SENATE BILL NO. 1172


   June 2, 1998, Introduced by Senator KOIVISTO and referred to the
        Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.



        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   by amending section 11505 (MCL 324.11505).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 11505.  (1) "Recyclable materials" means source sepa-

 2    rated materials, site separated materials, high grade paper,

 3    glass, metal, plastic, aluminum, newspaper, corrugated paper,

 4    yard clippings, and other materials that may be recycled or

 5    composted.

 6         (2) "Regional solid waste management planning agency" means

 7    the regional solid waste planning agency designated by the gover-

 8    nor pursuant to section 4006 of subtitle D of the solid waste

 9    disposal act, title II of Public Law 89-272, 42 U.S.C. 6946.

10         (3) "Resource recovery facility" means machinery, equipment,

11    structures, or any parts or accessories of machinery, equipment,


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 1    or structures, installed or acquired for the primary purpose of

 2    recovering materials or energy from the waste stream.

 3         (4) "Response activity" means an activity that is necessary

 4    to protect the public health, safety, welfare, or the environ-

 5    ment, and includes, but is not limited to, evaluation, cleanup,

 6    removal, containment, isolation, treatment, monitoring, mainte-

 7    nance, replacement of water supplies, and temporary relocation of

 8    people.

 9         (5) "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste, excluding

10    ashes, consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste,

11    including paper, cardboard, metal containers, yard clippings,

12    wood, glass, bedding, crockery, demolished building materials, or

13    litter of any kind that may be a detriment to the public health

14    and safety.

15         (6) "Salvaging" means the lawful and controlled removal of

16    reusable materials from solid waste.

17         (7) "Site separated material" means glass, metal, wood,

18    paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, garbage, yard clip-

19    pings, or any other material approved by the department that is

20    separated from solid waste for the purpose of conversion into raw

21    materials or new products.  Site separated material does not

22    include the residue remaining after glass, metal, wood, paper

23    products, plastics, rubber, textiles, or any other material

24    approved by the department is separated from solid waste.

25         (8) "Slag" means the nonmetallic product resulting from

26    melting or smelting operations for iron,  or 
             steel, OR COPPER.





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