SB-0596, As Passed Senate, July 1, 2003                                     

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           SENATE BILL NO. 596                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 12562 (MCL 333.12562), as amended by 1999               

                                                                                

    PA 41.                                                                      

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 12562.  (1) The application  of necessary chemicals in                 

                                                                                

2   powder, crystal, or solution form  to the waters of the state of            

                                                                                

3   chemicals necessary for the control of aquatic nuisances, such as           

                                                                                

4   swimmers' itch and aquatic plants, is lawful and not in                     

                                                                                

5   contravention of the private or public rights to the use and                

                                                                                

6   enjoyment of abutting property by the owners or occupants of that           

                                                                                

7   property if the application  is made in accordance  complies with           

                                                                                

8   sections 12561 to 12563 and rules promulgated under section                 

                                                                                

9   12561.                                                                      

                                                                                

10      (2)  The  After obtaining a permit from the department of                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   environmental quality, any of the following may conduct necessary           

                                                                                

2   control work authorized  pursuant to  under this section:  may be           

                                                                                

3   conducted by the                                                            

                                                                                

4       (a) The state or a political subdivision.  or by an                         

                                                                                

5       (b) An organized lake or improvement association on behalf of               

                                                                                

6   its members.  , or by the                                                   

                                                                                

7       (c) The owner of property abutting  on  the waters of the                   

                                                                                

8   state.  , or by an                                                          

                                                                                

9       (d) An aquatic pest control applicator licensed under part 83               

                                                                                

10  of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994             

                                                                                

11  PA 451, MCL 324.8301 to 324.8336.  , after obtaining a permit               

                                                                                

12  from the department of environmental quality.                               

                                                                                

13      (3) A permit required under this section may be obtained by                 

                                                                                

14  application to the department of environmental quality.  Unless             

                                                                                

15  revoked,  a permit issued under this section  the permit expires            

                                                                                

16  on December 31 of the calendar year in which it was issued.                 

                                                                                

17      (4)  (3)  The necessary control work authorized  pursuant to                

                                                                                

18  under this section shall be conducted at those times, under those           

                                                                                

19  conditions, and with those safeguards, as the department of                 

                                                                                

20  environmental quality requires.   The department of environmental           

                                                                                

21  quality may provide permits, upon application, for the                      

                                                                                

22  suppression of swimmers' itch and aquatic plants, if applicants             

                                                                                

23  Persons issued permits under this section shall provide at their            

                                                                                

24  own expense chemicals and other equipment and services called for           

                                                                                

25  in the rules promulgated by the department of environmental                 

                                                                                

26  quality.                                                                    

                                                                                

27      (5)  (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), until October                


                                                                                

1   1, 2003, an  Until October 1, 2008, an application for a permit             

                                                                                

2   under this section for control work qualifying for a certificate            

                                                                                

3   of coverage under a general permit shall be accompanied by  the             

                                                                                

4   following fee:  a fee of $75.00.  Until October 1, 2008, an                 

                                                                                

5   application for a permit under this section for any other control           

                                                                                

6   work shall be accompanied by the following fee, based on the size           

                                                                                

7   of the area of impact:                                                      

                                                                                

8       (a) Less than 1/2 acre, $75.00.                                             

                                                                                

9       (b) One-half acre or more but less than 5 acres, $200.00.                   

                                                                                

10      (c) Five acres or more but less than 20 acres, $400.00.                     

                                                                                

11      (d) Twenty acres or more but less than 100 acres, $800.00.                  

                                                                                

12      (e) One hundred acres or more, $1,500.00.                                   

                                                                                

13      (a) For treatment of areas of 1/2 acre or more and less than                

                                                                                

14  2 acres, $50.00.                                                            

                                                                                

15      (b) For treatment of areas of 2 acres or more, $150.00.                     

                                                                                

16      (5) A fee is not required under this section for owners of a                

                                                                                

17  single property treating waters abutting their property where the           

                                                                                

18  treatment area is less than 1/2 acre, or for water bodies in                

                                                                                

19  single ownership.                                                           

                                                                                

20      (6) The department of environmental quality shall forward                   

                                                                                

21  fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for                

                                                                                

22  deposit in the land and water management permit fee fund created            

                                                                                

23  in section 30113 of the natural resources and environmental                 

                                                                                

24  protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.30113.