Volume 1 Number 4

August 2005

eMDE is a monthly publication of the Maryland Department of the Environment. It covers articles on current environmental issues and events in the state. Additional monthly features include: MDE public meetings and hearings schedule, enforcement and compliance notes, and permitting activity. 

Car wash fundraiser season is in full swing. While the splashing and hard work of kids and community volunteers so popular on fairweather roadsides is fun -can be detrimental to the environment runoff is not properly managed.