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SB 113

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Environmental Health Specialists and On–Site Sewage Disposal Systems – Transfer of Responsibilities and Standards, Regulations, Applications, and Plans

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Transferring certain provisions of law governing environmental health specialists, including the Board of Environmental Health Specialists, from the Maryland Department of Health to the Department of the Environment; requiring the Department of the Environment to take certain actions regarding applications and plans for the installation of on-site sewage disposal systems; requiring that an application for the installation of an on-site sewage disposal system be approved or denied within 2 months after receipt by the approving authority; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 3FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEnten, RobertMd Thoroughbred Horsemen’s AssocOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAGeckle, MathewBack River PrecastOral + Written (PDF)
FWAWelch, KennethMaryland Conference of Local Environmental Health DirectorsWritten (PDF)
FWAFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FWARanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOAbbott, TylerMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
FWARanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action