The Baltimore County Council Monday night voted unanimously to call on the Maryland Department of the Environment to reject an application from a White Marsh landfill to dump more of its toxic water discharge into the Bird River.
“An agency charged with protecting the Chesapeake Bay should not endorse the weakening of environmental protection in an area already struggling with sediment pollution,” said Republican Councilman David Marks, who proposed the resolution.
Operators of the Days Cove Rubble Landfill want to double the amount it discharges into the Bird River, to up to 25,000 gallons daily.
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