HB 902

Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations

Sponsor: Mary A. Lehman (District 21)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Special Order until next session (Delegate Korman) Adopted (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that a certain base fee established by the Department of the Environment that is paid by a certain generator of coal combustion by-products is not less than $2.30 per ton; altering the factors that the Department is required to consider in establishing the fee; establishing the Statewide Coal Combustion By-Products Coordinating Committee to share information, monitoring results, and certain remedial actions with respect to certain coal combustion by-product sites; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 16FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Kamita Gray, Karyn Sonu or	Brandywine \| TB Southern Region Neighborhood Coalition / Executive Community Citizen's Board (ECCB)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Litten, Jason	Frostburg State University	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	HoCo Climate Action	Position only
FAV	Lehman, Mary	MGA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mizrahi, Jennifer	Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund	Position only
FAV	Keehner, Denise	N/A	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Naujoks, Dean	Potomac Riverkeeper Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nicholas, Betsy	Potomac Riverkeeper Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Broder, Robin	Waterkeepers Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alexander, Peter	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Lehman, Delegate Lehmanlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Kerr, Cait	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Waters, Noah	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Hunt, Christine	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lininger, Brettlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Brandywine | TB Southern Region Neighborhood Coalition / Executive Community Citizen's Board (ECCB)FAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Frostburg State UniversityFAV 1

HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFWA 1

MGAFAV 1

Mizrahi Family Charitable FundFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

Potomac Riverkeeper NetworkFAV 2

Waterkeepers ChesapeakeFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFLininger, BrettRegistered for: Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company); Amazon.com Services, LLC; American International Group; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Brookfield Power US Asset Management LLC; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC…