CAMBRIDGE – State Senator Richard
F. Colburn (R-Eastern Shore) announced today that a hearing date has been set
for the Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review (AELR) Committee to
hear concerns about the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s proposed PMT
regulations. The hearing will be held on
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 2 pm in the Joint Hearing Room in the
Department of Legislative Services Building in Annapolis.
Senator Colburn stated, “We have
been successful in having a hearing scheduled before the AELR committee to
share and discuss the numerous concerns the agriculture community has with
these regulations. It is my belief these
regulations are detrimental to the agricultural industry, the number one
industry in Maryland. During two public information meetings in October, close
to 800 people including crop farmers, chicken growers, and others in the
agricultural community attended to learn more about these proposed regulations
and to share their concerns about them. I have not seen this level of angst
among the agricultural community in years. This is a regulation that threatens
the entire agricultural community in Maryland so it is my hope that there will
be a strong showing of members from the Maryland agriculture community at the
hearing.”
