Water Pollution
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (103-36) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction – Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [SB-56]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [HB-245]
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; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; 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: Rep.
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [HB-163]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund [SB-937]
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give priority to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and requiring that a certain fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State in a certain manner be adjusted annually for inflation in a certain manner beginning October 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability [SB-936]
Limiting the liability of a certain person for certain discharges from a construction site; and providing that the civil or administrative penalty for discharge from a construction site may not exceed $5,000 for each violation or $25,000 total.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Wetlands and Waterways Program - Authorizations for Stream Restoration Projects [HB-942]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to revise certain criteria, standards, and requirements for wetlands and waterways authorizations for certain stream restoration projects on or before October 1, 2024; and requiring the Department to provide public notice and hold a certain public information meeting before issuing a wetlands and waterways authorization for a stream restoration project under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Sediment Control Plans, Discharge Permits for Stormwater Associated With Construction Activity, and Notice and Comment Requirements [SB-471]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to review and update specifications for sediment control plans in a certain manner on or before December 1, 2025, and every 5 years thereafter; prohibiting the Department from authorizing the discharge of stormwater associated with construction activity under a general discharge permit unless certain requirements are satisfied; and requiring the Department to take certain public notice and comment actions if a person makes a written request within the public notification period of the permit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 547 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability [HB-635]
Limiting the liability of a certain person for certain discharges from a construction site; and providing that the civil or administrative penalty for discharge from a construction site may not exceed $5,000 for each violation or $25,000 total.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Sediment Control Plans, Discharge Permits for Stormwater Associated With Construction Activity, and Notice and Comment Requirements [HB-607]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to review and update specifications for sediment control plans in a certain manner on or before December 1, 2025, and every 5 years thereafter; prohibiting the Department from authorizing the discharge of stormwater associated with construction activity under a general discharge permit unless certain requirements are satisfied; and requiring the Department to take certain public notice and comment actions if a person makes a written request within the public notification period of the permit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Third Reading Passed (133-5) on 04/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Environmental Health Specialists - Revisions [SB-399]
Altering the education requirements for an applicant for licensure as an environmental health specialist to include a minimum of 30 semester credit hours or the equivalent quarter credit hours in certain sciences and laboratory coursework as required in regulations adopted by the Board of Environmental Health Specialists; requiring the Board to administer examinations to applicants at least once a year; and altering the grounds for which the Board may take disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 318 on 05/03/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, relative to permits. [HB-1055]
As introduced, specifies that a discharge permit is not required under the Water Quality Control Act for excavations supporting agricultural activity or timber harvesting. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Williams
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on 03/07/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66 and Title 69, relative to wetlands. [HB-1054]
As introduced, prohibits the department of environment and conservation from applying criteria that will result in the classification of real property as a wetland, or otherwise regulating real property as a wetland, unless the property is classified as a wetland under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66 and Title 69.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Williams
Rec. For Pass. If Am., Ref. To Finance, Ways, And Means Committee on 03/20/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, relative to permits. [HB-1057]
As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Williams
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 170 on 04/25/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 69, relative to water pollution control. [HB-1053]
As introduced, removes an obsolete requirement that the commissioner of environment and conservation prepare and deliver a written report on stream bank erosion in this state to each member of the general assembly by January 15, 2000. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 69.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Vaughan
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/02/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1, relative to water quality. [HB-999]
As introduced, removes obsolete language requiring the commissioner of environment and conservation to deliver a written report on stream bank erosion in this state to each member of the general assembly by January 15, 2000. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Travis
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/02/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 69, relative to water pollution control. [SB-627]
As introduced, removes an obsolete requirement that the commissioner of environment and conservation prepare and deliver a written report on stream bank erosion in this state to each member of the general assembly by January 15, 2000. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 69.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brent Taylor
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Energy, Ag., And Nat. Resources Committee on 03/08/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, relative to permits. [SB-629]
As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter
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Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Rose
Effective Date(s) 01/01/2024 on 04/25/2023
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, relative to permits. [SB-630]
As introduced, specifies that a discharge permit is not required under the Water Quality Control Act for excavations supporting agricultural activity or timber harvesting. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brent Taylor
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Energy, Ag., And Nat. Resources Committee on 03/08/2023