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SB 268

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Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program - Enforcement

Sponsor: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the enforcement and after-the-fact application approval procedures required as minimum elements of a local jurisdiction's Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program to apply to all critical area violations; repealing the 30-day waiting period with which the Chair of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays must comply before referring certain enforcement matters to the Attorney General; and expanding the authority of the Attorney General to take certain equitable actions.

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Testimony (30)

MGA witness list
FAV 12FavorableUNF 18Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVRoss, GabrielleConcerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs (CCAIC)Position only
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVNicholas, BetsyPotomac Riverkeeper NetworkPosition only
FAVRichards, AnnieShoreRiversWritten (PDF)
FAVRichards, AnnieShoreRiversWritten (PDF)
FAVBroder, RobinWaterkeepers ChesapeakePosition only
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVCharbonneau, KateIndividualOral
FAVCharbonneau, KateIndividualOral
FAVHoerger, LisaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHoerger, LisaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFGallagher, GeorgeICQPosition only
UNFArshavsky, SvetlanaIndividualPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFD’Orazio , DanielaIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFHunt, ChristineIndividualPosition only
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
UNFSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
UNFVolkmar, LeslieIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record