February 3, 2022

EPA Declares ‘No Confidence’ In Conowingo Cleanup Plan

February 1, 2022, Chesapeake Bay Magazine

 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said this week that it has “no confidence” that a pollution reduction plan written to offset the impact of the Conowingo Dam will be implemented because of a lack of funding.

In a Jan. 24 letter to environmental officials in Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the agency said it would scrap what was supposed to be an “innovative” cleanup plan unless states come up with a way to pay for it within 60 days.

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