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Commissioner Hardy criticizes stormwater fee, urges residents to press legislators
Summary
At the Berkeley County Commission meeting, Commissioner Hardy called the stormwater management fee an imposed federal/state charge and urged residents to contact legislators while the commission works on plans to ease its impact.
Commissioner John Hardy said Tuesday that Berkeley County has little choice over a locally collected stormwater management fee and urged residents to press state and federal lawmakers for relief. "This is a fee that is imposed on us by the EPA at the federal level. It's imposed on us at the state level by the DEP," Hardy said, arguing the county is constrained by higher-level mandates and consent-decree obligations.
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