Wastewater Treatment Plants – Water Quality Testing and Sewage Overflow and Pipeline Breakage Notification (Environmental Accountability Act of 2023)
What this bill does
Requiring an independent third party to oversee all water quality testing conducted at a wastewater treatment plant that falsifies or does not accurately report water quality test results to the Department of the Environment or is experiencing a catastrophic or continuing mechanical failure of operational equipment; requiring the Department to select the independent third party; specifying the duties of the independent third party; and establishing certain notification requirements.
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Testimony (9)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hartline, John | Patuxant River Commission | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Del. Bob, Long | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Long, R., Delegate Long, R.legislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Fink, Nelda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Themelis, Nina | Mayor's Office of Government Relations | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | West, Derek | Individual | Position only |
| INFO | Abbott, Tyler | Maryland Department of the Environment | Written (PDF) |