HB 1484

Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)

Sponsor: Robbyn Lewis (District 46)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 80FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 11UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bucic, Sarah	Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Jim	Audubon Mid-Atlantic	Written (PDF)
FAV	Snyder, Abigaillobbyist	Baltimore Jewish Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, David	CCBA	Oral
FAV	Smith, Noble	CEJSC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ravichandran, Vivek	Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health INpowering Communities (CEEJH INC)	Written (PDF)
FAV	pool, walkiria	Centro de Apoyo Familiar	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cheng, Joyce	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Written (PDF)
FAV	DuBois, Gwen	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kunze, Jenniferlobbyist	Clean Water Action	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Demiray, Sonia	Climate Communications Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	McGilvray, Laurie	Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sawtell, Greg	Community of Curtis Bay Association	Oral
FAV	Thompson, Tiffany	Community of Curtis Bay Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ross, Gabrielle	Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs (CCAIC)	Position only
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rintelmann, Rachel	Earthjustice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wharton, Leslie	Elders Climate Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rudo, Emily	Environmental Law Clinic at University of Maryland Carey School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland	Healthy Climate Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	HoCo Climate Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Virginia	Indivisible HoCo Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Singer, Elizabeth	Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Aubourg, Matthew	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Oral
FAV	Heaney, Christopher	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Oral
FAV	Nachman, PhD, Keeve	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Exum, Natalie	Johns Hopkins University	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Elizabath	Johns Hopkins University	Written (PDF)
FAV	Putcha, Nirupama	Johns Hopkins University	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Huber, Michaellobbyist	Johns Hopkins University & Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarin, Ufuoma	LBCMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Crump, Patrick	MEPPN	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Zelaya, Michellelobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Simon, Robert	Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartock, Laura	Maryland Climate Partners	Written (PDF)
FAV	Reynolds, Phil	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network ( NEPPN)	Oral
FAV	Magos Gonzalez, Eliseo	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Rebeccalobbyist	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Rodriguez, Ana	Ministry with Power from on High	Oral
FAV	Monteverde, Jay	Namati	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ostdahl, Maggielobbyist	National Aquarium	Written (PDF)
FAV	Duckett-Randolph, Neka	Out 4 Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nicholas, Betsy	Potomac Riverkeeper Network	Position only
FAV	Habib, Imanlobbyist	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fox, Mary	Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sliviak, Ruth	Rock Creek Neighborhood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Middleton, Michael	SB7 Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Casteel, Rachel	Sentinels of Eastern Shore Health	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Shriner, Mariahlobbyist	Sierra Club Maryland Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Payan, Maria	Sussex Health & Environmental Network	Oral
FAV	Nader, John	The Green Team SJERC Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sharif, Humnalobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clark, Karen	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Copley, David	Water Oak Cove resident	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alvarenga, Jose	Individual	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)FAV 1

Audubon Mid-AtlanticFAV 1

Baltimore Jewish CouncilFAV 1

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

CCBAFAV 1

CEJSCFAV 1

Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health INpowering Communities (CEEJH INC)FAV 1

Centro de Apoyo FamiliarFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Chesapeake Physicians for Social ResponsibilityFAV 2

Clean Water ActionFAV 1

Climate Communications CoalitionFAV 1

Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Community of Curtis Bay AssociationFAV 2

Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs (CCAIC)FAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Delmarva Chicken AssociationUNF 1

EarthjusticeFAV 1

Elders Climate ActionFAV 1

Environmental Integrity ProjectFWA 1

Environmental Law Clinic at University of Maryland Carey School of LawFAV 1

Healthy Climate MarylandFAV 1

HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1

Indivisible HoCo MarylandFAV 1

Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard CountyFAV 1

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthFAV 3

Johns Hopkins UniversityFAV 3

Johns Hopkins University & MedicineFAV 1

LBCMDFAV 1

Maryland Asphalt AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesUNF 1

Maryland Building Industry AssocUNF 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Catholics for Our Common HomeFAV 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceINFO 1

Maryland Climate PartnersFAV 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFWA 1

Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network ( NEPPN)FAV 1

Maryland Farm BureauUNF 1

Maryland League of Conservation VotersFAV 2

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

MEPPNFAV 1

Ministry with Power from on HighFAV 1

MTBMAUNF 1

NamatiFAV 1

National AquariumFAV 1

Out 4 JusticeFAV 1

Potomac Riverkeeper NetworkFAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

Risk Sciences and Public Policy InstituteFAV 1

Rock Creek NeighborhoodFAV 1

SB7 CoalitionFAV 1

Sentinels of Eastern Shore HealthFAV 1

Sierra Club Maryland ChapterFAV 1

Sussex Health & Environmental NetworkFAV 1

The Green Team SJERC ChurchFAV 1

The Nature ConservancyFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

Water Oak Cove residentFAV 1

WMDA - service station, convenience stores and repair facilitiesUNF 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSnyder, AbigailBaltimore Jewish CouncilRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council

FAVKunze, JenniferClean Water ActionRegistered for: Clean Water Action

FAVHuber, MichaelJohns Hopkins University & MedicineRegistered for: Johns Hopkins

FAVZelaya, MichelleMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

FAVRehr, RebeccaMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

FAVOstdahl, MaggieNational AquariumRegistered for: National Aquarium

FAVHabib, ImanProgressive MarylandRegistered for: Progressive Maryland

FAVShriner, MariahSierra Club Maryland ChapterRegistered for:

FAVSharif, HumnaThe Nature ConservancyRegistered for: Nature Conservancy, The

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action

UNFMiddleton, GraysonDelmarva Chicken AssociationRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association

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

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

UNFHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau

INFOAllen, HannahMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce