Howard County v. Davidsonville Area Civic & Potomac River Associations, Inc.

ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

This case arises out of a decision by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Department), appellant, granting a discharge permit to Howard County (County), appellant, for a sewage treatment plant. The Little Patuxent Wastewater Treatment Plant (County Plant) discharges treated wastewaters, called effluent, into the Little Patuxent River. The Potomac River Association, Inc. and the Davidsonville Area Civic Association, Inc., appellees, are two voluntary associations located in St. Mary’s County and Anne Arundel County, respectively.

The County applied to the…