LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST POWER COMPANY FOR ALLEGED POLLUTION
The Maryland Department of the Environment has filed a lawsuit against Mirant Mid-Atlantic power company, claiming that a 300-acre landfill where the company dumps millions of tons of ash is polluting the Mattaponi Creek. According to the lawsuit, Mirant has refused to meet the standards set by the agency to help clean up pollution in ash landfills.
The landfill allegedly does not comply with regulations regarding required liners and the collection of waste water leaching from the landfill.