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The Carroll County Health Department reported last week normal levels of E. Coli in Piney Run Creek in Hampstead after 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled in the stream last month.
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A Baltimore County Council member wants legislation introduced that would allow the council to revoke authorization for already-approved development projects.
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The Carroll County Health Department is awaiting water test results from Piney Run Creek in Hampstead, following the spillage of 100,000 gallons of raw sewage there earlier this month.
"Lengthy delays. Staffing shortages. Byzantine regulations. These are trying times for Maryland’s well and septic permitting program. State officials can’t even quantify the overall extent of the permitting delays because the system lacks a centralized database."
The Maryland Department of the Environment wants to assure the public that the plan to treat two million gallons of water contaminated by a train derailment in Palestine, Ohio, poses no danger to the state, but local leaders still have questions.