June 9, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Kennedy, Roberts, Ebli, Tlaib, Cushingberry, Simpson, Constan, Liss, Barnett, Slavens, Nathan, Lisa Brown, Kandrevas, Young, Durhal, Jackson, Polidori, Leland, Womack, Geiss, Bledsoe, Scripps and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 11529 (MCL 324.11529), as amended by 1996 PA
358.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11529. (1) A disposal area that is a solid waste transfer
facility is not subject to the construction permit and operating
license
requirements of this part if either both of the following
circumstances
exists conditions are met:
(a)
The solid waste transfer facility is not designed to
accept
wastes from vehicles with mechanical compaction devices
accepts uncompacted solid waste only.
(b) The solid waste transfer facility accepts less than 200
uncompacted
cubic yards of solid waste per day.
(2) A solid waste transfer facility that, under subsection
(1), is exempt from the construction permit and operating license
requirements
of this part under subsection (1) shall nevertheless
comply with the operating requirements of this part and the rules
promulgated under this part.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (5), a disposal area that
is an incinerator may, but is not required to, comply with the
construction permit and operating license requirements of this part
if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The operation of the incinerator does not result in the
exposure
of any solid waste to the atmosphere and or the elements.
(b) The incinerator has a permit issued under part 55.
(4)
A disposal area that is an incinerator that and that, as
authorized under subsection (3), does not comply with the
construction permit and operating license requirements of this part
as
permitted in subsection (3) is
subject to the planning
provisions of this part and must be included in the county solid
waste management plan for the county in which the incinerator is
located.
(5) A disposal area that is a municipal solid waste
incinerator
that is designed to burn at a temperature in excess of
2500 degrees Fahrenheit is not subject to the construction permit
requirements of this part.