Colburn Files Own 'Fair Share Act'

ANNAPOLIS — A bill introduced Friday, Feb. 21, by Sen. Richard Colburn, R-37-Mid-Shore, seeks to establish a sewage and sludge remediation charge for Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission ratepayers.

For the years 2010 through 2013, WSSC reported 42.2 million gallons of sewage spills, which is an average of 10.5 million gallons per year or 28,800 gallons per day.

Colburn’s bill would create a $1 billion remediation fund to address the sewage spills, the charge for which would be created yearly by the Montgomery and Prince George’s county councils.

The bill is called Montgomery County and Prince George’s County Fair Share Act of 2014.

“It’s everybody’s Bay and we all want to clean up the Bay,” Colburn said.

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