The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has finalized its water quality nutrient trading regulations after several years of work. The regulations took effect on July 16, 2018. MACo believes…
A Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) news release (2017-10-11) announced the release of draft regulations that would establish a water quality nutrient credit trading program. The draft regulations culminate a…
The previous Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permitting process was controversial and spawned litigation from both county governments and environmental groups. The current MS4 permit round also poses challenges…
A Bay Journal article (2018-08-29) reported on the challenge Montgomery and other counties face in retrofitting 20 percent of its impervious surface area with "green" stormwater treatment structures under its Municipal Separate…
At a meeting on 2016-05-19, the Maryland Water Quality Trading Advisory Committee decided to temporarily suspend meeting while the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) finishes reviewing and incorporating its comments into…
The Maryland Department of the Environment's Water Quality Trading Advisory Committee will be considering two potential options for offsetting water pollution generated by new growth under the State's forthcoming "Aligning for Growth"…
A newly formed Maryland Water Quality Trading Advisory Committee held its first meeting on January 21 in a third attempt to create a nutrient credit trading policy among different water pollution…
As previously reported on Conduit Street, the Water Quality Trading Advisory Committee has been working on a draft practices manual that will cover how nutrient credit trading will work in…
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