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April 2019 Volume 29 Number 2 Coal ash contaminated groundwater at almost all monitored sites ≈ Sites found in MD, PA and VA; one in the Patuxent watershed was among the 10 worst in the nation. BY WHITNEY PIPKIN Just after Virginia legislators voted to end the storage of coal ash in pits where it could leach into groundwater and rivers, a report released in March revealed widespread coal-ash contami- nation in 39 states — and at more than 91 percent of the power plants moni- tored. They include sites in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The report by Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project relies on monitoring data from coal-fired power plants that an Obama era Construction crews restore Chinquapin Run in Baltimore city, moving sewer line out of a channel and stabilizing banks. regulation required them to release Trees planted along stream by volunteers were taken out, but officials say the reductions in erosion and sewage leaks for the first time in 2018. Of the 265 outweigh the loss. (Dave Harp) power plants that were impacted by the requirement, the report found that groundwater near 242 of them contained “unsafe levels” of one or Localities challenged to meet stormwater reductions more pollutants from coal ash. It also Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties localities could claim greatly increased cited a coal ash landfill in Maryland’s ≈ Critics question effectiveness said they’ve managed to avoid a similar pollution reduction credits for stream Patuxent River watershed as one of the of some methods, say MD has fate. But they only did so with help restoration projects — far beyond what 10 worst coal ash contamination cases let some places off easy. from the Maryland Department of the a number of experts think is warranted. in the country. BY TIMOTHY B. WHEELER Environment, which approved ways of State officials say they did those The snapshot of the industry Stormwater pollution is proving to complying with its mandates that critics things to provide flexibility in meeting “confirms that virtually all coal [ash be one tough nut to crack in restoring find questionable. the ambitious stormwater reduction sites] are polluting our groundwater,” the Chesapeake Bay. To understand how Baltimore city, for instance, did it target they set because the effort was said Abel Russ, senior attorney with tough, just look at how Maryland’s larg- mainly by sweeping its streets — an costly and difficult and each locality the EIP and lead author of the report. est city and the state’s biggest suburbs approach that experts say is, at best, seemed to have different challenges Coal ash, the byproduct of burn- have struggled with it. only modestly effective at curbing the meeting it. ing coal for power, can contain toxic A year ago, despite having spent nutrient pollution that plagues the Bay. “Each county is finding practices that chemicals and heavy metals such as more than $100 million on a slew of Anne Arundel County, meanwhile, work best in their landscape and environ- arsenic, lead and mercury. Environ- projects, Montgomery County failed to took advantage of a new state program ment,” said Lee Currey, director of the mental lawyers and researchers have meet state requirements for reducing that permits pollution “trading.” This MDE Water and Science Administration. been trying to prove how easily these polluted runoff from its streets, parking let the county offset its big shortfall in But environmentalists and even contaminants can leach from unlined lots and rooftops. In a consent agree- reducing stormwater runoff by taking some stream restoration professionals or clay-lined pits into groundwater ment with state regulators, it pledged credit for the better-than-required perfor- contend that the state has let localities and, eventually, enter drinking water to catch up and pay a $300,000 fine mance of its sewage treatment plants. off easy. Under pressure from local offi- and nearby waterways. — or spend a like amount on an extra And Baltimore County benefited cials, they say, regulators permitted and The data used to produce the report stormwater management project. from another helpful state decision. came from groundwater monitoring Officials in the city of Baltimore and The MDE announced late last year that Runoff continues on page 21 Coal Ash continues on page 20 Bay Journal • April 2019 2 Editor’s Note BAY JOURNAL is published by Bay Journal Media to inform the public about ecological, scientific, historic and cultural issues New special issue, new changes & new faces and events related to the Chesapeake Bay. The Bay Journal, circulation 35,000, is published monthly except in midsummer It’s been a LNP newspaper in Lancaster, PA, for and midwinter. It is distributed free of charge. Bundles are available hectic start to nearly 37 years, winning more than 20 for distribution. 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