H.B. 4611: COMMITTEE SUMMARY - LANDFILLS NEAR AIRPORTS

House Bill 4611 (as passed by the House)

Sponsor: Representative Michael Nye

House Committee: Conservation, Environment, and Recreation

Senate Committee: Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Date Completed: 9-11-98

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.

- Fiscal Analyst: G. Cutler

- P. AlderferS9798\S4611SA

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.