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Calvert Cliffs State Park is a public recreation area in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, that protects a portion of the cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the Calvert Peninsula on the west side of Chesapeake Bay from Chesapeake Beach southward to Drum Point. [4] [5] The state park is known for the abundance of mainly ...
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. / 38.43194°N 76.44222°W / 38.43194; -76.44222. The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant ( CCNPP) is a nuclear power plant located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay near Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland in the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is the only nuclear power plant in the state of Maryland.
The scientists' apprehension about the potential adverse impacts of the plant's radioactive emissions as well as the discharge of heated cooling water into the bay led to the formation of the Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee. The committee challenged in court the decision by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to license the power plant.
Calvert County. The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene period. It is one of the three formations which make up the Calvert Cliffs, all of which are part of the Chesapeake Group .
U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Area. 4 acres (1.6 ha) NRHP reference No. 73000907 [1] Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973. The Cove Point Light is a lighthouse located on the west side of Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. [2] [3] [4]
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant; Calvert Cliffs State Park This page was last edited on 27 December 2019, at 23:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the governing body for these parks, although some have been turned over to local authorities.
New Jersey Tidelands Resource Council. The Tidelands Resource Council is a body of twelve members appointed by the Governor. The Council meets monthly and makes decisions to sell or rent state tidelands. All of the decisions must then be approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Attorney General and the ...