2023-11-15T14:42:45-05:00 2022-12-31 813977903 On Point Tax & Accounting LLC 2314 E Joppa Road Parkville MD 21234 990 2022-01-01 271517453 GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER INC GUNP PO BOX 156 Monkton MD 21111 THEAUX LEGARDEUR EXECUTIVE DIREC 4109573526 2023-11-09 false THEAUX LEGARDEUR XXX-XX-XXXX Gwen James P01486983 4103912500 2023-11-15 0 11 AAL2 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z 298045 false X X 2009 MD PROTECTION, CONSERVATION & RESTORATION OF THE GUNPOWDER AND BUSH RIVER WATERSHEDS 8 8 1 50 0 0 121558 298019 0 15 26 0 121573 298045 4500 4436 41656 73679 0 2400 223410 41656 306025 79917 -7980 198125 181317 129659 120831 68466 60486 PROTECTION, CONSERVATION & RESTORATION OF THE GUNPOWDER AND BUSH RIVER WATERSHEDS false false 74886 10798 GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER AGREED TO SETTLE LITIGATION WITH EPA AND DOJ ON THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT SUIT AGAINST THE EPA FOR THE APPROVED MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB) POLLUTION DIET. THE COURT APPROVED SETTLEMENT WILL PROVIDE FOR FISH PCB MONITORING AT CANAL CREEK AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS AND AT SENECA AND SALTPETER CREEKS AT THE LEGACY C.P. CRANE COAL FIRED POWERPLANT SITE. 25% OF TOTAL PROJECTS. 59908 14239 GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER STAFF WORKED ON ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ALONG THE LOWER GUNPOWDER TO DISCUSS SOURCES OF SEDIMENT IN THE TIDAL GUNPOWDER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. NAMELY; BOTH FOSTER AND TAYLOR BRANCH ARE EXPERIENCING SEDIMENT AND BACTERIA POLLUTION FROM IMPROPERLY REGULATED UPSTREAM SOURCES. GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER UNDERTOOK SIGNIFICANT LEGAL RESEARCH TO ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO NONCOMPLIANT UPSTREAM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. IF POLLUTION IS DIMINISHED, RECREATIONAL, ECONOMIC AND AESTHETIC VALUE OF THIS SECTION OF THE LOWER GUNPOWDER RIVER COULD BE RESTORED. 20% OF TOTAL PROJECTS ONGOING. 59908 8639 ABINGDON WOODS PROJECT: RIVERKEEPER WAS FORCED TO APPEAL A CIRCUIT COURT DECISION UPHOLDING THE MDE WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS PERMIT. THE SITE CURRENTLY CONTAINS MANY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT FORESTED WETLANDS, SPECIMEN TREES AND 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 FISHERY. THIS FORESTED AREA PROVIDES VITAL STORMWATER AND FLOOD CONTROLS TO ADJACENT AND DOWNSTREAM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THIS WORK IS ONGOING. 20% OF TOTAL PROJECTS. 29954 4319 C.P. CRANE COAL FIRED POWERPLANT: THIS SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGER OF PCBS IN THE GUNPOWDER WATERSHED WAS CLOSED BY MDE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. RIVERKEEPER HAS SINCE TRACKED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS OF THE PROPERTY. RIVERKEEPER AND OPPOSED A PLAN TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY INTO HOUSING THAT WOULD IMPACT THE TIDAL GUNPOWDER AND MIDDLE RIVER AND REQUIRE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER TO BE BROUGHT OUT TO THE PENINSULA THAT IS APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 10% OF TOTAL PROJECTS. 29954 4319 BACTERIA MONITORING IN THE GUNPOWDER RIVER WAS CONDUCTED AND POSTED THROUGH SWIM GUIDE AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON EPA SAFE SWIMMING CRITERIA. 10% OF TOTAL PROJECTS. 14977 6160 GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER VOLUNTEERS MAINTAINED WADER WASH STATIONS ACROSS 18 MILES OF THE COLDWATER SECTION OF THE RIVER TO CONTAIN DIDYMO ALGAE AND COORDINATED OUTREACH ON NEW ZEALAND MUDSNAILS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER RIVER. THIS WORK IS ONGOING. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS. 14977 2160 GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WORKED ON ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE UPPER WATERSHED WITH COMMUNITY, OFFICE, SCHOOL GROUPS, AND SCOUT AND BROWNIE TROOPS ON FOREST TO FAUCET STREAMWALKS AND SERVICE PROJECTS ALONG THE RIVER AND DISCUSSED THE SOURCES OF CITY DRINKING WATER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTED PARK AND RESERVOIR LANDS, WILD TROUT AND COLDWATER HABITAT. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS 14977 2160 INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES: IN THE LOWER GUNPOWDER RIVER AND BUSH RIVER ARE BEING IMPACTED BY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THAT ARE NONCOMPLIANT WITH STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS. IN THE GUNPOWDER AND BUSH RIVERS THERE ARE 119 FACILITIES UNDER THE STORWATER PERMIT THAT HAS A 25% COMPLIANCE RATE STATEWIDE. RIVERKEEPER APPEALED THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEW STORMWATER PERMIT AND WON A PARTIAL REMAND BECAUSE THE RAFT PERMIT DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RAINFALL DATA, AND NO EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION REGULATED BY NATIONAL POLLUTION ELIMINATION DISCHARGE (NPDES) INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMITS IDENTIFY THE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND ASSESS COMPLIANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS AND THEIR IMPACTS TO LOCAL AND DOWNSTREAM WATER QUALITY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 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