Offshore Drilling Liability Act [HB-1456]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the definition of "offshore drilling activity" to mean the exploration, development, production or transportation of oil or gas on or under the outer continental shelf; establishing that an offshore drilling activity is an ultrahazardous and abnormally dangerous activity; establishing that a person that causes a spill of oil or gas while engaged in an offshore drilling activity is strictly liable for certain damages; providing that provisions concerning a certain bond do not apply to a judgment in a certain civil action; etc.
HB-1456: Offshore Drilling Liability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/15/2018
State Board of Well Drillers - Fee Setting, Sunset Extension, and Program Evaluation [SB-671]
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[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the State Board of Well Drillers to set certain fees in a manner that will produce funds sufficient to cover the actual direct and indirect costs of regulating the well drilling industry; continuing the Board in accordance with the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2031, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; etc.
SB-671: State Board of Well Drillers - Fee Setting, Sunset Extension, and Program Evaluation
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 723 on 05/25/2019
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [SB-640]
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[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; renaming the Joint Audit Committee as the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee with an expanded role in reviewing evaluations conducted by the Office; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated; etc.
SB-640: State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 511 on 05/13/2019
Environment - Water Quality Certifications (Pipeline and Water Protection Act of 2019) [SB-387]
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[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring a person seeking to construct a natural gas pipeline to apply for a certain water quality certification and pay a nonrefundable fee; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a certain fee for the submission and review of a water quality certification application; specifying how the Department will determine the amount of the fee; requiring that the fee be deposited, credited, and appropriated in a certain manner; providing certain criteria for the Department's review of certain applications; etc.
SB-387: Environment - Water Quality Certifications (Pipeline and Water Protection Act of 2019)
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Favorable With Amendments {384233/1 on 03/25/2019
Environment - Water Quality Certifications (Pipeline and Water Protection Act of 2019) [HB-669]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring a person seeking to construct a natural gas pipeline to apply for a certain water quality certification and pay a nonrefundable fee; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a certain fee for the submission and review of a water quality certification application; specifying how the Department will determine the amount of the fee; requiring that the fee be deposited, credited, and appropriated in a certain manner; providing certain criteria for the Department's review of certain applications; etc.
HB-669: Environment - Water Quality Certifications (Pipeline and Water Protection Act of 2019)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2019
State Board of Well Drillers - Fee Setting, Sunset Extension, and Program Evaluation [HB-1114]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the State Board of Well Drillers to set certain fees in a manner that will produce funds sufficient to cover the actual direct and indirect costs of regulating the well drilling industry; continuing the Board in accordance with the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2031, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; etc.
HB-1114: State Board of Well Drillers - Fee Setting, Sunset Extension, and Program Evaluation
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722 on 05/25/2019
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [HB-1113]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Renaming the Joint Audit Committee to be the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and altering its powers and duties; establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
HB-1113: State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/13/2019
You have voted SB-1001: Amends existing law to remove obsolete rulemaking provisions regarding a cost-sharing program for the repair or plugging of wells..
Civil Actions - Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act [SB-361]
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[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Voiding a provision of a specified contract or agreement that attempts or purports to waive specified rights or reduce specified liability as against public policy; providing for the treatment of specified information relating to a chemical constituent used in hydraulic fracturing for the purposes of specified action; requiring a permittee to file with the Department of the Environment and a specified local health department documentation stating the composition of the injection fluid used for hydraulic fracturing of the well; etc.
Environment - Municipal Water Supply Contamination - Remediation Costs [SB-1010]
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[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to use the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund for specified purposes and under specified circumstances; requiring, if the Fund is used to pay specified costs, priority be given to costs associated with remediation projects that involve specified technology; requiring the Department to use the Fund to pay for cleanup, corrective action, and treatment of contamination of the water supply of the Town of Chestertown on the detection of a specified contaminant; etc.
SB-1010: Environment - Municipal Water Supply Contamination - Remediation Costs
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund [HB-394]
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[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Water ]
Requiring an applicant for a specified permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas to submit specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a specified manner; establishing the Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Education and Impact Fund to address the potential health risks associated with chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing; establishing a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each specified violation of the Act; etc.
HB-394: Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2016
Environment - Municipal Water Supply Contamination - Remediation Costs [HB-1307]
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[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to use the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund to pay costs incurred by a municipality associated with the contamination of the municipal water supply caused by the action of an entity that receives funding from the State; requiring the Department to use the Fund to pay for specified cleanup, corrective action, and treatment of contamination of the water supply of the Town of Chestertown on detection of a specified contaminant; etc.
HB-1307: Environment - Municipal Water Supply Contamination - Remediation Costs
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2016
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account [SB-712]
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[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Imposing a tax on the production of natural gas from specified wells in the State; setting the rate of the tax at 2.5% of the gross fair market value of natural gas produced at the wellhead; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptroller; providing for the distribution of revenue from the tax; establishing the Natural Gas Impact Account as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Oil and Gas Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to administer the Account; specifying the contents of the Account; etc.
SB-712: Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
Civil Actions - Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act [SB-458]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Voiding as against public policy a provision of a specified contract or agreement that attempts or purports to waive specified rights or reduce specified liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the hydraulic fracturing activities of a specified permitee; providing for the treatment of specified information relating to a chemical constituent used in hydraulic fracturing for the purposes of a specified action; authorizing a specified plaintiff to recover specified economic and noneconomic damages; etc.
Environment - Well Drilling - Notice to Municipalities [SB-438]
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[Water ]
Repealing the requirement that a well driller, when applying for a permit to drill a well, notify a municipality under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to notify a municipality of an application for a permit to drill a well under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-438: Environment - Well Drilling - Notice to Municipalities
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2015
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Regulations [SB-409]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to provide for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State on or before October 1, 2016; prohibiting specified regulations adopted by the Department from becoming effective until October 1, 2017; prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State until October 1, 2017; etc.
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibitions [SB-29]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Mining ]
Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, specified wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing which includes fracking, hydrofracking, and hydrofracturing; and prohibiting a person from engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State.