Legislation

Title: Environment - Implementation of Watershed Implementation Plan - Limitation
Sponsored by: Senator Hershey
Status: In the Senate - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or a strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency completes and publishes the 2017 Chesapeake Bay midpoint assessment and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science completes the 2-year study begun in 2015 to quantify and analyze the sediment and associated nutrients in major entry points to the Lower Susquehanna River Reservoir System and the upper Chesapeake Bay and other specified assessments; etc.

Committees

Original:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Cross-filed with: HB1268

Introduced in a prior session as: SB0695 Session: 2012 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): June 1, 2015

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/09/2015 Legislative Date 3/09/2015 Action First Reading Senate Rules Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/13/2015 Legislative Date 3/16/2015 Action Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/17/2015 Legislative Date 3/17/2015 Action Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/26/2015 Legislative Date 3/27/2015 Action Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	3/09/2015	3/09/2015	First Reading Senate Rules
Senate	3/13/2015	3/16/2015	Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Senate	3/17/2015	3/17/2015	Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate	3/26/2015	3/27/2015	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
3/10/2015	Text - First - Environment - Implementation of Watershed Implementation Plan - Limitation
3/26/2015	Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

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