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SB 528

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Coast Smart Siting and Design Criteria - Private Construction or Reconstruction Projects and Enforcement

Sponsor: Senator ElfrethCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Applying Coast Smart siting and design criteria to certain private construction or reconstruction projects beginning on July 1, 2022; exempting certain private construction or reconstruction projects from the application of the Act; establishing that the Department of Natural Resources has sole responsibility for enforcement of the Act, subject to a certain delegation of enforcement authority; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to delegate certain enforcement authority to a certain county or municipality; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSchmitt, KatlynCenter for Progressive ReformOral
FAVPluta, MattShoreRiversOral + Written (PDF)
FAVElfreth, SarahIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFisher, EriklobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFBallentine, TomIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFCastelli, WilliamlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)
INFOMcKitrick, JamesIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVFisher, ErikRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
UNFCastelli, WilliamRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company