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Friday, November 30, 2012

Brooklyn Park Vows to Renew Fight Against Incinerator

Community and environmental groups did not attend a hearing before a PSC law judge in which the company submitted technical documents.

UPDATE (12:30 p.m. Monday)—Brooklyn Park residents have vowed to renew their fight against Energy Answers International, the company that wants to build an incinerator that would generate electricity in nearby Curtis Bay, following a hearing Friday before a law judge for the state Public Service Commission (PSC). Todd R. Chason, an attorney representing Energy Answers, filed several technical documents during the 15-minute hearing before PSC law judge Dennis Sobol. Although Sobol asked a few brief questions about the documents, he did not indicate when he would make a decision on when the plant could proceed with construction. Energy Answers International wants to build the Fairfield Renewable Energy Project on the site of the former FMC …

Deborah Q. Frank

9:29 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

It's nice to have a real reporter back at Patch who knows how to write a story that impacts the community and the people who live there. Debbie Frank President, Arundel Neighborhoods Association and Sue Sturms , Treasurer e   more ›

Thursday, September 13, 2012

LETTER: Time Needed for Feedback on Treatment Facility

Councilman Peter Smith (D-District 1) is requesting additional time for residents to comment on plans for a Waste-to-Energy treatment facility in Curtis Bay.

The following letter was submitted by Peter Smith, the council member for District 1 in Anne Arundel County. I have learned that the most important aspect of being a productive citizen of a community is being informed. More important than taking action, is knowing that action needs to be taken in the first place. Last week members of the community of Brooklyn Park and Cherry Hill met with stakeholders to hear public comment on the development of a Waste-to-Energy (WTE) treatment facility proposed to be located in Curtis Bay.   In essence, this facility will be a waste incinerator that would burn many tons of waste everyday right across the border of Brooklyn Park. For many that are unaware, this could have enormous effects on the families …

Deborah frank

5:02 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012

As president of Arundel Neighborhoods Associations, Inc. here in Brooklyn Park, we are fully behind Councilman Pete Smith's efforts in this matter. The incinerator in Curtis Bay would be one of the worse things to hit North County in the last decade. Every voter should be e-mailing, texting, twitting or phoning their respective delegates, senators etc. It started in Baltimore City. Are they …   more ›

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Gazette: Grasso Envisions Wildlife Sanctuary at Curtis Bay Depot

The county councilman said a private donor already has signed on to fund the project that he hopes also would include an environmental education center, the Maryland Gazette reported.

Anne Arundel County Councilman John J. Grasso (R-Glen Burnie) said he would like to see a wildlife preservation and environmental education center in Glen Burnie, similar to the one recently developed at Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center, according to an article published Saturday in the Maryland Gazette. The center would be developed at the former Curtis Bay Depot on Ordnance Road and Grasso said there a private donor comitted to financing the project, the Gazette reported. Read the full story: mdgazette.com/content/councilman-wants-wildlife-sanctuary-curtis-bay-depot.

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