MACo awarded Maryland Secretary of the Environment Benjamin Grumbles a 2017 Recognition Award for his local government outreach and inclusion efforts when developing environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Counties are…
As previously reported on Conduit Street, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) released draft regulations that would establish a water quality nutrient credit trading program on October 11, 2017. MACo's concerns with…
Nutrient credit trading is coming and will provide counties with a useful but complicated tool to help them meet their water quality goals. Hear from Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) representatives…
Attendees to the 2016 MACo Winter Conference heard about lessons learned from several counties who participated in a nutrient credit trading pilot program in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation…
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…
The House Environment and Transportation Committee held a briefing on the state of the Chesapeake Bay on January 17, 2018. The "State of the Bay" briefing has become an annual…
County officials received updates on pending state and federal legal issues on December 6 at the 2017 MACo Winter Conference. The panel was called "From the Bench: A Federal and…
INTRODUCTION The "Aligning for Growth" (AFG) policy (known as "Accounting for Growth" prior to the Governor Larry Hogan Administration) will determine how new development must mitigate or offset the water pollution…
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