Harford Executive Cassilly Opposes Days Cove Rubble Landfill Discharge Increase into Gunpowder Waterways

In a November 3 letter, Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly urged the Maryland Department of the Environment to deny a request by rubble landfill operator Days Cove to double the allowable discharge from its operation from 12,500 to 25,000 gallons per day.

The letter reads, in part:

“The requested increase of discharge … would have detrimental adverse effects on the local ecosystem and undermine our continuing efforts to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay … The proposed discharge allowance by Days Cove would allow for a substantial increase in ammonia, nitrogen, PCB’s, iron, and sediment loads in the Gunpowder River. Harford County strongly opposes this discharge increase.”

The full letter is attached.