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Company: Blue Water Baltimore, Inc.
Penalty: $3,325,000
Year: 2023
Date: November 15, 2023
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: water pollution violation
Violation Description: MDE, Blue Water Baltimore, Inc., and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, entered into a consent decree to resolve alleged violations at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant from January 2019 through the present. The consent decree included a $4.75 million civil penalty, 30% of that total penalty to be paid in instalments through July 31, 2025, 30% of to be held in abeyance pending completion of corrective actions by applicable deadlines, and 40% of the total penalty to be set aside for competitive grants to improve water quality or restore aquatic habitat in the Patapsco and Back River watersheds.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Maryland Department of the Environment
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Maryland
Facility City: Baltimore
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