Date: January 1, 2007

To: Mr. Ray Bourland, Executive Secretary

Maryland Public Service Commission

Baltimore, MD

and

Mr. Kendyl Philbrick, Secretary

Maryland Depart of the Environment

Baltimore, MD

Re: Case Numbers 9085 – Morgantown Plant

9086 & 9079 – Chalk Point

Mirant Mid-Atlantic (Morgantown Power Plant) is requesting 1.66 million gallons per day from the Patuxent Aquifer from two 18" diameter wells, to an estimated depth of 1,900 feet

Mirant Mid-Atlantic (Chalk Point Power Plant) is requesting 0.9 million gallons per day from the Patuxent Aquifer from two 16" diameter wells, to an
estimated depth of 2,100 feet.

These wells are being requested for scrubbers on the cooling towers.

We are requesting all data regarding these requests. We need to determine the total background on this proposal.

Apparently, there was an agreement reached in a Virginia Federal Court that fined Mirant and in an

agreement they are to modify their plants to reduce air pollution. That the use of groundwater for industrial purposes of these quantities will cause a major problem is a given and must be seriously reviewed.

The Mirant request undermines the intentions of the Water Resource Committee's recommendations to limit potable (suitable for drinking) water usage for human consumption only and to require the use of either graywater or river water for industrial purposes such as Mirant's request for water that would be used for cooling tower scrubbers.

The fact that the Charles County government has and is continuing to negotiate a contract with WSSC for additional water for its citizens should highlight the fact that we are experiencing difficulties in obtaining potable groundwater. Many feel that agreeing to grant Mirant their request for our precious groundwater to use in their scrubbers is in fact a politically motivated move instead of socially responsible one.

----Donna Cave