File Code: Environment
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2008, a person from selling, offering
for sale, supplying or offering for supply gasoline that contains more than
0.5% of methyl tertiary butyl ether by volume; authorizing the Department of
the Environment to adopt specified regulations; and requiring the Department to
conduct a study and issue a specified report to specified legislative
committees on or before December 1, 2006, on the practicability and economic,
environmental, and public health effects.
1/24
First
Reading Environmental Matters
1/31
Hearing 2/16 at
No Action
Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Rudolph C.
Cane, District 37A
Delegate Virginia P.
Clagett, District 30
Delegate Robert A.
Costa, District 33B
Delegate D. Page
Elmore, District 38A
Delegate David D.
Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
Delegate Theodore
Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Mary Roe
Walkup, District 36
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC
SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
( 4-404 )
Bill Text (Displayed in
PDF): First Reading,
Third
Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None offered
File Code: Environment
Requiring nontransient noncommunity
water systems to test the water provided by the system for the presence of
methyl tertiary butyl ether, report the findings to the Department of the
Environment, and provide persons regularly served by the system with a
specified notice if the level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in the testing
sample meets or exceeds 20 parts per billion; and authorizing the Department to
adopt specified regulations.
1/28
First
Reading Environmental Matters
1/31
Hearing 2/16 at
No Action
Delegate Barry
Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Joanne C.
Benson, District 24
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Virginia P.
Clagett, District 30
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
Delegate Patrick N.
Hogan, District 3A
Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A
Delegate J. B.
Jennings, District 7
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Mary Ann E.
Love, District 32
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Pat
McDonough, District 7
Delegate Karen S.
Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC
SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
POLLUTION -see
also- SEDIMENT CONTROL
Bill Text (Displayed in
PDF): First Reading,
Third
Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None offered
File Code: Environment
Requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to request that the
United States Environmental Protection Agency take prompt action to waive
federal requirements that specified reformulated gasoline be sold in the State;
requiring the Department, on or before December 1, 2006, to develop and submit
to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the
House Environmental Matters Committee a plan regarding the phasing-out of the
use of methyl tertiary butyl ether in gasoline sold in the State; etc.
1/28
First
Reading Environmental Matters
1/31
Hearing 2/16 at
No Action
Delegate Barry
Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Joanne C.
Benson, District 24
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Mary Ann E.
Love, District 32
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Pat
McDonough, District 7
Delegate Karen S.
Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC
SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
Bill Text (Displayed in
PDF): First Reading,
Third
Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None
offered
File Code: Environment
Requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to provide property
owners located within one-half mile of a site found to be contaminated with
methyl tertiary butyl ether at a level of 20 parts per billion or higher with a
specified notice; and requiring a person responsible for a specified oil
spillage to be liable for the costs to the Department of providing a specified
notice.
1/28
First
Reading Environmental Matters
1/31
Hearing 2/16 at
No Action
Delegate Barry
Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Joanne C.
Benson, District 24
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Virginia P.
Clagett, District 30
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
Delegate Patrick N.
Hogan, District 3A
Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A
Delegate J. B.
Jennings, District 7
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Mary Ann E.
Love, District 32
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Pat
McDonough, District 7
Delegate Victor R.
Ramirez, District 47
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
Delegate Joan F.
Stern, District 39
Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC
SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
LIABILITY -see
also- GOOD SAMARITAN
POLLUTION -see
also- SEDIMENT CONTROL
( 4-409 )
Bill Text (Displayed in
PDF): First Reading,
Third
Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None offered
File Code: Environment
Establishing a specified MTBE-free standard during specified years;
prohibiting, on or after
1/31
First
Reading Environmental Matters
Hearing 2/16 at
No Action
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate William J.
Frank, District 42
Delegate Susan W.
Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Adrienne A.
Mandel, District 19
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Pat
McDonough, District 7
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
COMMERCE AND
BUSINESS -see also- DEALERS; TRADERS; etc
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC
SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
( 4-404 )
Bill Text (Displayed in
PDF): First Reading,
Third
Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None
offered
File Code: Environment
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2010, a person from selling, offering
for sale, supplying, or offering for supply gasoline that contains more than
0.5% of methyl tertiary butyl ether by volume; authorizing the Department of
the Environment to adopt specified regulations; and adding ethanol and other
oxygenates to the definition of "oil" subject to regulation by the
Department.
2/2
First
Reading Environmental Matters
2/1
Hearing 2/16 at
No Action
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Adelaide C.
Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate D. Page
Elmore, District 38A
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
( 4-401 , 4-404 )
Bill Text (Displayed in
PDF): Not available at this
time
Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None offered