Gertz v. Maryland Department of the Environment

JAMES A. KENNEY, III

(Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

This appeal is the latest chapter in a decades-long environmental saga involving landfill operations conducted at property owned by Robert E. Gertz, appellant, on Saint Stevens Church Road in Anne Arundel County (the Site). After finding that Gertz willfully violated a prior contempt order requiring closure of his landfill in accordance with specified deadlines and regulations, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County entered a second contempt judgment against Gertz. The court imposed a fine of $50,000 as a stipulated penalty stemming from…