A Montgomery County, Maryland, Circuit Court (“Court”) addressed in a Memorandum Opinion (“Opinion”) whether a reissued State Discharge Permit No. 19AF/National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit No. MDG01 (“Permit”) should have included a prohibition on gaseous ammonia. See
In Re Petition of Assateague Coastal Trust for Judicial Review of the Decision of the Maryland Department of the Environment – In the Matter of Land and Materials Administration Determination to Re-Issue General Discharge Permit for Animal Feeding Operations State Discharge Permit #19AF/NPDES #MDG01.
Petitioner Assateague Coastal Trust raised the issue in an Administrative Appeal of the Maryland Department of the Environment’s (“MDE”) reissuance of the Permit.