2020 Legislative Session
The following are bills passed during the Maryland's 2020 Legislative Session that relate to Land and Materials Administration's programs.
- HB 566 Ch. 254 and SB 713 Ch. 255 - Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program - Eligibility - Lead-Based
Paint Affected Properties. Altering the
information required to be provided to the Department of Commerce in order to
qualify for certain tax credit enhancements under the Opportunity Zone
Enhancement Program to include, with respect to certain qualified opportunity
zone business property, certain information on the performance of certain lead
hazard reduction activities; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2019; etc. Sections 6-1001 and
6-1002 of the Economic Development Article, Annotated Code of Maryland;
Sections 6-801 and 6-811 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of
Maryland.
- HB 619 Ch. 276 and SB 420 Ch. 277 - Environment – Use
of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals. Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2021, the use
of Class B fire-fighting foam that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals
for certain testing or training purposes; providing that the Act does not
restrict the manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain Class B
fire-fighting foam or the discharge or other use of certain fire-fighting foam
in emergency fire-fighting or prevention operations; requiring the use of
nonfluorinated foam for fire-fighting training; establishing certain penalties;
etc. Sections 6-1601 through 6-1605 of the Environment
Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- HB 1442 Ch. 471 and SB 840 Ch. 472 - Environment – Expanded
Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition. Altering the definition of
"expanded polystyrene food service product" to exclude certain egg
cartons shipped into the State for packaging or cartons of eggs that have been
packaged within the State for sale within the State. Sections 9-2201
and 9-2203 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland. See June 11, 2020 Public Notice relating to the deadline on the use of EPS foodservice products.
- SB 18 Ch. 500 - Environment - Lead
Poisoning Prevention Commission. Altering the membership of the Lead Poisoning
Prevention Commission to include one representative each from a nonprofit
focused on lead poisoning prevention issues and the American Academy of
Pediatrics, Maryland Chapter; repealing certain requirements for a window
replacement program; altering the subjects that the Commission may appoint a
subcommittee to study to include case management, lead paint abatement service
provider education and training, and blood lead testing; etc. Sections 6-807,
6-809 and 6-810 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of
Maryland.
- SB 281 Ch. 544 - Renewable Energy
Development and Siting (REDS) – Evaluations and Tax and Fee Exemptions. Requiring the Department of the
Environment to waive certain application fees for applicants intending to use
certain contaminated properties for clean or renewable electrical generation
sites under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to adopt certain
regulations; requiring that the owner of a certain eligible property that wants
to change the use of the eligible property be liable for certain fees waived
under the Act under certain circumstances; etc. Sections 7-501 and
7-506 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland;
Section 8-402 of the Tax-General Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
2019 Legislative Session
The following are bills passed during the Maryland's 2019 Legislative Session that relate to Land and Materials Administration's programs.
- HB 0036 Ch. 136 - Surface
Mining - Zone of Dewatering Influence - Remedies. Requiring
a surface mining permittee, on the discovery of a sudden subsidence of the
surface of the land, to immediately implement appropriate safety measures to
protect public health and safety; requiring a surface mining permittee to
permanently replace a water supply within a certain zone of dewatering
influence within 45 days of the date on which the permittee knew of the water
supply failure; authorizing a surface mining permittee to seek reimbursement for
water supply replacement costs under certain circumstances; etc. Sections 15-801, 15-812, and 15-813 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- HB 0109 Ch. 579 - Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibitions. Prohibiting a person from selling in the State an expanded polystyrene
food service product on or after July 1, 2020; prohibiting food service
businesses or schools from selling or providing food or beverages in expanded
polystyrene food service products on or after July 1, 2020; confirming the
authority of local government entities to establish standards that are at least
as stringent as those in the Act; requiring the Department of the Environment
to conduct a public education and outreach antilittering campaign; etc. Sections 9-2201 through 9-2207 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland. See June 11, 2020 Public Notice relating to the deadline on the use of EPS foodservice products.
- HB 0510 Ch. 366 - Organic Waste - Organics Recycling - Collection and Acceptance for Final
Disposal. Prohibiting the owner or operator of a refuse disposal system from
accepting loads of separately collected organic waste for final disposal unless
the owner or operator provides for the organics recycling of the organic waste;
authorizing that loads of separately collected food waste that are determined
by an organics recycling facility to be unacceptable for recycling due to
contamination may be accepted by a refuse disposal system for final disposal;
etc. Section 9-1701, 9-1723, and 9-1724 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- HB 1233 Ch. 341 - Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Elevated Blood Lead Levels and
Environmental Investigations (Maryland Healthy Children Act). Reducing the elevated blood lead level that initiates certain case
management, notification, and lead risk reduction requirements in
owner-occupied and affected properties; altering certain notification
requirements triggered by the results of a certain blood test; requiring the
Department of the Environment to adopt certain regulations, on or before July
1, 2020, for conducting certain environmental investigations in accordance with
certain requirements; etc. Sections 6-304 and 6-305, 6-801, 6-819, 6-846 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- SB 0370 Ch. 500 - Environment - Recycling - Office Buildings. Requiring a county to address, in a recycling plan required to be
submitted to the Secretary of the Environment, the collection and recycling of
recyclable materials from buildings that are 150,000 square feet or greater of
office space; requiring each owner of an office building to provide recycling
receptacles for the collection of recyclable materials and for the removal of
certain materials for further recycling by October 1, 2021; authorizing certain
enforcement units to conduct certain inspections; etc. Sections 9-1701, 9-1703, and 9-1714 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- SB 0546 Ch. 760 - Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Monitoring and Enforcement. Requiring that a summary of each nutrient management plan be filed and
updated with the Department of Agriculture at certain times; authorizing the
Department to require an updated summary to take the form of an annual
implementation report; requiring a manure broker to provide certain information
to a certain person; requiring a person who holds a certain certificate or
license to comply with certain reporting requirements and deadlines related to
implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool; etc. Sections Article - Agriculture (8-801.1, 8-803, 8-803.1, 8-807); Article - Environment (9-301, 9-323, 9-325); Article - Natural Resources (8-2A-05), Annotated Code of Maryland.
- SB 1031 Ch. 772 - Environment - Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil
Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund - Funding, Reallocation, and
Reimbursements. Altering the basis for calculating a certain license fee credited to the
Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and the Oil
Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund; expanding, to include fiscal
years 2020 and 2021, the purposes for which the Department of the Environment
may use money in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and
Contingency Fund; etc. Sections 4-411 and 4-705 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
2018 Legislative Session
The following are bills passed during the Maryland's 2018 Legislative Session that relate to Land and Materials Administration's programs.
Please contact the Land and Materials Administration by
email or phone at 410-537-3314, if you have any questions.