Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    ABINGDON WOODS PROJECT:RIVERKEEPER WORKED WITH OTHER NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS IN THE BUSH RIVER WATERSHED CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT THE ABINGDON WOODS PROJECT AND WAS FORCED TO FILE A PETITION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW IN HARFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT BECAUSE MDE WITHHELD THE ANTIDEGRADATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FROM RIVERKEEPER FOR OVER 180 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENT PERIOD HAD CLOSED. THE AGENCY APPROVED THE WETLANDS & WATERWAY PERMIT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONVERSION OF A 330 ACRE FORESTED PARCEL IN ABINGDON TO A BUSINESS PARK WITH OVER 2.5 MILLION SF OF WAREHOUSE SPACE & ASSOCIATED WETLANDS. THE SITE CURRENTLY CONTAINS MANY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT FORESTED WETLANDS, SPECIMEN TREES & PART OF A STREAM CATCHMENT DRAINING TO OTTER POINT CREEK A HIGH QUALITY TIER II WATERWAY THAT DRAINS INTO THE VIBRANT BUSH RIVER LARGEMOUTH BASS FISHER. THIS FORESTED AREA PROVIDES VITAL STORMWATER AND FLOOD CONTROLS TO ADJACENT & DOWNSTREAM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THIS WORK IS ONGOING. 30% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $73.5K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    C.P. CRANE COAL FIRED POWERPLANT: THIS SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGER OF PCB'S IN THE GUNPOWDER WATERSHED WAS CLOSED BY MDE ENFORMEMENT ACTION THUS CEASING COAL BURNING & DISCHARGES.RIVERKEEPER TRACKED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS OF THE PROPERTY. RIVERKEEPER ALSO TRACKED & COMMENTED ON A CHANGE OF ZONING APPLICATION DURING THE BALTIMORE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAPPING & PLANNING PERIOD WHEREAS THE PLANT APPLIED FOR A ZONING AMENDMENT TO THE PROPERTY ON 119 ACRES FROM RESOURCE CONSERVATION (LEAST PERMISSIVE) TO INDUSTRIAL (MOST PERMISSIVE) ZONING THAT IF APPROVED WOULD IMPACT LAND USE AND WATER QUALITY IN THE TIDAL GUNPOWDER & MIDDLE RIVER AND COULD BECOME A STRANDED ASSE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE BECAUSE THE PENINSULA ALONG THE TIDAL GUNPOWDER & MIDDLE RIVER IS APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT ABOVE SEA LEVEL. BALTIMORE COUNTY DENIED THE UPZONING APPROVAL THUS KEEPING ALL OF THE LANDS AT ISSUE INCLUDING THE CRITICAL AREA WITHIN 1000 FEET OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IN PROTECTIVE ZONING. 15% OF TOTAL PROJECTS
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $36.7K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES: IN THE LOWER GUNPOWDER RIVER & BUSH RIVER, THESE ARE IMPACING WATER QUALITY. GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER UNDERTOOK A COMPLIANCE SWEEP OF THE UPSTREAM FACILITIES REGULATED BY NATIONAL POLLUTION ELIMINATION DISCHARGE (NPDES). "INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMITS" IDENTIFY THE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND ASSESS COMPLIANCE OF THES CONDITIONS AND THEIR IMPACTS TO LOCAL AND DOWNSTREAM WATER QUALITY TO SATISFY RIVERKEEPER'S GOAL OF PROVIDING SUPPORT TO MEDE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM FROM EXCEEDANCES OF REGULATED DISCHARGES IS PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR AND MITIGATED WITH FINES AND PENALTIES. THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING. 15% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.
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    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $36.7K