Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB621 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0621
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 621
8	8	M3 2lr2822
9	9	HB 267/21 – ENT
10	10	By: Delegate Grammer
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2022
12	12	Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Sewage Treatment Plants – Effluent Discharges – Monitoring, Evaluation, and 2
19	19	Inspection 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to monitor effluent 4
22	22	discharged from sewage treatment plants, evaluate whether the effluent impacts 5
23	23	certain midge populations, and hire an inspector for certain sewage treatment 6
24	24	plants; and generally relating to effluent discharged from sewage treatment plants. 7
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26	26	BY adding to 8
27	27	Article – Environment 9
28	28	Section 9–321.3 10
29	29	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
30	30	(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
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32	32	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
33	33	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
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35	35	Article – Environment 15
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37	37	9–321.3. 16
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39	39	(A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL: 17
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41	41	(1) MONITOR EFFLUENT DISC HARGED FROM SEWAGE T REATMENT 18
42	42	PLANTS; 19
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44	44	(2) EVALUATE WHETHER THE EFFLUENT AND ANY NUT RIENTS IN THE 20
45	45	EFFLUENT IMPACT MIDG E POPULATIONS IN THE SURROUNDING LAND AND WATER 21
46	46	AREAS, INCLUDING WHETHER TH E EFFLUENT CONTRIBUT ES TO THE GROWTH OF 22
47	47	PHYTOPLANKTON ; AND 23 2 HOUSE BILL 621
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51	51	(3) HIRE AN INSPECTOR FOR A SEWAGE TREATMENT P LANT THAT 1
52	52	THE DEPARTMENT FINDS HAS, WITHIN THE LAST 24 MONTHS: 2
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54	54	(I) RELEASED EFFLUENTS BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE 3
55	55	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLA NT’S DISCHARGE PERMIT; 4
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57	57	(II) FAILED TO MAINTAIN BA SIC OPERATION AND 5
58	58	MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLA NT; OR 6
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60	60	(III) FOR A SEWAGE TREATMEN T PLANT FOR WHICH TH E 7
61	61	DEPARTMENT REQUIRES A WASTEWATER CAPACITY PLAN, FAILED TO SUBMIT AN 8
62	62	UPDATED WASTEWATER CAPACITY PLAN TO THE DEPARTMENT . 9
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64	64	(B) IF AN INSPECTOR IS HIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(3) OF THIS 10
65	65	SECTION, THE INSPECTOR SHALL REMAIN ON SITE AT THE SEWAGE TREATM ENT 11
66	66	PLANT UNTIL: 12
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68	68	(1) DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS SHOW THAT TH E EFFLUENT 13
69	69	RELEASE FROM THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLA NT HAS BEEN WITHIN THE SCOPE OF 14
70	70	THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLA NT’S DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR 180 DAYS; 15
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72	72	(2) THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS IN COMPLIAN CE WITH BASIC 16
73	73	OPERATION AND MAINTE NANCE REQUIREMENTS ; AND 17
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75	75	(3) IF A WASTEWATER CAPAC ITY PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE 18
76	76	DEPARTMENT, AN UPDATED W ASTEWATER CAPACITY PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED 19
77	77	TO THE DEPARTMENT . 20
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79	79	(C) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1 EACH YEAR, BEGINNING IN 2023, THE 21
80	80	DEPARTMENT SHALL REPO RT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 22
81	81	§ 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, ON THE ACTIVITIES CONDU CTED 23
82	82	IN ACCORDANCE WITH S UBSECTION S (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION. 24
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84	84	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 25
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