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CS/CS/HB 373: Environmental Permits

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Glorioso ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Williams, T.

Environmental Permits; Provides for entity created by special act, local ordinance, or interlocal agreement of county or municipality to receive certain reduced or waived permit processing fees; requires that DEP initiate rulemaking to adopt general permit for stormwater management systems serving airside activities at airports; authorizes certain municipalities & counties to adopt stormwater adaptive management plans & obtain conceptual permits for urban redevelopment projects; requires challenge to consolidated environmental resource permit or associated variance or any sovereign submerged lands authorization proposed or issued by DEP in connection with specified deepwater ports to be conducted pursuant to specified summary hearing provisions & within certain timeframe; provides that administrative law judge's decision is recommended order & does not constitute final agency action of DEP; requires DEP to issue final order within certain timeframe, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 503 (Ch. 2012-205), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), SB 1998 (Ch. 2012-128)
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Transportation (TR)
  4. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
  5. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/14/2011 House • Filed
10/28/2011 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 38
1/9/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 37
1/11/2012 House • CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 228
1/13/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
1/17/2012 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 246
• CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 221
1/23/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 01/25/12, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
1/25/2012 House • CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 299
1/26/2012 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
1/27/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 297
• CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 288
2/20/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/22/12
2/22/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 723
• Amendment(s) adopted (100885, 586519) -HJ 724
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/23/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 773
• Amendment(s) adopted (222527) -HJ 773
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 5 -HJ 773
2/24/2012 Senate • In Messages
3/5/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 841
• Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Transportation; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 841
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 503 (Ch. 2012-205), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), SB 1998 (Ch. 2012-128)