Pollution
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [SB-68]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to establish definitions; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2025; establish a ban the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2023; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 01/08/2020
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Gettr Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-85]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 224.50-545 to establish definitions; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2025; establish a ban the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2023; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solid waste. [SB-16]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.40-310 to modify the definition of "waste disposal facility" to specify that all residual landfills are included in the process of local determination and remove the exception for private facilities that dispose of waste on their own private property; amend KRS 224.40-315 to remove the exception for private facilities that dispose of their own waste on their own property from the requirements to obtain approval from local governing body when a municipal solid waste disposal facility seeks to expand or construct a facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2020
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Arizona Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)
Toxic data reports, plans; requirements [HB-2129]
[Data Privacy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Toxic data reports, plans; requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Russell Bowers
House Read Second Time on 01/17/2017
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Arizona Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)
Technical correction; light pollution [HB-2037]
[Environmental ]
Technical correction; light pollution
Sponsored by: Rep. Bob Thorpe
Introduced In House And Read First Time on 05/10/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Pollution. [SB-526]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Repeals the law prohibiting the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi
Passed First Reading. on 01/23/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Pollution. [HB-748]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Clarifies that sewage treatment plants that produce energy using clean energy technology or determine that clean energy technology is not viable or feasible at the plant, rather than sewage treatment plants that use sewage to produce clean energy, are exempt from the law prohibiting the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Referred To Eep, Omh, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/25/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Pollution. [SB-525]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Clarifies that sewage treatment plants that produce energy using clean energy technology or determine that clean energy technology is not viable or feasible at the plant, rather than sewage treatment plants that use sewage to produce clean energy, are exempt from the law prohibiting the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi
Passed First Reading. on 01/23/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Pollution. [HB-747]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Repeals the law prohibiting the discharge of treated or raw sewage into state waters after December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Referred To Eep, Omh, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Out-of-State Carbon Pollution Program - Study [HB-1282]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations about establishing a program to address carbon pollution attributed to electricity generated out-of-state but consumed within the State; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding establishing the program; requiring that the Commission solicit input from specified entities and organizations; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Nonprofit Campgrounds [SB-776]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Nonprofit ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to authorize a specified nonprofit campground to use specified on-site sewage disposal systems under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department from applying specified criteria to a nonprofit campground; providing that specified requirements for using the best available technology for nitrogen removal do not apply to a nonprofit campground; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Community Healthy Air Act [SB-773]
[Air Quality ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before July 1, 2018, to conduct a specified assessment of the Department's compliance and the compliance of specified concentrated animal feeding operations with specified air quality laws and regulations; and requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2018 on specified emissions and the Department's compliance and the compliance of specified feeding operations with specified State and federal regulations and the findings of the specified assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Public School Indoor Air Quality [HB-845]
[Education ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Public School Indoor Air Quality Inspection, Evaluation, and Notification Program in the State Department of Education; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Board of Public Works and the Department of General Services, to establish the Program to enhance indoor air quality in public schools; requiring the Department to establish best practices for managing indoor air quality in public schools and provide a specified manual to local superintendents of education on or before July 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank S. Turner
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/31/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Clean Cars Act of 2017 [SB-393]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Extending and altering for fiscal years 2018 through 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing, for each fiscal year, the total amount of rebates which may be issued from a maximum of $600,000 to a maximum of $1,200,000; extending and increasing, for specified fiscal years, the amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger P. Manno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 363 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Bay Restoration Fund - Eligible Costs - Expansion [SB-343]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
Altering the definition of "eligible costs" as it relates to projects that receive funding from the Bay Restoration Fund to include any wastewater facility upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal, as determined by the Department of the Environment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 368 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Bay Restoration Fund - Eligible Costs - Expansion [HB-384]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Altering the definition of "eligible costs" as it relates to projects that receive funding from the Bay Restoration Fund to include any wastewater facility upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal, as determined by the Department of the Environment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert H. McMillan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 369 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal - Prohibition [HB-281]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a person from installing, or having installed, on property a person owns in the State in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Atlantic Coastal Bays watershed, or the watershed of a nitrogen-impaired body of water, an on-site sewage disposal system to service a newly constructed building, unless the on-site sewage disposal system utilizes specified nitrogen removal technology; and repealing specified obsolete provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Prohibition on Suspension or Revocation of Registration [SB-277]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from suspending, revoking, or denying the registration of a vehicle based solely on the vehicle owner's failure to have the vehicle inspected and tested as required under the Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard S Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal [SB-266]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to use specified money from the Bay Restoration Fund to assist a person in paying the cost difference between a conventional on-site sewage disposal system and a system utilizing nitrogen removal technology in a specified order of priority; requiring the Bay Cabinet, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Commission and other interested parties, to review specified matters; requiring the Bay Cabinet to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund [SB-158]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the basis for calculating a specified license fee credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund; and extending the deadline from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2019, by which the owner of a specified eligible heating oil tank may apply for reimbursement of specified costs from the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 390 on 05/04/2017