Volume 1, Number 5

September 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. 

With logging and general timber being the fifth largest manufacturing industry in Maryland, earth-disturbing activities are required to apply erosion and sediment control practices to trap and hold sediment-laden water on site.