Bill > S0303

Introduced Session

This bill proposes to amend requirements related to the administration and implementation by the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) of the three-acre stormwater discharge permit. The bill would require ANR to visit every parcel identified by geographic information system data as subject to the three-acre stormwater discharge permit to verify each parcel has three or more acres of impervious surface. The bill also would require ANR to rank each parcel subject to the three-acre stormwater discharge permit according to the severity of impact each parcel has to water quality in the State. The bill would repeal the current permitting schedule for discharges of stormwater from three-acre parcels and instead would require a permit for a parcel ranked in the top 10 percent of severity of impact to water quality to continue to require a permit. ANR would then be directed to establish a schedule for the remaining parcels subject to permitting S.303 based on severity of impact to water quality posed by a parcel. In addition, the bill would provide that failure to obtain a three-acre stormwater discharge permit when necessary does not create an encumbrance on the title to the property subject to the parcel. The bill also would require ANR to conduct a public hearing in each county of the State to explain application of the three- acre stormwater discharge permit and the changes made to the permit by the bill.

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Terry Williams (R)*,  Scott Beck (R),  John Benson (R),  Patrick Brennan (R),  Randy Brock (R),  Brian Collamore (R),  Steven Heffernan (R),  Russ Ingalls (R),  Joseph Major (D),  Christopher Mattos (R),  John Morley (R),  Bob Norris (R),  Dave Weeks (R),  Richard Westman (R), 

Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (on 01/23/2026)

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