Baltimore Scrapyard Fined $50,000 For Releasing Toxic Metals Into Patapsco River

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A South Baltimore scrapyard has been fined $50,000 for allowing toxic metals and oil to wash into the Patapsco River.
According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, the fine from the Maryland Department of the Environment comes almost two years after officials first found out the company was violating its permits. The Baltimore Scrap Corporation has agreed to spend at least $750,000 on systems to filter stormwater runoff that washes over its property and into the h