Maryland One Step Closer to Adopting Flush, Storm Water Fee

As reported by the Hometown Annapolis, Maryland state lawmakers moved closer to making residents pay more to clean up pollution that fouls the Chesapeake Bay. The House of Delegates approved a bill doubling the "flush fee" and another bill requiring urban and suburban counties to adopt fees to battle storm water pollution.

The measures now move to the state Senate, which would need to approve the bills by the final day of the General Assembly session on April 9 for the fees to become law.

The bill requires 10 larger counties to establish a fee that would be used to fix old storm water controls and repair streams damaged by storm water pollution.

Statewide, storm water is the source of 18% of nitrogen pollution, 22% of phosphorus pollution and 39% of sediment pollution.

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Source: Hometown Annapolis