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As the first segment of the 18.8-mile toll highway nears completion, the Maryland State Highway Administration is carrying out a 2008 settlement negotiated with the Environmental Defense Fund. The group lost a 2007 federal lawsuit aimed at stopping the ICC's construction on environmental grounds.
The group agreed to drop its appeal of the ruling in exchange for the state spending $1 million to install exhaust filters on 70 diesel school buses, along with $1 million to collect three years of data from a new air-quality monitor near the Beltway and Route 214 in Prince George's County. The results could determine how much people near highways are exposed to unhealthy particles and droplets of chemicals in vehicle emissions.
Maryland studying emissions, reducing school bus pollution under ICC agreement
Seeded on Sat Jan 1, 2011 11:04 PM EST
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