Environment – Water Quality Certifications – Requests (Water Quality Certification Improvement Act)
What this bill does
Requiring a person seeking a certain water quality certification to submit a request to the Department of the Environment; requiring that a request for a water quality certification include certain information concerning the potential environmental impacts of certain projects; requiring the Department to begin reviewing a request immediately on receipt of the request; requiring the Department to issue a decision on a request in accordance with the timeline for environmental review provided under the federal Clean Water Act; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (22)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Gilchrist, Delegate Gilchristlegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hershkowitz, Steven | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hershkowitz, Steven | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Kelleher, Zack | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Kelleher, Zack | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Legum, Doug | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Nicholas, Betsy | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schmitt, Katlyn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Walls, Brent | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Cobbs, Drew | American Petroleum Institute | Oral |
| UNF | Washington, Charleslobbyist | BGE | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McCarthy, Alan | Cecil County Executive | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Quinn, Brianlobbyist | Chesapeake Utilities Corporation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Campbell, Laellobbyist | Exelon | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Butler, Alex | MACo | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Enten, Bob | Maryland Building Industry Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | graf, lorilobbyist | Maryland Building Industry Association | Position only |
| UNF | Lindner, Annelobbyist | Pepco | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | ballentine, tom | naiop | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Smith, Brian | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | abbott, tyler | mde | Written (PDF) |