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House committee holds moratorium bill on confined aquatic disposal cells for follow-up
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The House Environment and Transportation Committee postponed action on SB 168, a bill to impose a four-year moratorium on construction of confined aquatic disposal (CAD) cells, after members requested clarifications about the bill's scope and potential impacts on existing dredging practices.
The House Environment and Transportation Committee on Thursday postponed consideration of SB 168, a bill that would impose a four-year moratorium on construction of confined aquatic disposal cells in Maryland, saying members wanted additional information about the proposal's scope and potential impacts on existing dredging operations.
The delay follows questions from committee members about whether the bill would broadly prohibit other dredging activities or only prohibit future approvals of a specific disposal method. “This bill establishes a 4 year moratorium on the construction of confined aquatic disposal cells in the…
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