SB 492

Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations

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

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing inspection and reporting requirements for certain permit holders; 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; and requiring the Department of the Environment to clear a certain backlog of administratively continued permits on or before December 31, 2026.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 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	Isaacson, Evan	Chesapeake Legal Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bryant, Anita	Friends of Herring Run Parks	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frosh, Brian	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tutman, Frederick	Patuxent Riverkeeper)	Oral
FAV	Pluta, Matt	ShoreRivers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nicholas, Elizabeth	WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Villazon, Alexander	Waterkeepers Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Pinsky, Senator Pinskylegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Ferguson, Colby	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ballentine, Tom	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kasemeyer, Pam	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 1

Chesapeake Legal AllianceFAV 1

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

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Patuxent Riverkeeper)FAV 1

ShoreRiversFAV 1

Waterkeepers ChesapeakeFAV 1

WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKEFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action

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…