2009 Senate Bill 437 ↩

Senate Roll Call 381: Passed

To streamline the regulations, procedures, reporting and inspection requirements, definitions, etcetera for cleanups of hazardous materials that exist on a property or are spilled. In general, rather than requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to promulgate generic rules for all cleanups, this and Senate Bills 1345 to 1349 would instead determine the adequacy of a given cleanup on a case-by-case basis. The package would also diminish certain DNRE rulemaking authority, and establish that that a "guideline, bulletin, interpretative statement or operational memorandum" issued by the department would not have the force of law. Note: Provisions in the original version banning environmental cleanup standards more stringent than federal law no longer remain.