From Friends of Harford: On June 21st, Harford County Council passed a state required financial assurance plan which described how the County will accomplish the stormwater runoff control required by Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) by the end of the County’s pollution permit, also called the EPA Clean Water Act Permit. This requirement is […]
Prost: “Rain Tax” is Easy to Demonize, Harder to Help People Understand Reason for Fee and Risk if It is Reduced or Repealed
From Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation: The so-called “rain tax” is easy to demonize. It makes a convenient political target (“Governor Larry Hogan Introduces Legislation to Repeal ‘Rain Tax,’” Feb. 12). What’s harder is to help people understand the reason for the fee, and the risk to Baltimore and Harford counties of […]
Friends of Harford: Rain Tax Repeal Does Little; County Should Devise Plan of Action to Slow Down the Pollutants We Generate
From Friends of Harford: Legislative Bill 14-036 was introduced on December 9, 2014 in county council session. Public testimony is scheduled for Date/Time: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 6:30 pm Location: Council Chambers, 212 S. Bond St, Bel Air The stated purpose of the bill is to “repeal in its entirety Article III, Watershed Restoration […]
Friends of Harford: “We Are on the Hook to EPA to Reduce Stormwater Runoff from Our Existing Infrastructure”
From Friends of Harford: Stormwater management is in the news as Governor-elect Hogan readies his plan to remove the “rain tax” and new county executive Glassman has sent a bill to the county council to repeal Harford’s “rain tax”. It seems we will pay for the stormwater management program out of the general budget. Regardless […]
New Harford Democratic Club Dec. 4: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Discusses Stormwater Management Law
From the New Harford Democratic Club: Meeting Reminder Wednesday December 04, 2013 – 7:00pm * Aberdeen Holiday Inn* 1007 Beards Hill Rd Aberdeen, MD 21001 Our speaker for the December 4 program of the NHDC will be a representative from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The topic will cover the new State Stormwater Management law and […]
Friends of Harford and Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oppose Repeal of Harford’s Watershed Restoration and Protection Act
From Friends of Harford: Please read the email we received from Chesapeake Bay Foundation against Harford County Bill 13-38: Dear Friend of the Bay: On November 5, the Harford County Council will hold a public hearing on Bill 13-38, which would repeal Harford’s Watershed Restoration and Protection Act and put Harford in violation of state […]
Del. Szeliga: Rain Tax? Yep – It’s Raining Taxes!
From Del. Kathy Szeliga: July 1 brings the New Rain Tax! Unfair, Uncertain, Unnecessary, Unwarranted, UGLY! Those are just a few words that describe the new Stormwater Management fee – better known as the Rain Tax. If you don’t know how much your bill is, you’re not alone. The Rain Tax will appear on our […]
County Executive Craig: “Are the Benefits to the Bay Worth the Strain that the Implementation of These Improvements Will Cause…?”
County Executive Craig Issues Statement Regarding Harford’s Compliance with State-Mandated Rain Tax From Harford County government: Harford County Executive David R. Craig has issued the following statement regarding the county’s compliance with the state-mandated collection of a stormwater remediation fee, a measure that the General Assembly passed and the Governor signed into law last year: […]
