Wetlands
Maine 132nd Legislature
An Act to Update the Definition of "Coastal Wetlands" Under the Natural Resources Protection Act and the Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Laws [HB-65]
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An Act to Update the Definition of "Coastal Wetlands" Under the Natural Resources Protection Act and the Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Laws
Sponsored by: Rep. Victoria Doudera
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
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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.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 432 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Interjurisdictional Watersheds - Flood Management [SB-42]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to designate the watersheds of Carroll Creek in Frederick City and Frederick County, Gwynns Falls and Jones Falls in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, and Herring Run, including the Herring Run Stream in Baltimore City and Baltimore County and all their headwaters and tributaries as interjurisdictional flood hazard watersheds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells - Construction - Moratorium [SB-168]
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Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from processing or making any recommendation on a certain application submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029; and prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving a certain application submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Tidal and nontidal wetlands; DEQ to establish work group to develop strategies to protect, report. [HB-357]
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Department of Environmental Quality; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; work group; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a work group to develop (i) strategies for protecting the existing tidal and nontidal wetlands of the Commonwealth and (ii) plans for wetland restoration and creation to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill specifies that such work group shall include certain relevant stakeholders and will focus on
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Wetlands Protection and Restoration Act [SB-866]
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Wetlands Protection and Restoration Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri
Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Wetlands and Waterways Program - Stream Restoration Projects [HB-1284]
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Repealing an exemption for stream restoration projects from certain application fees for certain projects that impact a wetland or waterway; requiring a person applying for a wetlands and waterways authorization for a stream restoration project associated with achieving restoration goals to include in the authorization application certain objectives, standards, and plans; requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain community engagement process before issuing a certain authorization; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024) [HB-1101]
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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]
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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
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program - Established [HB-1042]
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Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer and manage certain competitive grants under the Program in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Guzzone
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program - Established [SB-932]
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Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring a grant applicant to demonstrate that any agricultural operation on which best management practices are to be established are in compliance with certain nutrient management plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2024
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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) [SB-969]
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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; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment – Tidal Wetland Permit – Ownership of Land [SB-1048]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to transfer certain interest in land to a riparian landowner in fee simple if the landowner obtains a tidal wetland permit for the purpose of creating a living shoreline or other shoreline stabilization measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board, Stream Restoration Contractors, and Stream Restoration Project Requirements [SB-798]
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Establishing the Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board; requiring a person to be licensed as a stream restoration contractor or be employed by an individual or entity that is licensed as a stream restoration contractor before the person performs or solicits to perform stream restoration contractor services in the State, subject to a certain exception; requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, to develop a certain assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Tidal Wetland Permit - Ownership of Land [HB-752]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to transfer certain interest in land to a riparian landowner in fee simple if the landowner obtains a tidal wetland permit for the purpose of creating a living shoreline or other shoreline stabilization measure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hutchinson
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Nontidal Wetlands - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2024) [HB-729]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to protect and preserve vernal pools; and requiring the Department to complete a plan for identifying vernal pools in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Stabilization Measures [HB-655]
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Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from exempting a person from the requirement to use certain shoreline stabilization measures for certain erosion protection projects solely on the basis of replacing a structural shoreline stabilization measure with the same or similar type of structural shoreline stabilization measure; authorizing the Tidal Wetlands Compensation Fund to include grant funding for the replacement of structural shoreline stabilization measures with nonstructural shoreline stabilization measures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Stabilization Measures [SB-546]
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Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from exempting a person from the requirement to use certain shoreline stabilization measures for certain erosion protection projects solely on the basis of replacing a structural shoreline stabilization measure with the same or similar type of structural shoreline stabilization measure; and authorizing the Tidal Wetlands Compensation Fund to include grant funding for the replacement of structural shoreline stabilization measures with nonstructural shoreline stabilization measures.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Duck Nest Boxes - Wetlands License Requirements [HB-444]
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Exempting the installation and maintenance of certain duck nest boxes from certain wetlands license requirements; defining a "duck nest box" as a nesting structure located on or over water that is provided for the purpose of sheltering domesticated ducks; establishing that a duck nest box is not a nonwater-dependent project for the purpose of certain wetlands license requirements; and establishing that installing and maintaining duck nest boxes is a lawful use of private wetlands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Water. [SB-2390]
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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. Angus McKelvey
Passed First Reading. on 01/22/2024