Rivers And Streams
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Limiting Applicability [SB-748]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Providing that specified requirements of the nutrient management program administered by the Department of Agriculture apply to specified surface waters, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and other specified bodies of water.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 314 on 05/02/2013
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Potomac River Fisheries Commission - Inspection Tax and Penalty [SB-344]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a maximum oyster inspection tax that may be imposed by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission; requiring the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to use the proceeds of the oyster inspection tax solely for planting seed or shell oyster on working bottom; increasing a maximum penalty for the violation of specified regulations; making the Act subject to a specified contingency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Sailwinds Wharf Development Project [SB-1021]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $2,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Cambridge for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, demolition, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Sailwinds Wharf, located in Cambridge; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 3/11 At 11:00 A.m. on 03/11/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Public Waters - Public Right to Use and Enjoy [HB-993]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to protect and enhance the public's right to use recreationally and enjoy the Chesapeake Bay and other public waters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Family Farm - Prevailing Party - Attorney's Fees and Expenses [HB-837]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in a civil suit against a family farm alleging that the family farm caused water pollution in any waters of the State as the result of an agricultural operation; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/11/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transportation Projects - Transportation Facilities - Water Access [HB-797]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation and local governments, in developing a construction or improvement project involving a bridge or other transportation facility that is adjacent to or that crosses a waterway, to consider any reasonable and appropriate measures to provide or improve specified water access for specified activities; requiring the Department and local governments, in consultation with specified entities, to establish specified standards and guidelines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 140 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Severn River Watershed - Silt and Erosion Control - Certification [HB-766]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing professional land surveyors and licensed landscape architects to certify silt and erosion control plans in the Severn River Watershed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 139 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Forest Preservation Act of 2013 [HB-706]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Expanding the purpose and authorized uses of the Reforestation Fund to include tree planting on private land and financing the prevention of and response to forest health emergencies; defining the term "no net loss of forest"; altering the range of acres of land that a person is required to own or lease to be eligible for a specified income tax subtraction modification; exempting specified stream restoration projects from the requirements of the Forest Conservation Act; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 384 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Limiting Applicability [HB-561]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
Providing that specified requirements of the nutrient management program administered by the Department of Agriculture apply to specified surface waters, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and other specified bodies of water.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 315 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Potomac River Fisheries Commission - Inspection Tax and Penalty [HB-357]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a maximum oyster inspection tax that may be imposed by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission; requiring the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to use the proceeds of the oyster inspection tax solely for planting seed or shell oyster on working bottom; increasing a maximum penalty for the violation of specified regulations; making the Act subject to a specified contingency; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 235 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Patuxent River - Drifting Gill Nets [HB-1528]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
Creating an exception to the prohibition against setting or hauling a drifting gill net in the Patuxent River south of the Patuxent River/Benedict Bridge by authorizing the setting or hauling of a drifting gill net in that area of the river to catch white perch.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 04/01/2013
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Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Sailwinds Wharf Development Project [HB-1477]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $2,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Cambridge for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, demolition, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Sailwinds Wharf, located in Cambridge; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rudolph Cane
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Oyster Dredging - Waters North of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Kent Narrows Bridge [HB-1244]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
Adding the waters of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Harford County, Kent County, and Queen Anne's County that lie north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Kent Narrows Bridge to the areas of State waters in the Chesapeake Bay where a person may catch oysters by dredge.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/23/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of [SB-945]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the University of Maryland, Baltimore to pay an amount not to exceed $500,000 to reimburse the Hudson Farm for legal expenses incurred as a defendant in a lawsuit in which the University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic is representing the plaintiff at no charge.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/22/2012
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Public Utilities - Hydroelectric Generating Station - Nutrient Filtration [SB-705]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting a person from opening the flood control gates of a specified hydroelectric generating station in the State unless the hydroelectric generating station utilizes a filtration system to capture specified excess nutrients from the water that flows from the Susquehanna River into the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Hearing 3/6 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2012
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Public Utilities - Susquehanna River - Dam Floodgates [SB-702]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to order all owners of dams located on the Susquehanna River to keep the dam's floodgates open at all times.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/23/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental [SB-695]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the State completes a full assessment of the environmental impacts of opening the Conowingo Dam floodgates in September 2011 following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program [SB-614]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each county and municipality to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a watershed protection and restoration program on or before July 1, 2013; exempting a county or municipality if the county or municipality has enacted and implemented a specified system of charges in a specified manner by a specified date; requiring the program to include a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection and restoration fund; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fee and administer the fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition [SB-547]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Calvert Marine Museum Society, Inc. for the construction and renovation of the Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition Building; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
Hearing 3/10 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/29/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program [HB-987]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring a county or municipality subject to a specified municipal stormwater permit to adopt and implement laws or ordinances to establish a watershed protection and restoration program on or before July 1, 2013; exempting a county or municipality if the county or municipality has enacted and implemented a specified system of charges in a specified manner by a specified date; requiring the program to include a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection and restoration fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012