Eastalco leak violates permit at Potomac River discharge
Eastalco Aluminum Co Buckeystown reports a pH reading of 10.5 in treated water discharged into the Potomac River on Tuesday, violating the permit that caps pH at 9. Earlier readings spiked to 13.2 may be unreliable due to calibration. About 2,600 gallons of caustic chemical leaked when ice fell on a pipe. most leaked into snow and a wastewater pond before being treated.
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Eastalco Aluminum Co
Buckeystown
Potomac River
Jerry Doubroff
Manor Woods Road
Doubroff
John Goheen
Maryland Department of the Environment
Goheen
Mr. Doubroff
Eastalco
Frederick County Science Fair Showcases Student Projects
About 600 Frederick County students set up for the 12th Annual Science Fair at Frederick High School and West Frederick Middle School this weekend. High school entries include lasers and communications, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, water quality in Thurmont, and plant chemical warfare with a Recombinant Techniques in Gene Isolation project drawing interns from Fort Detrick. Public viewing is Sunday March 21 with zones at Frederick High and West Frederick Middle. awards will honor top middle and high school winners, with the grand champion winning a paid trip to the international science fair in Mississippi Beach, Mississippi. The Frederick County Jaycees sponsor the event.
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Tammy Barrick
New Market Middle School
Frederick County
Tammy
Frederick High School
West Frederick Middle School
Thurmont
Fort Detrick
Larkin Hohnke
Frederick High
West Frederick Middle
Mississippi Beach
Miss
Frederick County Jaycees
State legislators spend less in '93
Maryland lawmakers have spent at least 16500 on meals lodging and gas through Feb 26 the session midpoint. Expenses are down at least 76 from last year though James E McClellan shows higher costs due to rent and mileage. Delegate Tom Hattery has not filed yet but plans to seek reimbursements by June 30.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Frederick County
Tom Hattery
Mount Airy
Legislative Accounting Office
Maryland General Assembly
Legislative Compensation Commission
Peggy Heaphy
Ncw
James E McClellan
Frederick
Washington County
Hagerstown
Delegates back conservative $12.5 billion Maryland budget
Anne Arundel and Frederick delegates praised the $12.5 billion plan adopted after cuts totaling more than $220 million from the Schaefer administration request. The budget lowers local aid by about $22 million, but Frederick County will gain $1 million more than the governor’s figure, with a net $7.6 million rise over fiscal 1993.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Schaefer
Frederick County
House
James E. McClellan
D-Frederick
Washington
Thomas Hattery
Hattery
APEX
Maryland
Retiring Justice White defies simple ideological label
Supreme Court Justice Byron R White, retiring after 31 years, opposes abortion rights and backs traditional remedies while resisting easy classification. Scholars say he follows a case-by-case approach, more moderate than some peers, yet not fully liberal or conservative.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R White
Justice White
University of Virginia Law
Dick” Howard
Georgetown
Lews Seadman
Kennedy
William H. Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Rodney Smolla
College of Wiliam
Mandushee White
Astonishing Spring Utterly Stung By Weather Tales
A jagged, fragmentary reminiscence hails spring after a brutal winter. The writer riffs on wild storms, bizarre weather lore, and the East’s tempestuous season shaping a national mood. Individual voices blur into a chaotic collage of weather and memory.
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John Greenleaf
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