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Rivers And Streams

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1339	State (Maryland)	Establishing that a specified person may not set or fish any gill net used in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries that has a stretched mesh size exceeding 7 inches. Republican: 100% (4) 100% Republican support	Hunting And Fishing Chesapeake Bay Fish And Fishing Gill Nets Rivers And Streams
HB-885	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources, to designate areas in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary waters where a vessel may discharge sewage; and requiring a specified vessel operator and lessee to ensure that the discharge of sewage from specified vessels takes place in specified areas. Republican: 75% (9) Democrat: 25% (3) 75% Republican support 25% Democrat support	Environment Natural Resources - Generally Boats And Ships Chesapeake Bay Environment, Department Of Equipment Natural Resources, Department Of Rivers And Streams Sewage
SB-554	State (Maryland)	Establishing that a specified person may not set or fish any gill net that has a mesh size exceeding 7 inches or a stretched mesh size exceeding 7.5 inches for gill nets used in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Republican: 66% (2) Democrat: 33% (1) 66% Republican support 33% Democrat support	Hunting And Fishing Chesapeake Bay Fish And Fishing Gill Nets Rivers And Streams
HB-567	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $750,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Governors of the Cape St. Claire Improvement Association, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Cape St. Claire Beaches, located in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Republican: 100% (3) 100% Republican support	State Debt (bond Bills) Anne Arundel County Rivers And Streams Shore Erosion State Bonds
HB-281	State (Maryland)	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. Democrat: 100% (13) 100% Democrat support	Environment Chesapeake Bay Coastal Bays Environmental Matters Industry And Technology Pollution Rivers And Streams Sewage
SB-266	State (Maryland)	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. Democrat: 100% (12) 100% Democrat support	Environment Chesapeake Bay Coastal Bays Environmental Matters Industry And Technology Pollution Rivers And Streams Sewage Environment, Department Of Reports
HB-164	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment to execute soil sample testing using specified methods on the stream corridor of Lynch Cove Run for volatile organic compounds and petroleum hydrocarbons; and requiring the Department to report the results of specified testing to the General Assembly. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Environment Chemical Tests Environment, Department Of Environmental Matters General Assembly Reports Rivers And Streams Soil Conservation
HB-125	State (Maryland)	Requiring specified dam owners to prepare and submit to the Department of the Environment an emergency action plan that contains specified information by August 1, 2017; requiring specified dam owners to test an emergency action plan at least once every 5 years and to report the results in the annual update to the emergency action plan submitted in the same year; establishing the intent of the General Assembly to require the Department to work with specified owners and consider establishing a specified dam safety repair and removal program; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Environment Emergencies Environment, Department Of Rivers And Streams Rules And Regulations Water Federal Government Emergency Bills Reports Safety
SB-115	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $750,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Governors of the Cape St. Claire Improvement Association, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Cape St. Claire Beaches, located in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	State Debt (bond Bills) Anne Arundel County Rivers And Streams Shore Erosion State Bonds

Title: Natural Resources - Gill Nets - Stretched Mesh Size

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1339

Subjects: Hunting And Fishing, Chesapeake Bay, Fish And Fishing, Gill Nets, Rivers And Streams

Republican: 100% (4)

Title: Environment - Chesapeake Bay - Vessel Sewage Discharge Areas

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-885

Subjects: Environment, Natural Resources - Generally, Boats And Ships, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Department Of, Equipment, Natural Resources, Department Of, Rivers And Streams, Sewage

Republican: 75% (9) Democrat: 25% (3)

Title: Natural Resources - Gill Nets - Mesh Size

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-554

Subjects: Hunting And Fishing, Chesapeake Bay, Fish And Fishing, Gill Nets, Rivers And Streams

Republican: 66% (2) Democrat: 33% (1)

Title: Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Cape St. Claire Beach Replenishment

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-567

Subjects: State Debt (bond Bills), Anne Arundel County, Rivers And Streams, Shore Erosion, State Bonds

Republican: 100% (3)

Title: Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal - Prohibition

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-281

Subjects: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, Environmental Matters, Industry And Technology, Pollution, Rivers And Streams, Sewage

Democrat: 100% (13)

Title: Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-266

Subjects: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, Environmental Matters, Industry And Technology, Pollution, Rivers And Streams, Sewage, Environment, Department Of, Reports

Democrat: 100% (12)

Title: Environment - Lynch Cove Run - Soil Testing

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-164

Subjects: Environment, Chemical Tests, Environment, Department Of, Environmental Matters, General Assembly, Reports, Rivers And Streams, Soil Conservation

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Environment - Emergency Action Plans for Dams

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-125

Subjects: Environment, Emergencies, Environment, Department Of, Rivers And Streams, Rules And Regulations, Water, Federal Government, Emergency Bills, Reports, Safety

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Cape St. Claire Beach Replenishment

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-115

Subjects: State Debt (bond Bills), Anne Arundel County, Rivers And Streams, Shore Erosion, State Bonds

Republican: 100% (1)

Rivers And Streams

HB-1339

State (Maryland)

HB-885

State (Maryland)

SB-554

State (Maryland)

HB-567

State (Maryland)

HB-281

State (Maryland)

SB-266

State (Maryland)

HB-164

State (Maryland)

HB-125

State (Maryland)

SB-115

State (Maryland)