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HB 264

EnactedCrossfile SB 483
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Solid Waste Management - Organics Recycling and Waste Diversion - Food Residuals

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 439 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a certain person that generates food residuals to separate the food residuals from other solid waste and ensure that the food residuals are diverted from final disposal in a refuse disposal system in a certain manner; applying the requirements of the Act to certain persons that generate certain amounts of food residuals; authorizing a person experiencing undue hardship because of the costs of diverting food residuals to apply for a certain waiver; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a certain warning; etc.

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Testimony (39)

MGA witness list
FAV 29FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDavidson, GeorgeAmerican Biogas CouncilOral
FAVEttinger, PeterBioenergy DevcoOral
FAVO'Connor, MonicaCCANWritten (PDF)
FAVTana, DavidChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVIsrael, DanCompost CrewOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBartlett, OliviaDoTheMostGoodWritten (PDF)
FAVKato, LizIndivisibleHoCoMDWritten (PDF)
FAVPlatt, BrendaInstitute for Local Self-RelianceWritten (PDF)
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingWritten (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistMaryland Compost Advocacy CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVHeavner, BradMaryland PIRGWritten (PDF)
FAVCather, AmandaMillion Acre ChallengeWritten (PDF)
FAVDySard, AliMom's Organic MarketsOral
FAVBailey, JoyceMontgomery Countryside AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVOrtiz, AdamMontgomery County GovernmentOral
FAVYamashita, RoxanneSmall Things MatterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSherman, MollySunrise MovementWritten (PDF)
FAVLongabaugh, KatherineSunrise Movement BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaTakoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVJohnson, Esq., MorganWaterkeepers ChesapeakeWritten (PDF)
FAVCharkoudian, LorigIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Charkoudian, Delegate CharkoudianlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKato, MargaretIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLeas, StephenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRosenthal, LoreIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFClarke, AnthonyGalway BayOral
UNFButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFPrice, SarahlobbyistMaryland Retailers AssociationOral
UNFThompson, MelvinlobbyistRestaurant Association of MarylandOral
UNFKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFBallentine, TomIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWADannis, JeffreyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWASterrette, DawanaIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FAVRanson, EmilyMaryland Compost Advocacy CoalitionRegistered for: Clean Water Action
FAVGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
UNFPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association
UNFThompson, MelvinRestaurant Association of MarylandRegistered for: Restaurant Association of Maryland
UNFWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education