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lanning — lots and lots of planning” is how
Cecelia (Cece) Donovan describes a good part
of her job.
As Chief of the Environmental Dredging and
Restoration Division of the Maryland Environmental
Service (MES), there’s no lack of projects that require
her attention.
Brought aboard 25 years ago to work on obtaining
and implementing requirements of the Hart-Miller
Island Dredged Material Containment Facility
permit, Donovan progressed to dredged material
management and then assisted the Maryland Port
Administration (MPA) with the 50-foot channel inflow
to Hart-Miller. “It has been very rewarding,” she said.
Created in 1970 to protect the state’s air, land and
water resources, MES has no regulatory authority
and receives no direct appropriations. It is a self-
supporting, not-for-profit public corporation, combining
the public sector’s commitment to environmental
protection with the private sector’s flexibility and
responsiveness.
“The Port is our biggest client,” said Donovan, “but
my division also works for the Maryland Department
of Natural Resources and Maryland Department of the
Environment.”
She added, “Right now we manage operations
for all of the Port’s dredged material management,
including Hart-Miller and Poplar islands, and the Cox
Creek and Masonville Dredged Material Containment
Facilities.”
Masonville is leased as an automobile terminal,
and “the dredged materials will expand it so more cars
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Photography By Kathy Bergren Smith
CECE DONOVAN
Environmental Efforts Surround Dredged Material
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