LANDFILLS NEAR AIRPORTS - H.B. 4611: FLOOR ANALYSIS

House Bill 4611 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Representative Michael Nye

House Committee: Conservation, Environment, and Recreation

Senate Committee: Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 115 (Solid Waste Management) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to revise the notice requirements that apply when a sanitary landfill is proposed to be located near a runway.

The Department of Environmental Quality currently is required, upon receiving a construction permit application for a new disposal area, to notify the Michigan Aeronautics Commission if the disposal area is a sanitary landfill proposed to be located within 10,000 feet of a runway or a proposed runway extension contained in a plan approved by the Commission of an airport licensed and regulated by the Commission. Under the bill, the Commission would have to be notified if the disposal area were a sanitary landfill that was a new site or a lateral extension or vertical expansion of an existing unit proposed to be located within five miles of a runway or a proposed runway extension. The Commission also would be required to notify the Department and the owner or operator of a landfill, if the Commission were considering approving a plan that would provide for a runway or the extension of a runway within five miles of a landfill.

MCL 324.11510 - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed: 9-15-98 - Fiscal Analyst: G. Cutler

- P. AlderferFLOOR\HB4611 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.