ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 35

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  HB 8

  Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Guns, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, and Vallario

  Entitled

  Environment - Permits - Standing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 9

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 639

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Guns, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, and Vallario

  Entitled

  Review of License and Permit Applications - Timing of Review by the Department of the Environment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 21

  Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Arnick, Minnick, Mohorovic, DeCarlo, Holt, and Weir

  Entitled

  Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility - Modification Requires Approval by the General Assembly

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 107

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Baker, Guns, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Sewage Sludge Storage Facilities - Permit to Install, Alter, or Extend - Requirements for Issuance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 242

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Natural Wood Waste Recycling Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 246

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 224

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Landfills - Standards - Requirements for Security

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 306

  Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund and Maryland Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund - Conformance with Federal Safe Drinking Water Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 369

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 663

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Mohorovic, Minnick, and Arnick

  Entitled

  Incinerators - Authority to Prohibit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 409

  Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 2

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Guns and Taylor and the Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Weir, Billings, D. Hughes, Mohorovic, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Redmer, Hammen, McHale, Stup, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Frush, Morhaim, Klausmeier, and Watson and the Committee on Ways and Means

  Entitled

  Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 472

  Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frush

  Entitled

  Environment - Air Quality Permits and Registrations - Revocation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 489

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 669

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Frush, Owings, Schisler, Stup, Weir, McHale, Hammen, Oaks, Elliott, Redmer, Stull, Ciliberti, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Davis, Watson, D. Hughes, and Mohorovic

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Technician Certification and Repair Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 583

  Status as of January 29, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Elliott, Jacobs, La Vay, Poole, Stull, Bonsack, Snodgrass, McKee, Stup, Hecht, Beck, Harkins, Getty, Stocksdale, and Greenip

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Emissions Control Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 773

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 695

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Harkins and Fry

  Entitled

  Deep Water Wells - Effect on Aquifers Supplying Homeowner Wells - Department of Natural Resources to Study and Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 989

  Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Klima, Holt, Ports, Leopold, Rzepkowski, Elliott, Mohorovic, Cadden, McKee, Mossburg, Hutchins, Walkup, DeCarlo, M. Burns, Beck, and Schade

  Entitled

  Enhanced Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Moratorium Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 990

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and Hecht

  Entitled

  Lead-Safe Housing - Income Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1138

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 521

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Morhaim, Owings, Frush, Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, C. Mitchell, Kirk, Boston, Fulton, Bobo, Muse, Benson, Crumlin, R. Baker, Opara, Marriott, and Branch

  Entitled

  Childhood Lead Screening Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1228

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walkup and W. Baker

  Entitled

  Redeposit of Spoil - Construction of an Artificial Island Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1283

  Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Perry, Cadden, Walkup, Clagett, Pitkin, Conroy, Love, Rzepkowski, Proctor, Leopold, Bissett, Schade, M. Burns, Hubbard, Frush, Turner, Greenip, and Bobo

  Entitled

  Rubble Landfills

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1288

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McHale

  Entitled

  Environment - Newsprint Recycling

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1381

  Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stup

  Entitled

  State Assumption of Waste Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1452

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guns

  Entitled

  Transfer of the Authority to Regulate the Land Application of Sewage Sludge from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Agriculture

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 282

  Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Haines, Middlebrooks, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Enhanced Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Moratorium Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 290

  Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh and Roesser

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 324

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 579

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Conway, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Pinsky, Dyson, Hollinger, Collins, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Department of the Environment - Annual Enforcement Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 340

  Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 1

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Blount, the President (Administration) , and Senators Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Hollinger, McCabe, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 380

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Neall

  Entitled

  Rubble Landfills - Liners - Local Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 457

  Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Sfikas and Stone

  Entitled

  Incinerators - Authority to Prohibit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 495

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Currie

  Entitled

  Recycling Facility - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 550

  Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jimeno, Middlebrooks, Haines, and Collins

  Entitled

  Enhanced Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Moratorium Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 572

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Hollinger, Green, Pinsky, Forehand, Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Collins, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Environment - Natural Wood Waste Recycling Facilities - Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 623

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Environment - Special Medical Waste Incinerators - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 624

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 605

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Incinerators - Special Medical Waste - Inspection

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 629

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 606

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Environment - Newsprint Recycling

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 653

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Water Resources - Projects and Activities - Notification and Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 686

  Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della, Collins, Madden, Trotter, Stone, Van Hollen, Conway, Dorman, Frosh, Sfikas, Currie, Kelley, Pinsky, Jimeno, and Lawlah

  Entitled

  Toxics Safety Information Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs