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SB 227

EnactedCrossfile HB 295
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Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update

Sponsor: Senator ElfrethCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 641 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to update certain stormwater management regulations at least once every 5 years to incorporate certain updated precipitation data; requiring the Department to review and update certain regulations in a certain manner; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on the most recent precipitation data and the Department's plans for updating water quantity control standards for watersheds where flooding events occurred on or after January 1, 2000; etc.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 20FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVRichards, DonnaAssateague Coastal TrustWritten (PDF)
FAVWilkinson, nanciCedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice MinistryWritten (PDF)
FAVMyers, DougChesapeake Bay FoundationOral
FAVMyers, DougChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVJarvis, LauraCitizen, Anne Arundel CountyOral
FAVMcGilvray, LaurieClimate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVMiklos, MaeCompass ManagementWritten (PDF)
FAVBartlett, OliviaDoTheMostGoodPosition only
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVHarbeson, KristenlobbyistMaryland League of Conservation VotersWritten (PDF)
FAVBailey, JoyceMontgomery Countryside AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVOrtiz, AdamMontgomery County GovernmentOral
FAVMason, MichaellobbyistProvidence Strategies LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVMcGilvray, LaurieTakoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVJohnson, Esq., MorganWaterkeepers ChesapeakeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBassett, ElleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVElfreth, SarahIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAViliff, jesseIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFBallentine, TomIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAJohnston, MatthewAnne Arundel County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FWAButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAEnten, RobertMaryland Building Industry AssocOral
FWAGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWAMetchis, KarenIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOAbbott, TylerMaryland Dept of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FAVHarbeson, KristenMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters
FAVMason, MichaelProvidence Strategies LLCRegistered for: AIA Maryland; American Council of Engineering Companies/MD; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park; Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools; Experience Prince George's; Kaiser Permanente
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
FWAGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association