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To date, roughly one-third of the 67 major sewage plants have been upgraded and work has started on nearly 20 more. According to most estimates, however, there won’t be enough in the till to finish the job. Maryland and other bay states are on the clock set by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate to have pollution reduction measures in place by 2025 with at least 60 percent of the actions complete by 2017.
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Last week state Senator John Astle (D) and Delegate Wendell Beitzel (R), co-chairs of the bi-partisan Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, announced they want a state Constitutional Amendment to halt any transfer of funds from the bay-saving accounts. In a released statement, Senator Astle said, “Senate Bill 65 would say no more such transfers, the dedicated monies must stay in these Funds for the purposes they are intended.”
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Taxpayers agreed to the flush tax with the understanding that monies raised would be used to help restore the Chesapeake, not as a rainy day stash to paper over poor fiscal planning. A deal is a deal. For years, recreational fishermen’s dollars have been use to prop up a dysfunctional commercial fishery. And now this?
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