'Rotten Egg Smell' In Joppa Is Not Hazardous: Officials

JOPPA, MD — Something smells amiss in the Joppa area Monday night, according to Harford County emergency officials. The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company has investigated the situation and deemed it non-hazardous, authorities said.

Multiple 911 calls have been received regarding what has been described as a "rotten egg odor," Harford County government officials reported around 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26.

The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company said it had determined the smell was coming from outside Harford County.

"We have received several reports of a foul odor in the Joppatowne area," the fire company reported.

"It is believed that the odor is from an unknown source outside of the county," Joppa-Magnolia said in a statement before 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26. "No hazards are present."

Harford County government officials encouraged citizens who were still concerned to call 911.

In recent months, residents around White Marsh and Perry Hall alerted authorities about a similar smell of rotten eggs that was traced to the Honeygo Run Reclamation Center. The waste collection facility is about 5 to 6 miles away from Joppa.

Republic Services, which owns the facility, pledged to treat its leachate (water that has gone through soil) with compounds to minimize odor, install carbon filters on tank vents and cover waste with soil more frequently after local and state officials intervened.

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