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Jun 16, 2009 8:50 am US/Eastern

Md. Senate Chief Calls For Sewer Agency Overhaul

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) ― The president of the Maryland Senate is raising the prospect of a state overhaul of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. says Prince George's County must do more to address what he called "total incompetence" at the agency before the legislature reconvenes in January.

In a letter to Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, Miller cited two recent spills of raw sewage. He says commissioners representing the county have "sat idly by."

A spokesman for Johnson refused to comment on Miller's letter. The commission provides water and sewer services to 1.8 million people in Prince George's and Montgomery counties.

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