Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation

SB 250 updates fee structures and funding mechanisms for Maryland's Department of the Environment. It creates the Private Dam Repair Fund to provide financial assistance for repairing, upgrading, or removing private dams, requiring dam owners to pay registration fees into this fund. The bill also specifies that the Maryland Clean Air Fund must be used solely for reducing air pollution and cannot revert to the General Fund. Additionally, it alters fees for oil transfers, lead risk reduction in housing, and other environmental programs, requiring the Department to set some fees through regulation.