Anne Arundel likely to win fly ash squabble with MDE

The House of Delegates has given preliminary approval to a bill that would require the Maryland Department of the Environment to pay Anne Arundel County back for work it did on wells contaminated by fly ash, despite objections from MDE.

The opposition from the agency and the state's tough budget picture had made the legislation a hard sell during the session, but county delegates reiterated yesterday it is simply an issue of fairness.

Although a final vote of the House is yet to be taken, the body had no debate on the measure and unanimously approved the favorable report from the House Environmental Matters...