Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority
Sponsor: Jen Terrasa (District 13)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards under certain conditions; specifying that the requirement for the Department of the Environment to approve a county water and sewerage plan does not limit certain authority of the county; requiring the Department to publish certain information on its website by October 1, 2025; etc.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 43FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | NARAYANAN, SREEVATSAN | Cedar Creek | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Venugopal, Dr. Sandya | Clean Air Baltimore Coalition | Oral |
| FAV | Preston, Shamieka | Columbia for clean air | Position only |
| FAV | Gordon, Shan | Cool Green Schools | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Ewall, Mike | Energy Justice Network | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cooper, Charlie | Get Money Out -- Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Venugopal, MD, Sandya | Global Healthcare & Biomedical Consultant | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | HoCo Climate Action | Position only |
| FAV | Smith, Virginia | Indivisible HoCo Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | Less Plastic Please | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | Liz Feighner, self | Position only |
| FAV | Butchko, Dominic | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brice, Tyler | Maryland Municipal League | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schwarz, Kurt | Maryland Ornithological Society | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Daniel, Deborah | Retired | Position only |
| FAV | Boies, Sharon | Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kulik, Jennifer Robin | Stop Grace | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Krausz, Lisa | The Stop Grace Plastic Project | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Ochoa, Daniela | Zero Waste Montgomery County | Oral |
| FAV | Mathew, Denny | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chowdhury, Aamir | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Cohn, Debbie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cook, Kristin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Davlin, Sharon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Terrasa, Delegate Terrasalegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Gallagher, Patrice | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Godfrey, Emily | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Kranz, Rhonda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Maldonado, Rene | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mariappan, Nivetha | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rosencrantz, Gretchen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Siddique, Nusrat | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | St Clare, Tyler | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Taylor, Tom | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tupino, Christine | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Uy, Kathleen | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Wainer, Allie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wilson, Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | patel, Purvita | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Vetter, Drew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Allen, Hannahlobbyist | Maryland Chamber of Commerce | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Cedar CreekFAV 1
Cool Green SchoolsFAV 1
HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1
Less Plastic PleaseFAV 1
Liz Feighner, selfFAV 1
RetiredFAV 1
selfFAV 1
Sierra ClubFAV 1
Stop GraceFAV 1