1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 16:10

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- POLLUTION

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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

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

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

HB 99	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Stup and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Task Force on the Future of Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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

HB 229	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Brinkley, Hecht, Elliott, Stull, Snodgrass, Stup, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Lead Paint - Insurance - Definition of Affected Property
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 242	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters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

HB 306	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations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

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

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

HB 448	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell and Owings
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Calvert County
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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

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

HB 507	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 758
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Fry, Rosapepe, Frush, Hammen, Turner, Preis, Harkins, Kopp, and Pitkin
Entitled	"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 535	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 87
Sponsored By	Delegate Schisler
Entitled	Dorchester County and Talbot County - Property Tax Credit - Chesapeake Audubon Society, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 537	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 574
Sponsored By	Delegate Minnick (Baltimore County Administration) and Delegates Arnick, DeCarlo, Dypski, Hammen, Holt, Krysiak, Mohorovic, and Weir
Entitled	Environment - Dredge Spoil - Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 540	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Schisler, Elliott, Redmer, Stull, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Scrap Tire Disposal - Use of Fund - Fee Termination
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 568	Status as of March 28, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates La Vay, O'Donnell, V. Mitchell, and Wood
Entitled	Critical Area - Impervious Surfaces - Exemption
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 573	Status as of January 29, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott, Jacobs, Schade, Poole, Stull, Snodgrass, McKee, Rzepkowski, Klima, Stup, Hecht, Beck, O'Donnell, Harkins, Getty, M. Burns, Mohorovic, Stocksdale, Greenip, Baldwin, Brinkley, Ciliberti, and Cadden
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Enhanced Testing - Indefinite Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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

HB 595	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 248
Sponsored By	Delegate Weir (Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Oversight Committee)
Entitled	Chesapeake Bay Critical Area - Commercial Timber Harvest - Criteria for Buffer Overlap
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 712	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Workman, Taylor, and Edwards
Entitled	Lead Paint Hazards - Rent Escrow Law - Authority to Abate
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 760	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Cadden, W. Baker, Baldwin, M. Burns, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Elliott, Flanagan, Greenip, Hecht, Holt, Jacobs, Klima, Leopold, Love, Malone, Mohorovic, Mossburg, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schade, Stocksdale, Walkup, and Weir
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Voluntary Dynamometer Testing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Senate Rules

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

HB 870	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Stocksdale, Donoghue, Elliott, Hurson, and Getty
Entitled	Tire Recycling Fee - Disposition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 958	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 501
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Montgomery County - Sediment Control Plans MC 729-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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

HB 1055	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Elliott
Entitled	Department of Transportation - Study of Sites for Open Water Placement of Dredged Material - Inclusion of a Portion of the Deep Trough
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1068	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 714
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Walkup, Eckardt, D. Hughes, W. Baker, Conway, Edwards, Donoghue, Elliott, Getty, Hecht, McKee, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Stup, Taylor, and Workman
Entitled	Lead Paint - Rent Escrow Law
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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

HB 1231	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns
Entitled	Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - Alteration of Deadlines and Other Dates
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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

HB 1350	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 741
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Oaks, Billings, Frush, Watson, D. Davis, Hammen, McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Hughes, Exum, C. Mitchell, Opara, Pitkin, R. Baker, Valderrama, Patterson, Crumlin, Proctor, Muse, Perry, Benson, B. Hughes, Turner, and Bobo
Entitled	Advisory Council on Environmental Justice
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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

HB 1409	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, W. Baker, and Walkup
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Queen Anne's County
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1410	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Morhaim, Hammen, Finifter, and Frank
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Enhanced Testing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1451	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Minimum Repair Expenditure
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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

HB 1458	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns
Entitled	Mandatory Integrated Pest Management Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HJ 2	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Billings, Hubbard, Bobo, Cadden, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Mandel, Menes, Muse, Pitkin, Rosapepe, Valderrama, Frush, and Marriott
Entitled	Constitutional Amendment for Environmental Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HJ 11	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Campbell, McIntosh, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Task Force on Planning and Development
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HJ 18	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns
Entitled	Particulate Matter - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 9	Status as of February 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Hart-Miller Island Dredged Material Containment Facility - Maximum Height of Dredged Material
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 17	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 124
Sponsored By	Senator Munson
Entitled	Lead Paint - Insurance - Definition of Affected Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 33	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 559
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Forest Conservation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 50	Status as of February 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Craig , Hafer, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Task Force on the Future of Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 113	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 114
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - University of Maryland System)
Entitled	Public Institutions of Higher Education - Renaming
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 152	Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Highways - HOV Lanes - Clean Fuel Motor Vehicles
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 271	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 73
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Charles County - The Izaak Walton League of America - Southern Maryland Outdoor Education Center Loan of 1995
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 278	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Della, Jimeno, Middlebrooks, Bromwell, Ferguson, Haines, and Astle
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Voluntary Dynamometer Testing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

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

SB 283	Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Haines, Middlebrooks, and Jimeno
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Waivers - Minimum Qualifying Expenditures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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

SB 307	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 573
Sponsored By	Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Sfikas and Stone
Entitled	Environment - Dredge Spoil - Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

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

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

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

SB 388	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 757
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Collins, Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Craig, Green, Van Hollen, Dorman, and Middleton
Entitled	"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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

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

SB 498	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson (Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Oversight Committee)
Entitled	Chesapeake Bay Critical Area - Commercial Timber Harvest - Criteria for Buffer Overlap
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

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

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

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

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

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

SB 669	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 616
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - Alteration of Deadlines and Other Dates
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

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

SB 772	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Baker, Ferguson, Haines, Colburn, Derr, Munson, Collins, Middleton, Roesser, Boozer, McCabe, Dyson, Hogan, Hafer, Astle, and Bromwell
Entitled	Lead Paint - Rent Escrow Law
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SJ 12	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Baltimore County - Public Schools - Testing for Environmental Hazards
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters