State permit for CSX in South Baltimore would have a catch — barriers to block coal dust

Maryland environmental regulators proposed new restrictions Thursday on operations at a massive coal export terminal in South Baltimore, a long-awaited decision that comes after community members and activists have called on the state for months to shut the facility down. Among the most significant changes proposed by the Maryland Department of the Environment for CSX Transportation’s coal piers in Curtis Bay is a requirement that the company erect large physical barriers to prevent coal dust from wafting off the open-air site and polluting the surrounding neighborhood.