Air & Radiation Management Administration
Mike Davidson Sand & Gravel – Caroline County
On May 27, MDE received a penalty payment of $20,000 from the Company to settle MDE enforcement action for air quality violations. The violations occurred at Davidson’s sand processing plant in Caroline County. The company violated air quality requirements by operating a sand dryer without first obtaining an air quality permit. After obtaining the permit, the Company continued to violate by exceeding through-put limitations contained in the permit conditions. The company has now obtained a new permit and is operating in compliance.
Status: Case Closed. (Reference #AQCP 05-18A and 03-06A)
Engineering Consulting Services – On June 10, MDE issued a Complaint and Administrative Penalty for $8,400 to Engineering Consulting Services (ESC), LTD for failing to maintain control of radioactive material as required by Maryland regulations and license conditions. ESC also violated State law because the company did not:
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conduct all required annual reviews of its radiation safety program
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have all required shipping documentation for the transportation of the device
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secure the radiation source in the device when not in use at the jobsite
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conduct all required leakage evaluations and inventories of the radiation sources
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have required regulation documentation.
Additionally, an ESC employee failed to wear a personal radiation monitor while operating the nuclear device. Status: The licensee has not yet contacted RHP with regards to the complaint (RHP Case #04-22).
Waste Management Administration
Harlem Park Revitalization Corp. - 10 affected properties – Baltimore – Harlem Park Revitalization Corp. was issued a second amended Administrative Complaint, Order and Penalty equaling $20,000 on June 3, 2005 for violating Maryland’s Lead Laws by failing to register pre-1950 rental properties and failing to bring each affected property into compliance with risk reduction standards. Status: Harlem Park Revitalization Corp. has 10 days to request a hearing on the Complaint and Order and 30 days to request a hearing on the Penalty. (Case Number 04-30-7516)
Joseph H. Walker - 5 affected properties – Baltimore – Joseph H. Walker was issued an Administrative Complaint, Order and Penalty equaling $32,000 on June 9, 2005 for violating Maryland’s Lead Laws by failing to register pre-1950 rental properties and failing to bring each affected property into compliance with risk reduction standards. Status:Joseph H. Walker has 10 days to request a hearing on the Complaint and Order and 30 days to request a hearing on the Penalty. (Case Number 03-30-6778)
Edward N. Snook and Anna I. Snook – 24 affected properties – Washington County – The Department signed a Settlement Agreement and Consent Order with Edward N. Snook and Anna I. Snook on June 3, 2005 for violating Maryland’s Lead Laws by failing to bring pre-1950 rental properties into compliance with risk reduction standards. The agreement contains an $8,000 civil penalty. Status: Edward N. Snook and Anna I. Snook must pay the civil penalty and complete risk reduction work in accordance with an approved time schedule.
Water Management Administration
Kennedyville Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kent County – On June 8, 2005, MDE finalized an amended administrative consent order with the Kent County Commissioners regarding improvements to the Kennedyville Wastewater Treatment Plant located at MD Route 448 South in Kennedyville. Under the terms of the amended consent order, Kent County is required to complete installation of a new sequential batch reactor wastewater treatment system that will replace the existing lagoon system by January 1, 2007 and to comply with all discharge permit effluent limitations by April 1, 2007. The consent order also requires that a plan and schedule for abandonment of the lagoons and proper disposal of sludge be submitted to MDE within 90 days of completion of plant improvements. Kent County has also agreed to limit the number of new connections to the plant until the new plant is constructed and operational. Status: Case closed. (Reference# ACO-05-0143).
Town of LaPlata, Charles County – On June 8, 2005, MDE and the Town of LaPlata finalized an administrative consent order regarding improvements to LaPlata’s sanitary sewer collection system to eliminate unauthorized sewer overflows. Under the terms of the consent order, LaPlata is required to reduce inflow and infiltration to the sanitary sewer system and establish a plan and schedule for providing emergency backup power to the Willow Lane Pump Station, for monitoring discharges from the constructed sanitary sewer overflow pipe at Willow Lane and to remove the structure and eliminate sewage overflows from it by December 31, 2006. La Plata is also required to pay $1,600 to the Maryland Clean Water Fund to resolve past unauthorized discharges and has agreed to pay $100 for future overflows from the Willow Lane overflow pipe until it is eliminated. Status: Case closed. (Reference #CO-05-0132).
Action Properties, St. Mary’s County – On April 27, 2005, MDE finalized a settlement agreement with Action Properties to resolve the Complaint and Order filed on December 29, 2004 requiring abandonment of a substandard drinking water well located at 37254 Manor Road in Chaptico, Maryland. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the owner of Action Properties has agreed to properly abandon and seal the well by a licensed well driller within 60 days. Status: Case closed. (Reference #SA-05-0121).
Isgood, LLC, Harford County – On May 20, 2005, MDE and Isgood, LLC finalized an administrative consent order regarding improvements to the Arena Club Wastewater Treatment System located at 2304 Churchville Road, in Churchville, Maryland. Under the terms of the consent order, Isgood LLC is required within 30 days to submit to MDE for review and approval a plan and schedule for corrective actions to the treatment system, including installation of an equalization tank, that will ensure compliance with the effluent limitations in the system’s State Groundwater Discharge Permit. Status: Case closed. (Reference #CO-05-0126).
Isgood, LLC, Harford County – On May 20, 2005, MDE and Isgood, LLC finalized an administrative consent order regarding improvements to the Wawa-Campus Hills Wastewater Treatment System located at 2300 Churchville Road, in Churchville, Maryland. Under the terms of the consent order, Isgood, LLC is required within 30 days to submit to MDE for review and approval a plan and schedule for corrective actions to the treatment system to ensure compliance with the effluent limitations in the system’s State Groundwater Discharge Permit.
Water and Sediment Pollution Penalties – Statewide – During the period May 15, 2005 to June 15, 2005, MDE collected an additional $5,690 to the Sediment Fund in resolution of alleged erosion and sediment control/sediment pollution violations from three sites and $2,050 to the Clean Water Fund in resolution of alleged water pollution violations at three facilities.
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