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Bill would let Maryland Department of Agriculture request soil‑and‑water plans during nutrient‑management compliance reviews
Summary
House Bill 140 would grant the Maryland Department of Agriculture authority, on par with MDE, to request soil conservation district soil‑and‑water conservation plans when conducting nutrient‑management compliance investigations; sponsors say access helps build enforcement cases but districts raised confidentiality concerns.
Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) officials told the House Environment and Transportation Committee that House Bill 140 would give MDA parity with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to request soil and water conservation plans from local soil conservation districts when MDA is conducting nutrient‑management compliance investigations.
Assistant Secretary for Resource Conservation Hans Schmidt said the authority would be limited to nutrient‑management compliance investigations and would not make conservation plans public. “When we run into these situations where…
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