The Dundalk Eagle, State sues city over Back River, Patapsco sewage plant pollution
State environmental regulators last week filed a lawsuit against Baltimore City alleging environmental law violations at the city’s two sewage treatment plants, claiming the over-polluted discharge the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant has “contaminated the surface waters of Back River and Bear Creek.”
The Maryland Department of the Environment is asking a judge to order the city into compliance with their pollutant discharge permits, and to fine the city up to $10,000 for each of thousands of days worth of alleged violations at the Back River plant, which is located within Dundalk but is city-side property, as well as the the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant in Wagner’s Point.
In the lawsuit, the state accuses the city of breaking their sewage discharge permits’ limits on discharging pollutants into waterways, as well as failing to report both non-compliance with their permit and sampling results.
The complaint also accuses the city of improperly testing samples, failing to conduct necessary maintenance and not keeping an adequate staff at the plants. During a June inspection at the Back River plant, state regulators discovered that out of the 76 operators there, only two had a permanent license, with the rest holding temporary licenses.
It's racist to try to make Baltimore not dump it's shit into Chesapeake Bay.
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