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Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation

Sponsor: Dana Stein (District 11B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who perform on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater systems; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Board, to set by regulation certain fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses and other Board-provided services; requiring the Board to establish a certain code of ethics; establishing the On-Site Wastewater Professionals Fund; etc.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list
FAV 14FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGeckle, MathewBack River PrecastOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGeckle, MathewBack River PrecastOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJohnson, ReedOrencoWritten (PDF)
FAVvon Gunten, GeneTeam SepticWritten (PDF)
FAVvon Gunten, GeneTeam SepticOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Stein, Delegate SteinlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Stein, Delegate SteinlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHarrison, EdwardIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHarrison, EdwardIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSchmidt-Perkins, DruIndividualOral
FAVStein, DanaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVStein, DanaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWAButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FWAButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAWelch, KennethMaryland Conference of Local Environmental Health DirectorsOral + Written (PDF)
FWAMoritz, HeatherSt. Mary's County Health DepartmentOral
FWATrescott, SaraIndividualOral
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)
INFOAbbott, TylerMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)
INFOSchmidt-Perkins, DruIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association