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334 Journal of Proceedings Feb. 5, 2007
environmental consultant to establish a testing plan; requiring samples to be taken
in a certain manner and in accordance with certain criteria; providing for certain
minimum sampling standards for certain property proposed for redevelopment;
requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a certain independent
panel; requiring the independent panel to review and approve the testing plan and
to evaluate certain sampling results; requiring the panel to use certain protocols,
procedures, and standards in its review of certain sampling results; prohibiting a
person who is proposing to redevelop certain property from beginning
construction until the independent panel approves the testing plan and finds certain
contaminant levels acceptable; requiring the Department to make a certain notice
and to provide for a certain public hearing under certain circumstances; requiring
remediation under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the
redevelopment of golf courses.
BY adding to
Article – Environment
Section 4–105.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Environmental Matters.
House Bill 418 – Delegates Hucker, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Beidle, Beitzel, Bobo,
Bronrott, Cane, V. Clagett, Costa, Dumais, Frush, George, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez,
Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Kaiser, N. King, Lafferty, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McConkey,
Mizeur, Morhaim, Niemann, Pena–Melnyk, Rice, Ross, Schuler, Stein, and Taylor
AN ACT concerning
Mercury Switch Removal from Vehicles
FOR the purpose of requiring motor vehicle manufacturers to develop a mercury
minimization plan that includes information on mercury switch removal from
motor vehicles; requiring certain manufacturers to submit a certain plan to the
Department of the Environment within a certain number of days after the
enactment date of this Act; establishing certain requirements for a mercury
minimization plan; requiring vehicle manufacturers to pay certain costs associated
with mercury switch removal; requiring the Department to review the plan and
make a determination about the status of the plan within a certain number of days;
authorizing the Department to impose certain penalties for violators of a mercury
minimization plan; authorizing a scrap recycling facility to accept end–of–life
vehicles that contain mercury switches under certain circumstances; defining
certain terms; authorizing the Department to adopt rules and regulations to
administer the program; requiring an annual report containing certain information