HOUSE BILL 135

Sponsored By:

Cecil County Delegation

Entitled:

Environment - Sewage Sludge Utilization - Zoning and Land Use Requirements

Synopsis:

Authorizing the Department of the Environment to consider all county and municipal zoning and land use requirements before issuing a permit for the application of sewage sludge on land; requiring a county or municipality to send specified zoning and land use information to the Department within 45 days after receiving a specified application; requiring the Department to adopt regulations to establish a buffer from a site where sewage sludge will be applied on land adjacent to a boundary of a municipality; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

1/23

First Reading Environmental Matters

Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.

3/25

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters

3/23

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/24

Third Reading Passed (137-1)

Senate Action

4/6

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Klausmeier) Adopted

4/11

Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties

Environment, Department of

Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut

Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses

Municipal Corporations -see also- Annap; Balt; Hager; OC

Rules and Regulations

Sewage

Zoning and Planning

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Environment

( 9-233 , 9-234.2 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):

House

Number: 220210/01     Offered on: March 26, 2009   at: 10:41 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):

House

March 24, 2009: Third Reading Passed (137-1)