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SB 324

EnactedCrossfile HB 204
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Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting

Sponsor: Senator ElfrethCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 443 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to receive and process complaints involving alleged violations of certain air and water quality requirements in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to keep an electronic record of certain complaints for 10 years; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to report, on or before September 30 each year, to the Governor and the General Assembly certain information relating to the enforcement of natural resources and conservation laws; etc.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMyers, DougChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVMyers, DougChesapeake Bay FoundationOral
FAVHaren, AngelaChesapeake Legal AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVHaren, AngelaChesapeake Legal AllianceOral
FAVHarbeson, KristenlobbyistMaryland League of Conservation VotersWritten (PDF)
FAVBailey, Senator JackMaryland State SenateOral
FAVPluta, MattShoreRiversWritten (PDF)
FAVElfreth, SarahIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFEnten, RobertMaryland Building Industry AssocOral
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Oral + Written (PDF)
INFOMcKitrick, JamesIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOPorter, HollylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHarbeson, KristenMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
INFOPorter, HollyRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association