Editor’s note: This story, originally published Dec. 17 at 2:55 p.m., was updated Dec. 17 at 5:15 p.m. to add a statement from Jay Apperson, a spokesperson for the Maryland Department of the Environment.
The Maryland Department of the Environment last month issued a notice of violation to Reworld Montgomery, the operator of Montgomery County’s Dickerson incinerator, after annual compliance testing found elevated air pollutant levels coming from one of the facility’s three boilers.
Tests conducted in late September found levels of dioxins and furans from the boiler were 83% higher than the allowable amount under state regulations, according to a Wednesday press release from the county’s Department of Environmental Protection…