HB 649

Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations

Sponsor: Delegate LoveCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 22 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing inspection and reporting requirements for certain permit holders; requiring the Department of the Environment maintain on its website a list of certain noncompliant permit holders and provide certain Senators and Delegates with a link to the list by monthly e-mail; establishing administrative penalties for certain permit holders determined to be in significant noncompliance of certain State or federal water quality standards, effluent limitations, or other requirements; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 13FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Volpitta, Alice	Blue Water Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Clark, Robin Jessicalobbyist	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mudd Griffith, Anna	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bryant, Anita	Friends of Herring Run Parks	Written (PDF)
FAV	Waddy, Steven	NAACP	Oral
FAV	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jankowski, Joe	Protectors of the St Martin River	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pluta, Matt	ShoreRivers	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nicholas, Elizabeth	WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Delegate Love, Delegate Lovelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Love , Sara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pomeroy, Fred	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ferguson, Colby	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ballentine, Tom	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Porter, Hollylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Enten, Robert	Md Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Assoc	Oral
INFO	Clark, Rachellobbyist	Evans & Associates, LLC	Written (PDF)
INFO	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Blue Water BaltimoreFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 2

Evans & Associates, LLCINFO 1

Friends of Herring Run ParksFAV 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationFWA 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentINFO 1

Maryland Farm BureauUNF 1

Md Thoroughbred Horsemen’s AssocFWA 1

NAACPFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Protectors of the St Martin RiverFAV 1

ShoreRiversFAV 1

WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKEFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVClark, Robin JessicaChesapeake Bay FoundationRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation; American Heart Association; Indivior, Inc.

UNFPorter, HollyRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association

FWAGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

INFOClark, RachelEvans & Associates, LLCRegistered for: Accenture LLP; Arundel Amusements/Bingo World; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; CALSTART; Carvana; Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 89…