Following $4 million settlement in May, violations at Maryland site continue into August
The plume of muddy water in the Gunpowder River, once so vast it could be seen from space, has receded somewhat. But Foster Branch, the creek that flows into that Chesapeake Bay tributary, still looks like it’s brimming with creamed coffee.
Muddy runoff from Ridgely’s Reserve, a large housing development in Joppa, MD, continues to foul Foster Branch and the Gunpowder River months after the developers agreed to pay a record $4.1 million in penalties and compensation to settle a four-year run of alleged pollution violations…