Several Eastern Shore counties have withdrawn from an appeal of Maryland’s recertification for the Conowingo Dam, a challenge that the state feared could jeopardize a $340 million settlement with Constellation, the dam’s owner.
In 2009, the operators of Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River, just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, began the process of renewing its license to operate the 572-megawatt hydroelectric generating station.
A bald eagle takes flight over the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, Wednesday, Nov ... (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) A bald eagle takes flight over the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, Wednesday, Nov.