Environment – Water Infrastructure Assets – Authorization of Emergency Actions
Sponsor: Chair, Environment and Transportation CommitteeCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 97 (as of Nov 6, 2020)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to take certain emergency actions to protect life, property, or the environment against risks arising from dams, reservoirs, and similar waterway constructions that are in imminent danger of failure; requiring the Department to remain in charge and control of a water infrastructure asset until the Department has determined that the water infrastructure asset has been rendered safe or the circumstances requiring the emergency actions have ceased; etc.
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Testimony (8)
MGA witness listFAV 4FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Pedone, Mike | MDE | Oral |
| FAV | abbott, tyler | mde | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee, Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee, Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Byrne, Julia | Baltimore County | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Ballentine, Tom | NAIOP | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Abbott, Tyler | Maryland Dept of the Environment | Oral + Written (PDF) |