Water Pollution
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act [SB-428]
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/28/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Water. [HB-343]
Defines "isolated wetlands" and "wetlands". Clarifies the definition of "state waters" to include wetlands and isolated wetlands. Requires the Director of Health to determine all wetlands in the State, including whether a wetland is an isolated wetland or is included in the waters of the United States. Prohibit persons from discharging any water pollutant into or at any location that enters state waters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Lowen
Referred To Wal, Eep, Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Water Pollution. [SB-329]
Requires at least fifty per cent of treatment works effluent to be R-1 recycled water by January 1, 2045. Requires each county to report to the Department of Health by 1/1/2027 on the feasibility of recycling treatment works effluent that meets certain standards. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Passed Second Reading As Amended In Hd 1 And Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin With None Voting Aye With Reservations; Representative(s) Pierick Voting No (1) And Representative(s) Cochran, Ward Excused (2). on 03/20/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Water. [SB-110]
Defines "isolated wetlands" and "wetlands". Clarifies the definition of "state waters" to include wetlands and isolated wetlands. Requires the Director of Health to determine all wetlands in the State, including whether a wetland is an isolated wetland or is included in the waters of the United States. Prohibit persons from discharging any water pollutant into or at any location that enters state waters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Hhs/wtl/aen, Jdc/wam. on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [HB-131]
Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [HB-270]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan - Uses of Information [HB-140]
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use information from a soil conservation and water quality plan for certain enforcement actions and statistical purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan - Uses of Information [SB-176]
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use information from a soil conservation and water quality plan for certain enforcement actions and statistical purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [SB-117]
Prioritizing funding first to failing sewage systems and holding tanks in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, second to those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model, third to failing systems with the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements [SB-253]
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding chemical warfare material requirements under a controlled hazardous substance facility permit do not apply to the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a certain research facility if the incineration is done for research, development, or demonstration purposes; and establishing additional requirements applicable to research, development, and demonstration permits issued for the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a research facility.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [SB-116]
Requiring the Department of the Environment and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes [SB-1144]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of a certain environmental outcome, to allow certain nonuniform payment schedules for certain purposes; and authorizing the Department, in order to ensure certain outcomes, to require a minimum final payment and, for a contract award greater than $500,000, additional financial protections, including a letter of credit, insurance instrument, or performance bond.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 501 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products [SB-1122]
Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to conduct a drinking water survey by September 30, 2025, and submit a report of the survey to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program by December 31, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement and Use of Fund [HB-1320]
Altering the disbursement of certain fee revenue deposited into the Bay Restoration Fund in a certain manner; and authorizing certain fee revenue deposited into the Fund to be used for certain costs attributable to the testing, engineering, or design of a certain on-site sewage disposal system and for installing or replacing the drain field of a certain on-site sewage disposal system that utilizes the best available technology for the removal of nitrogen.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes [HB-1266]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of an environmental outcome, to allow for nonuniform payment schedules for certain purposes; and authorizing the Department to require a certain payment or certain financial protections for contracts of a certain size to ensure certain outcomes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Wood Vaults - Authorization and Permit Requirements [HB-1250]
Authorizing a landowner whose land is subject to an agricultural land preservation easement to use the land for the construction and use of a certain wood vault under certain circumstances; requiring a person to have a permit issued by the Secretary of the Environment before the person installs, materially alters, or materially extends a certain wood vault; applying certain provisions of law relating to permit requirements for certain facilities, including landfills, to a certain wood vault; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products [HB-1193]
Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to conduct a drinking water survey by September 30, 2025, and submit a report of the survey to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program by December 31, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024) [HB-1101]
Providing certain persons standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, under certain circumstances, to give certain notice and provide certain documentation to the Department of the Environment and the Attorney General and to file a certain affidavit; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs, and impose certain civil penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 535 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [HB-1165]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from reducing certain monitoring requirements for certain projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/09/2024