Rivers And Streams
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Watershed Protection and Restoration Act [HB-999]
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Requiring counties and municipalities to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection fund on or before July 1, 2011; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fees and administer the funds in accordance with the Act; requiring counties and municipalities to set the amount of the fee and assess the fee in a specified manner; requiring counties and municipalities to report specified information to the Department of the Environment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
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St. Mary's County - Wild Waterfowl Hunting [HB-686]
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[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Altering the distance that a person must be from shore when hunting wild waterfowl by specified methods in specified waters of St. Mary's County.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Bohanan
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway [HB-1548]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, Inc. for the construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, located in Perryville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Patuxent River - Oysters - Use of Patent Tongs [HB-154]
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Altering a specified area in the Patuxent River in which the prohibition on the use of patent tongs to catch oysters applies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Hearing Cancelled on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Hunting Wild Waterfowl - Dorchester, St. Mary's, Somerset, and Wicomico [HB-1472]
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[Recreation ]
Altering the location in which a person may hunt wild waterfowl by specified methods in the waters of Dorchester, St. Mary's, Somerset, and Wicomico counties; and decreasing the distance from shore that the Department of Natural Resources prescribes by regulation for the hunting of wild waterfowl by specified methods in the waters of Dorchester, St. Mary's, Somerset, and Wicomico counties.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - Permits to Construct or Materially Alter an Incinerator - [HB-1427]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Secretary of the Environment from issuing permits to construct or materially alter an incinerator located within 3 miles of specified locations; repealing a provision prohibiting the Secretary from issuing specified permits to construct or operate a municipal waste incinerator for the disposal of a solid waste stream within 1 mile of specified schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Recreational Fishing Licenses - Licensing and Registration [HB-1345]
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Expanding the requirement to obtain recreational fishing licenses or authorizations to apply to fishing activity in the State waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic coastal bays and tributaries; altering the duration of the short-term freshwater angling license and the short-term tidal sport fishing license; altering fees for a nonresident trout stamp, a short-term nonresident sport fishing license, and the annual nonresident fishing license; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force to Develop Strategies to Encourage Recycling and Reduce Litter in [HB-1230]
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[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Establishing the Task Force to Develop Strategies to Encourage Recycling and Reduce Litter in Maryland's Waterways; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study specified issues relevant to recycling and reducing litter in Maryland's waterways; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2010; providing for the staff of the Task Force; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Cross County Trail Phase I [HB-1092]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $470,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County for the construction of phase I of the Cross County Trail; 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: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Choptank River - Soft-Shell Clam Harvesting [HB-1059]
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[Agriculture ]
Altering the time periods during which and the locations in which soft-shell clam harvesting using specified types of gear is prohibited under specified circumstances in the Dorchester County portion of the Choptank River.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Gill Nets - Stretched Mesh Size [HB-1339]
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - Chesapeake Bay - Vessel Sewage Discharge Areas [HB-885]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Gill Nets - Mesh Size [SB-554]
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Cape St. Claire Beach Replenishment [HB-567]
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal - Prohibition [HB-281]
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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 Stein
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal [SB-266]
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[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 Astle
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - Lynch Cove Run - Soil Testing [HB-164]
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[Science ]
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - Emergency Action Plans for Dams [HB-125]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 377 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Cape St. Claire Beach Replenishment [SB-115]
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[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 3/11 At 11:00 A.m. on 03/11/2017