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Committee hears bill to expand Bay Restoration Fund priority areas and help moderate‑income homeowners replace failing septic systems
Summary
House Bill 131 would change BRF septic funding priorities to add watersheds with a high nitrogen-effectiveness score, allow moderate‑income homeowners to qualify for best-available-technology grants, and adopt a rolling 15-year eligibility date for older septic systems.
Delegate David Stein, sponsor of House Bill 131, told the House Environment and Transportation Committee that the bill would make three changes to the Septic System Account of the Bay Restoration Fund (BRF): expand priority funding beyond the Chesapeake critical area to 8‑digit watersheds with a “total nitrogen effectiveness score of 9.24 or higher,” make moderate‑income homeowners eligible for repair or replacement with best‑available technology, and replace a static eligibility date with a rolling cutoff so systems installed at least 15 years before July 1 of the application year would qualify.
Alex Butler of the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) said MDE supports HB 131 and that the…
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