The County Council voted 6-0 last night to ban burying the coal-combustion byproduct, but the bill does not affect the Gambrills mine linked to 23 wells contaminated with cancer-causing metals.
Hours before the vote, the Maryland Department of Environment levied a $1 million fine against Constellation Energy and mine owner BBSS Inc. Constellation produces the fly ash at two power plants in the county and has been depositing 250,000 tons a year in...
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