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		<title>Cecil County Officials Confer with Rep. Harris on Earleville Dump, Conowingo Dam Pollution</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Rep. Andy Harris (R-1) and Cecil County officials huddled Tuesday to discuss costly federal and state mandates to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, but Harris said the US Army Corps of Engineers could over-ride state environmental authorities to resume dumping of shipping channel dredge spoils that have polluted residential drinking water wells in Earleville on the shores of the Bay. In January, a new study by the US Geological Survey concluded that the Army Corps’ dumpsite, on Pond Neck Road in Earleville, had polluted several layers of aquifers in the area and was responsible for contamination of area water wells. Harris met with county officials and representatives of the towns of Elkton and Port Deposit, who complained about the costs and flawed polices to reduce pollution of the Chesapeake Bay under Watershed Implementation Plans (WIP) required by federal law. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has expedited the timetable for the state’s compliance, ahead of other states that contribute to Bay pollution. Cecil County has joined with several other counties to challenge the WIP mandates and they argue that a buildup of sediment behind the Conowingo Dam, which releases tons of pollutants into the Susquehanna River and the Bay during storms, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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