a regular basis to evaluate potential safety hazards. Conway said the county does [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commish to Broomell: Wait for Ethics Panel Review of Demands to Re-write New Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) will have to wait a few months in her relentless quest to re-open the county’s new ethics code, after her four fellow commissioners on Tuesday finally stood up to her push for immediate action on her demands. Instead, a majority of the County Commissioners insisted that the county’s Ethics Commission should be allowed to see, review and comment upon her proposals before they are put out to a public hearing at taxpayer expense. All five members of the ethics panel had requested, in a letter to the County Commissioners, a five-month review process for any revision proposals. Broomell put her proposals into writing for Tuesday’s commissioners’ worksession, unlike her push a few weeks ago to force an immediate “up or down vote” on her shifting verbal proposals, without a written text so colleagues could actually see what they were voting on. [SEE most recent Cecil Times report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2012/01/cecil-county-commish-mired-again-in-broomell-demands-for-ethics-do-over/ ] While the county faces many problems&#8211;such as new state environmental and planning mandates, reduced state aid to transportation and education, and the prospect of dumping half of teacher pension costs onto the county&#8211; Broomell has dominated many hours of commissioner worksessions with her persistent [&#8230;]]]></description>
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