Posted on 09/10/2001 12:00:25 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Army Corps of Engineers twice discharged four times the legal limit of chlorine into a pristine national park stream in Maryland, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times.
While the discharges of chlorinated water violate state law, they do not violate the Corps' discharge permit issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment, a spokesman said.
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