Environment – On–Farm Composting Facilities – Permit Exemption
Sponsor: Jason C. Gallion (District 35)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to exempt an on-farm composting facility from the requirement to obtain a permit if the on-farm composting facility uses 40,000 square feet of area or less for active food scrap composting, composts only certain materials, records certain information and retains the records for 3 years, and meets any other condition for a permit exemption specified in regulations.
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Testimony (21)
MGA witness listFAV 10FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Fixsen, Elizabeth | Indivisible Howard County | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Younts, Diana | MLC Climate Justice Wing | Position only |
| FAV | Ferguson, Colby | Maryland Farm Bureau | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ferguson, Colby | Maryland Farm Bureau | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Criss, Jeremy | Montgomery County Government | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Younts, Diana | Takoma Park Mobilization Environment Committee | Position only |
| FAV | Ohlinger, Keith | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Gallion, Senator Gallionlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Gallion, Senator Gallionlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Parry, Ben | Compost Crew | Oral |
| FWA | Tulkin, Joshlobbyist | MD Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Pluta, Matt | ShoreRivers | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Fischler, Benjamin | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | Gallion, Senator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Leach, Gabrielle | MDE | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Nelson, Jen | Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Abbott, Tyler | Maryland Department of the Environment | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFGreenfield, 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…