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SB 483

EnactedCrossfile HB 264
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Solid Waste Management - Organics Recycling and Waste Diversion - Food Residuals

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 440 (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 (31)

MGA witness list
FAV 22FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVEttinger, PeterBioenergy DevcoOral
FAVTana, DavidChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVKunze, JenniferlobbyistClean Water ActionWritten (PDF)
FAVParry, BenCompost CrewOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBartlett, OliviaDoTheMostGoodWritten (PDF)
FAVKalm, ShelbyFair FarmsWritten (PDF)
FAVKato, LizIndivisibleHoCoMDWritten (PDF)
FAVPlatt, BrendaInstitute for Local Self-RelianceWritten (PDF)
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingWritten (PDF)
FAVDySard, AlexandraMOM's Organic MarketOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVHeavner, BradMaryland PIRGWritten (PDF)
FAVCather, AmandaMillion Acre ChallengeWritten (PDF)
FAVBailey, JoyceMontgomery Countryside AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVLongabaugh, KatherineSunrise Movement BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaTakoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRosenthal, LoreIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSkillman, JaneIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
UNFPrice, SarahlobbyistMaryland Retailers AssociationOral
UNFLeTourneau, MarlaMaryland School Nutrition AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFGarrity, JustenVeteran CompostOral
UNFOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAThompson, MelvinlobbyistRestaurant Association of MarylandOral
FWASterrette, DawanaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKunze, JenniferClean Water ActionRegistered for: Clean Water Action
FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
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
UNFOrtiz, JeanetteRegistered for: Johns Hopkins
UNFWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FWAThompson, MelvinRestaurant Association of MarylandRegistered for: Restaurant Association of Maryland