September 12, 2012, Introduced by Senator BOOHER and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 11506 (MCL 324.11506), as amended by 2010 PA
345.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11506. (1) "Solid waste" means garbage, rubbish, ashes,
incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal
and industrial sludges, solid commercial and solid industrial
waste, and animal waste other than organic waste generated in the
production of livestock and poultry. However, solid waste does not
include the following:
(a) Human body waste.
(b) Medical waste.
(c) Organic waste generated in the production of livestock and
poultry.
(d) Liquid waste.
(e) Ferrous or nonferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal
processor or to a reuser of ferrous or nonferrous products.
(f) Slag or slag products directed to a slag processor or to a
reuser of slag or slag products.
(g) Sludges and ashes managed as recycled or nondetrimental
materials appropriate for agricultural or silvicultural use
pursuant to a plan approved by the department. Food processing
residuals, precipitated calcium carbonate from sugar beet
processing, wood ashes resulting solely from a source that burns
only wood that is untreated and inert, lime from kraft pulping
processes
generated prior to bleaching, or aquatic plants, may
be
poultry or livestock manure, poultry or livestock paunch, or filter
cake by-product, if the filter cake by-product is from a waste
treatment facility and contains at least 90% animal waste, are not
solid waste if they are applied on, or composted and applied on,
farmland or forestland for an agricultural or silvicultural
purpose,
or used as animal feed, as appropriate, and such that an
application or use does not require a plan described in this
subdivision or a permit or license under this part. In addition,
source separated materials approved by the department for land
application for agricultural and silvicultural purposes and compost
produced
from those materials may be are
not solid waste if they
are applied to the land for agricultural and silvicultural purposes
and
such an that application does not require a plan described in
this subdivision or permit or license under this part. Land
application
authorized of substances
excluded from the definition
of solid waste under this subdivision for an agricultural or
silvicultural purpose, or use as animal feed as provided for in
this subdivision shall be performed in a manner that prevents
losses from runoff and leaching. Land application under this
subdivision shall be at an agronomic rate consistent with generally
accepted agricultural and management practices under the Michigan
right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.
(h) Materials approved for emergency disposal by the
department.
(i) Source separated materials.
(j) Site separated material.
(k) Fly ash or any other ash produced from the combustion of
coal,
when used in any of the following instances circumstances:
(i) With a maximum of 6% of unburned carbon, if used as a
component of concrete, grout, mortar, or casting molds.
(ii) With a maximum of 12% unburned carbon passing M.D.O.T.
test method MTM 101, if used as a raw material in asphalt for road
construction.
(iii) As aggregate, road, or building material that in ultimate
use will be stabilized or bonded by cement, limes, or asphalt.
(iv) As a road base or construction fill that is covered with
asphalt, concrete, or other material approved by the department and
that is placed at least 4 feet above the seasonal groundwater
table.
(v) As the sole material in a depository designed to reclaim,
develop, or otherwise enhance land, subject to the approval of the
department. In evaluating the site, the department shall consider
the physical and chemical properties of the ash, including, but not
limited to, leachability, and the engineering of the depository,
including, but not limited to, the compaction, control of surface
water and groundwater that may threaten to infiltrate the site, and
evidence that the depository is designed to prevent water
percolation through the material.
(l) Other wastes regulated by statute.
(2) "Solid waste hauler" means a person who owns or operates a
solid waste transporting unit.
(3) "Solid waste processing plant" means a tract of land,
building, unit, or appurtenance of a building or unit or a
combination of land, buildings, and units that is used or intended
for use for the processing of solid waste or the separation of
material for salvage or disposal, or both, but does not include a
plant engaged primarily in the acquisition, processing, and
shipment of ferrous or nonferrous metal scrap, or a plant engaged
primarily in the acquisition, processing, and shipment of slag or
slag products.
(4) "Solid waste transporting unit" means a container, which
may be an integral part of a truck or other piece of equipment used
for the transportation of solid waste.
(5) "Solid waste transfer facility" means a tract of land, a
building and any appurtenances, or a container, or any combination
of land, buildings, or containers that is used or intended for use
in the rehandling or storage of solid waste incidental to the
transportation of the solid waste, but is not located at the site
of generation or the site of disposal of the solid waste.
(6) "Source separated material" means glass, metal, wood,
paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, garbage, or any other
material approved by the department that is separated at the source
of generation for the purpose of conversion into raw materials or
new products including, but not limited to, compost.
(7) "Type I public water supply", "type IIa public water
supply", "type IIb public water supply", and "type III public water
supply" mean those terms, respectively, as described in R 325.10502
of the Michigan administrative code.
(8) "Yard clippings" means leaves, grass clippings, vegetable
or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less
than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, that can be
converted to compost humus. Yard clippings do not include stumps,
agricultural wastes, animal waste, roots, sewage sludge, or
garbage.