February 21, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hammoud, Chang, Rabhi, Pagan, Hoadley, Phelps, Yanez, Green, Gay-Dagnogo and Inman and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 5506a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5506a. (1) An application for a new or renewal permit
under this part and a permit for which an application was filed on
or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section shall include a plan for the appropriate reduction of
emissions to protect air quality on winter thermal inversion action
days declared under section 5543 for the geographic area where the
emissions source is located. When a winter thermal inversion action
day is declared for the geographic area where the emissions source
is located, the permittee shall comply with the plan and promptly
report to the department, in the manner required by the department,
the steps taken for compliance.
(2) If a new or renewal permit issued under this part after
the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section
provides for an emissions averaging period, the emissions averaging
period for the months of November through March shall not exceed 8
hours and exceedances of the required average during that 5-month
period shall not total more than 1 hour.
(3) As used in this section, "thermal inversion" means that
term as defined in section 5543.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4256 (request no.
01254'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.