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		<title>Cecil County Faces $600 Million Tab for Bay Pollution Cleanup; New Flush Rules for Homeowners</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2011/11/cecil-county-faces-600-million-tab-for-bay-pollution-cleanup-homeowners-face-new-flush-mandates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Commissioners got the preliminary bill Tuesday on how much it will cost to comply with state and federal mandates to limit pollution flowing to the Chesapeake Bay: nearly $600 million and counting. The cost per household is calculated at about $16,000, although individual property owners with septic systems could face higher costs if they are forced to dig up existing tanks and install nitrogen-reduction systems and extend electricity lines to operate the tanks. But the Commissioners still have choices to make that could alter the overall county cost figure slightly, while easing the burden somewhat on individual homeowners. Cecil County must draft a “watershed implementation plan” (WIP) to reduce water pollution and submit it to the state in the next few weeks. County Commissioners will have some tough decisions to make — something that the current Board of Commissioners has not shown itself to be able to do without multiple delays and re-consideration on a variety of issues. Scott Flanigan, the county’s Director of Public Works and a professional engineer, has been warning the Commissioners for months that the costs of the WIP mandates would be staggering. He and his staff outlined a series of options at a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Faces Costly Bay Cleanup; Septic Users May Have to Dig Up Tanks for $20K Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bad news just keeps getting worse for Cecil County on costly sewage and environmental problems. Scott Flanigan, the county’s Director of Public Works and a professional engineer, delivered the latest bad news to the County Commissioners at a worksession Tuesday. In order to meet state mandates—as part of a federal requirement to clean up the Chesapeake Bay—Cecil County will likely have to impose new rules on old and new septic systems and pay costs for extension of sewer services into more populated areas that are currently not served by county or municipal sewer systems. Cecil County must draft a “watershed implementation plan” (WIP) to reduce water pollution and submit it to the state in the next few months, but County Commissioners will have some tough decisions to make in the next few weeks— something that the current Board of Commissioners has not shown itself to be able to do without multiple delays and much hemming and hawing on a variety of issues. Flanigan said that the county “might have to make it mandatory” to force existing homeowners in the “critical area” to spend $15,000 to $20,000 to upgrade their septic systems to so-called “highest available technology” septic systems that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Outrage and Angst in Elkton: State Legislators Commiserate with Cecil County Commissioners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Cecil County’s state legislative delegation shared the fiscal and environmental pain facing the Cecil County Commissioners at a Tuesday meeting marked by some previews of upcoming election campaign themes. Overall, it was a polite session between the delegation and the county board, which has often been divided between acolytes and critics of the delegation leadership. Past hatchets were buried as most of the group united against a common enemy: the state government and looming “mandates” that could cost Cecil County millions of dollars. Attending the session were Sen. E.J. Pipkin, Del. Michael Smigiel, and Del. Jay Jacobs, all R-36th District, along with Del. Mary-Dulany James (D-34A) who represents a tiny sliver of western Cecil County in addition to her Harford County base. Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R-Harford/Cecil) and Del. David Rudolph (D-34B) did not attend but sent aides to sit at the table to answer questions and report back on the session to their bosses. Del. Stephen Hershey (R-36) did not attend or send an aide while Cecil County Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3) was the lone commissioner absentee. Sen. Pipkin dominated the session, honing his Annapolis rhetoric with frequent denunciations of Democrats and Gov. Martin O’Malley. On the proposal [&#8230;]]]></description>
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