HB 1055

Did not advance

Environment – Highways – Salt Application

Sponsor: Lily Qi (District 15)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Laid Over (Senator Kagan) Adopted (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each State agency, county, and municipality to maintain certain records of its highway salt application and submit to the Department of the Environment by July 1 each year a report on its highway salt application for the previous fiscal year, including the total amount of salt applied and the amount of salt the jurisdiction had at the beginning of the fiscal year.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 14FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Myers, Doug	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hileman, Abby	Izaak Walton League of America	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	VAN NESTE, KARL	Muddy Branch Alliance	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Elaine, Arndt	SELF	Position only
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Brown, Renaud	Individual	Position only
FAV	Delegate Qi, Delegate Qilegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Qi, Delegate Qilegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Hlavinka, Mary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Qi, Delegate Lily	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rasnake, Roger	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jorch, Bill	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FWA	Hileman, Abby	Izaak Walton League of America	Written (PDF)
FWA	Ochsenhirt, Lisalobbyist	Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies	Written (PDF)
FWA	Woods, James	Mayor, City of Rockville	Written (PDF)
INFO	Behler, Dylan	Maryland Department of Natural Resources	Written (PDF)
INFO	Westervelt, Patricia	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)
INFO	Westervelt, Patricia	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Arundel Rivers FederationFAV 2

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Izaak Walton League of AmericaFAV 1FWA 1

Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesFWA 1

Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesINFO 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 2

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueUNF 1

Mayor, City of RockvilleFWA 1

Muddy Branch AllianceFAV 1

SELFFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAOchsenhirt, LisaMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesRegistered for: Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies; Maryland Municipal Stormwater Association…