SB 221

Department of the Environment – Enforcement Authority

Sponsor: PresidentCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: First Reading Environment and Transportation (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to notify the Attorney General each time the Department initiates a certain administrative action; altering the enforcement authority of the Department under various provisions of law, including provisions relating to waterway construction and dam safety, tidal and nontidal wetlands, drinking water, and waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works; requiring a person or municipal or private corporation to report certain information to the Department annually; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	DeMarco, Jamie	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Position only
FAV	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frosh, Brian	Office of the Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Raindrop, Bonnie	Smart on Pesticides	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	President, President	Individual	Oral
UNF	Jackson, Marcuslobbyist	Associated Builders and Contractors	Written (PDF)
UNF	Voytek, Maddy	MD Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Indistry Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	O'Halloran, Mike	NFIB	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
FWA	Clark, Robin Jessicalobbyist	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Butchko, Dominic	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Bailey, Angelica	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Enten, Robert	Md Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Assoc	Oral
INFO	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)