SB 956

Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by October 1, 2024; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for significant industrial users by January 1, 2025; requiring the Department to develop PFAS action levels for addressing PFAS contamination from industrial discharge for pretreatment permits by June 1, 2025; requiring the Department to develop certain mitigtion plans by September 1, 2025; etc.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list

FAV 23FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Position only
FAV	Wilkinson, nanci	Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Myers, Doug	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Isaacson, Evan	Chesapeake Legal Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hunter, Caseylobbyist	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Position only
FAV	Feighner, Liz	Less Plastic Please	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Schwarz, Kurt	Maryland Ornithological Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry Hester, Katie	Maryland Senate	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nicholas, Betsy	Potomac Riverkeeper Network	Position only
FAV	Walls, Brent	Potomac Riverkeeper Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alexander, Peter	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Cohn, Debbie	Individual	Position only
FAV	Davlin, Sharon	Individual	Position only
FAV	Eignor, Diana	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, Jennylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Hester, Senator Hesterlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Allen, Hannahlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Vetter, Drew	NWRA	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Baker, Jeremy D.	Maryland Department of the Environment	Oral
FWA	Knapp, Les	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
FWA	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Risotto, Steve	American Chemistry Council	Oral
INFO	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)