HOUSE BILL No. 4691

 

May 15, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Ruth Johnson and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

                                                                                

    by amending sections 11526, 11533, 11538, and 11550 (MCL                    

                                                                                

    324.11526, 324.11533, 324.11538, and 324.11550), section 11550 as           

                                                                                

    added by 1996 PA 358.                                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 11526.  (1) The department, a health officer, or a law                 

                                                                                

2   enforcement officer of competent jurisdiction may inspect a solid           

                                                                                

3   waste transporting unit that is being used to transport solid               

                                                                                

4   waste along a public road to determine if the solid waste                   

                                                                                

5   transporting unit is designed, maintained, and operated in a                

                                                                                

6   manner to prevent littering or to determine if the owner or                 

                                                                                

7   operator of the solid waste transporting unit is performing in              

                                                                                

8   compliance with this part and the rules promulgated under this              

                                                                                

9   part.                                                                       

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (2) In order to protect the public health, safety, and                      

                                                                                

2   welfare and the environment of this state from items and                    

                                                                                

3   substances being illegally disposed of in landfills in this                 

                                                                                

4   state, the department, in conjunction with the department of                

                                                                                

5   state police, shall establish a statewide inspection program that           

                                                                                

6   does all of the following:                                                  

                                                                                

7       (a) Assures that all disposal areas are in full compliance                  

                                                                                

8   with this part and the rules promulgated under this part.                   

                                                                                

9       (b) Provides for the inspection of each solid waste disposal                

                                                                                

10  area for compliance with this part and the rules promulgated                

                                                                                

11  under this part at least annually.                                          

                                                                                

12      (c) Assures that all persons disposing of solid waste are                   

                                                                                

13  doing so in compliance with this part and the rules promulgated             

                                                                                

14  under this part.                                                            

                                                                                

15      (3) As part of this inspection program under subsection (2),                

                                                                                

16  the department and the department of state police shall conduct             

                                                                                

17  regular, random inspections of waste being transported for                  

                                                                                

18  disposal at disposal areas in this state.                                   

                                                                                

19      Sec. 11533.  (1) Each solid waste management plan shall                     

                                                                                

20  include an enforceable program and process to assure that the               

                                                                                

21  nonhazardous solid waste generated or to be generated in the                

                                                                                

22  planning area for a period of 10 years or more is collected and             

                                                                                

23  recovered, processed, or disposed of at disposal areas  which               

                                                                                

24  that comply with state law and rules promulgated by the                     

                                                                                

25  department governing location, design, and operation of the                 

                                                                                

26  disposal areas.  Each solid waste management plan shall include             

                                                                                

27  an enforceable program and process to assure that only items                


                                                                                

1   authorized for disposal in a disposal area under this part and              

                                                                                

2   the rules promulgated under this part are disposed of in the                

                                                                                

3   disposal area.                                                              

                                                                                

4       (2) An initial solid waste management plan shall be prepared                

                                                                                

5   and approved under this section and shall be submitted to the               

                                                                                

6   director not later than January 5, 1984.  Following submittal of            

                                                                                

7   the initial plan, the solid waste management plan shall be                  

                                                                                

8   reviewed and updated every 5 years.  An updated solid waste                 

                                                                                

9   management plan and an amendment to a solid waste management plan           

                                                                                

10  shall be prepared and approved as provided in this section and              

                                                                                

11  sections  11533,  11534, 11535, 11536, 11537, and 11537a.  The              

                                                                                

12  solid waste management plan shall encompass all municipalities              

                                                                                

13  within the county.  The solid waste management plan shall at a              

                                                                                

14  minimum comply with the requirements of sections 11537a and                 

                                                                                

15  11538.  The solid waste management plan shall take into                     

                                                                                

16  consideration solid waste management plans in contiguous counties           

                                                                                

17  and existing local approved solid waste management plans as they            

                                                                                

18  relate to the county's needs.  At a minimum, a county preparing a           

                                                                                

19  solid waste management plan shall consult with the regional                 

                                                                                

20  planning agency from the beginning to the completion of the                 

                                                                                

21  plan.                                                                       

                                                                                

22      (3) Not later than July 1, 1981, each county shall file with                

                                                                                

23  the department and with each municipality within the county on a            

                                                                                

24  form provided by the department, a notice of intent, indicating             

                                                                                

25  the county's intent to prepare a  county  solid waste management            

                                                                                

26  plan or to upgrade an existing solid waste management plan.  The            

                                                                                

27  notice shall identify the designated agency which shall be                  


                                                                                

1   responsible for preparing the  county  solid waste management               

                                                                                

2   plan.                                                                       

                                                                                

3       (4) If the county fails to file a notice of intent with the                 

                                                                                

4   department within the prescribed time, the department immediately           

                                                                                

5   shall notify each municipality within the county and shall                  

                                                                                

6   request those municipalities to prepare  the county  a solid                

                                                                                

7   waste management plan for the county and shall convene a meeting            

                                                                                

8   to discuss the plan preparation.  Within 4 months following                 

                                                                                

9   notification by the department, the municipalities shall decide             

                                                                                

10  by a majority vote of the municipalities in the county whether or           

                                                                                

11  not to file a notice of intent to prepare the  county  solid                

                                                                                

12  waste management plan.  Each municipality in the county shall               

                                                                                

13  have 1 vote.  If a majority does not agree, then a notice of                

                                                                                

14  intent shall not be filed.  The notice shall identify the                   

                                                                                

15  designated agency which is responsible for preparing the  county            

                                                                                

16  solid waste management plan.                                                

                                                                                

17      (5) If the municipalities fail to file a notice of intent to                

                                                                                

18  prepare a  county  solid waste management plan with the                     

                                                                                

19  department within the prescribed time, the department shall                 

                                                                                

20  request the appropriate regional solid waste management planning            

                                                                                

21  agency to prepare the  county  solid waste management plan.  The            

                                                                                

22  regional solid waste management planning agency shall respond               

                                                                                

23  within 90 days after the date of the request.                               

                                                                                

24      (6) If the regional solid waste management planning agency                  

                                                                                

25  declines to prepare a  county  solid waste management plan, the             

                                                                                

26  department shall prepare  the  a solid waste management plan for            

                                                                                

27  the county and that plan shall be final.                                    


                                                                                

1       (7) A solid waste management planning agency, upon request of               

                                                                                

2   the department, shall submit a progress report in preparing its             

                                                                                

3   solid waste management plan.                                                

                                                                                

4       Sec. 11538.  (1) Not later than September 11, 1979, the                     

                                                                                

5   director shall promulgate rules for the development, form, and              

                                                                                

6   submission of initial solid waste management plans.  The rules              

                                                                                

7   shall require all of the following:                                         

                                                                                

8       (a) The establishment of goals and objectives for prevention                

                                                                                

9   of adverse effects on the public health and on the environment              

                                                                                

10  resulting from improper solid waste collection, processing, or              

                                                                                

11  disposal including protection of surface and groundwater quality,           

                                                                                

12  air quality, and the land.                                                  

                                                                                

13      (b) An evaluation of waste problems by type and volume,                     

                                                                                

14  including residential and commercial solid waste, hazardous                 

                                                                                

15  waste, industrial sludges, pretreatment residues, municipal                 

                                                                                

16  sewage sludge, air pollution control residue, and other wastes              

                                                                                

17  from industrial or municipal sources.                                       

                                                                                

18      (c) An evaluation and selection of technically and                          

                                                                                

19  economically feasible solid waste management options, which may             

                                                                                

20  include sanitary landfill, resource recovery systems, resource              

                                                                                

21  conservation, or a combination of options.                                  

                                                                                

22      (d) An inventory and description of all existing facilities                 

                                                                                

23  where solid waste is being treated, processed, or disposed of,              

                                                                                

24  including a summary of the deficiencies, if any, of the                     

                                                                                

25  facilities in meeting current solid waste management needs.                 

                                                                                

26      (e) The encouragement and documentation as part of the solid                

                                                                                

27  waste management plan, of all opportunities for participation and           


                                                                                

1   involvement of the public, all affected agencies and parties, and           

                                                                                

2   the private sector.                                                         

                                                                                

3       (f) That the solid waste management plan contain enforceable                

                                                                                

4   mechanisms for implementing the plan, including identification of           

                                                                                

5   the municipalities within the county responsible for the                    

                                                                                

6   enforcement.  The county and the municipalities within the county           

                                                                                

7   responsible for enforcing the solid waste management plan shall             

                                                                                

8   assist the department and the department of state police in                 

                                                                                

9   implementing the inspection program under section 11526. This               

                                                                                

10  subdivision does not preclude the private sector's participation            

                                                                                

11  in providing solid waste management services consistent with the            

                                                                                

12  county  solid waste management plan for the county.                        

                                                                                

13      (g) Current and projected population densities of each county               

                                                                                

14  and identification of population centers and centers of solid               

                                                                                

15  waste generation, including industrial wastes.                              

                                                                                

16      (h) That the solid waste management plan area has, and will                 

                                                                                

17  have during the plan period, access to a sufficient amount of               

                                                                                

18  available and suitable land, accessible to transportation media,            

                                                                                

19  to accommodate the development and operation of solid waste                 

                                                                                

20  disposal areas, or resource recovery facilities provided for in             

                                                                                

21  the plan.                                                                   

                                                                                

22      (i) That the solid waste disposal areas or resource recovery                

                                                                                

23  facilities provided for in the solid waste management plan are              

                                                                                

24  capable of being developed and operated in compliance with state            

                                                                                

25  law and rules of the department pertaining to protection of the             

                                                                                

26  public health and the environment, considering the available land           

                                                                                

27  in the plan area, and the technical feasibility of, and economic            


                                                                                

1   costs associated with, the facilities.                                      

                                                                                

2       (j) A timetable or schedule for implementing the  county                    

                                                                                

3   solid waste management plan.                                                

                                                                                

4       (2) Each solid waste management plan shall identify specific                

                                                                                

5   sites for solid waste disposal areas for a 5-year period after              

                                                                                

6   approval of a plan or plan update.  In calculating disposal need            

                                                                                

7   requirements to measure compliance with this section, only those            

                                                                                

8   existing waste stream volume reduction levels achieved through              

                                                                                

9   source reduction, reuse, composting, recycling, or incineration,            

                                                                                

10  or any combination of these reduction devices, that can currently           

                                                                                

11  be demonstrated or that can be reasonably expected to be achieved           

                                                                                

12  through currently active implementation efforts for proposed                

                                                                                

13  volume reduction projects, may be assumed by the planning                   

                                                                                

14  entity.  In addition, if the solid waste management plan does not           

                                                                                

15  also identify specific sites for solid waste disposal areas for             

                                                                                

16  the remaining portion of the entire planning period required by             

                                                                                

17  this part after approval of a plan or plan update, the solid                

                                                                                

18  waste management plan shall include an interim siting mechanism             

                                                                                

19  and an annual certification process as described in subsections             

                                                                                

20  (3) and (4).  In calculating the capacity of identified disposal            

                                                                                

21  areas to determine if disposal needs are met for the entire                 

                                                                                

22  required planning period, full achievement of the solid waste               

                                                                                

23  management plan's volume reduction goals may be assumed by the              

                                                                                

24  planning entity if the plan identifies a detailed programmatic              

                                                                                

25  approach to achieving these goals.  If a siting mechanism is not            

                                                                                

26  included, and disposal capacity falls to less than 5 years of               

                                                                                

27  capacity, a county shall amend  its  the solid waste management             


                                                                                

1   plan for that county to resolve the shortfall.                              

                                                                                

2       (3) An interim siting mechanism shall include both a process                

                                                                                

3   and a set of minimum siting criteria, both of which are not                 

                                                                                

4   subject to interpretation or discretionary acts by the planning             

                                                                                

5   entity, and which if met by an applicant submitting a disposal              

                                                                                

6   area proposal, will guarantee a finding of consistency with the             

                                                                                

7   plan.  The interim siting mechanism shall be operative upon the             

                                                                                

8   call of the board of commissioners or shall automatically be                

                                                                                

9   operative whenever the annual certification process shows that              

                                                                                

10  available disposal capacity will provide for less than 66 months            

                                                                                

11  of disposal needs.  In the latter event, applications for a                 

                                                                                

12  finding of consistency from the proposers of disposal area                  

                                                                                

13  capacity will be received by the planning agency commencing on              

                                                                                

14  January 1 following completion of the annual certification                  

                                                                                

15  process.  Once operative, an interim siting mechanism will remain           

                                                                                

16  operative for at least 90 days or until more than 66 months of              

                                                                                

17  disposal capacity is once again available, either by the approval           

                                                                                

18  of a request for consistency or by the adoption of a new annual             

                                                                                

19  certification process which concludes that more than 66 months of           

                                                                                

20  disposal capacity is available.                                             

                                                                                

21      (4) An annual certification process shall be concluded by                   

                                                                                

22  June 30 of each year, commencing on the first June 30 which is              

                                                                                

23  more than 12 months after the department's approval of the solid            

                                                                                

24  waste management plan or plan update.  The certification process            

                                                                                

25  will examine the remaining disposal area capacity available for             

                                                                                

26  solid wastes generated within the planning area.  In calculating            

                                                                                

27  disposal need requirements to measure compliance with this                  


                                                                                

1   section, only those existing waste stream volume reduction levels           

                                                                                

2   achieved through source reduction, reuse, composting, recycling,            

                                                                                

3   or incineration, or any combination of these reduction devices,             

                                                                                

4   that can currently be demonstrated or that can be reasonably                

                                                                                

5   expected to be achieved through currently active implementation             

                                                                                

6   efforts for proposed volume reduction projects, may be assumed.             

                                                                                

7   The annual certification of disposal capacity shall be approved             

                                                                                

8   by the board of commissioners.  Failure to approve an annual                

                                                                                

9   certification by June 30 is equivalent to a finding that less               

                                                                                

10  than a sufficient amount of capacity is available and the interim           

                                                                                

11  siting mechanism will then be operative on the first day of the             

                                                                                

12  following January.  As part of the department's responsibility to           

                                                                                

13  act on construction permit applications, the department has final           

                                                                                

14  decision authority to approve or disapprove capacity                        

                                                                                

15  certifications and to determine consistency of a proposed                   

                                                                                

16  disposal area with the solid waste management plan.                         

                                                                                

17      (5) A board of commissioners may adopt a new certification of               

                                                                                

18  disposal capacity at any time.  A new certification of disposal             

                                                                                

19  capacity shall supersede all previous certifications, and become            

                                                                                

20  effective 30 days after adoption by the board of commissioners              

                                                                                

21  and remain in effect until subsequent certifications are                    

                                                                                

22  adopted.                                                                    

                                                                                

23      (6) In order for a disposal area to serve the disposal needs                

                                                                                

24  of another county, state, or country, the service, including the            

                                                                                

25  disposal of municipal solid waste incinerator ash, must be                  

                                                                                

26  explicitly authorized in the approved solid waste management plan           

                                                                                

27  of the receiving county.  With regard to intercounty service                


                                                                                

1   within Michigan, the service must also be explicitly authorized             

                                                                                

2   in the  exporting county's  solid waste management plan of the              

                                                                                

3   exporting county.                                                           

                                                                                

4       (7) A person shall not dispose of, store, or transport solid                

                                                                                

5   waste in this state unless the person complies with the                     

                                                                                

6   requirements of this part.                                                  

                                                                                

7       (8)  Following approval by the director of a county solid                   

                                                                                

8   waste management plan and after July 1, 1981, an  An ordinance,             

                                                                                

9   law, rule, regulation, policy, or practice of a municipality,               

                                                                                

10  county, or governmental authority created by statute, which                 

                                                                                

11  prohibits or regulates the location or development of a solid               

                                                                                

12  waste disposal area, and which is not part of or not consistent             

                                                                                

13  with the approved solid waste management plan for the county,               

                                                                                

14  shall be considered in conflict with this part and shall not be             

                                                                                

15  enforceable.                                                                

                                                                                

16      Sec. 11550.  (1) The solid waste management fund is created                 

                                                                                

17  within the state treasury.  The state treasurer may receive money           

                                                                                

18  from any source for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer             

                                                                                

19  shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state treasurer               

                                                                                

20  shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund                    

                                                                                

21  investments.                                                                

                                                                                

22      (2) Money in the solid waste management fund at the close of                

                                                                                

23  the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to             

                                                                                

24  the general fund.                                                           

                                                                                

25      (3) The state treasurer shall establish, within the solid                   

                                                                                

26  waste management fund, a solid waste staff account and a                    

                                                                                

27  perpetual care account.                                                     


                                                                                

1       (4) Money shall be expended from the solid waste staff                      

                                                                                

2   account, upon appropriation,  only for the following purposes  as           

                                                                                

3   follows:                                                                    

                                                                                

4       (a) Fifty percent of the money appropriated shall be expended               

                                                                                

5   for conducting the inspections provided for in section 11526.               

                                                                                

6       (b) Fifty percent of the money appropriated shall be expended               

                                                                                

7   for the following purposes:                                                 

                                                                                

8                                                                                (i)  (a)  Preparing generally applicable guidance regarding                          

                                                                                

9   the solid waste permit and license program or its implementation            

                                                                                

10  or enforcement.                                                             

                                                                                

11      (ii)  (b)  Reviewing and acting on any application for a                     

                                                                                

12  permit or license, permit or license revision, or permit or                 

                                                                                

13  license renewal, including the cost of public notice and public             

                                                                                

14  hearings.                                                                   

                                                                                

15      (iii)  (c)  Performing an advisory analysis under section                    

                                                                                

16  11510(1).                                                                   

                                                                                

17      (iv)  (d)  General administrative costs of running the permit                

                                                                                

18  and license program, including permit and license tracking and              

                                                                                

19  data entry.                                                                 

                                                                                

20      (v)  (e)  Inspection of licensed disposal areas and open                    

                                                                                

21  dumps.                                                                      

                                                                                

22      (vi)  (f)  Implementing and enforcing the conditions of any                  

                                                                                

23  permit or license.                                                          

                                                                                

24      (vii)  (g)  Groundwater monitoring audits at disposal areas                  

                                                                                

25  which are or have been licensed under this part.                            

                                                                                

26      (viii)  (h)  Reviewing and acting upon corrective action                      

                                                                                

27  plans for disposal areas which are or have been licensed under              


                                                                                

1   this part.                                                                  

                                                                                

2       (ix)  (i)  Review of certifications of closure.                             

                                                                                

3       (x)  (j)  Postclosure maintenance and monitoring inspections                

                                                                                

4   and review.                                                                 

                                                                                

5       (xi)  (k)  Review of bonds and financial assurance                          

                                                                                

6   documentation at disposal areas which are or have been licensed             

                                                                                

7   under this part.                                                            

                                                                                

8       (5) Money shall be expended from the perpetual care account                 

                                                                                

9   only for the purpose of conducting the following activities at              

                                                                                

10  disposal areas which are or have been licensed under this part:             

                                                                                

11      (a) Postclosure maintenance and monitoring at a disposal area               

                                                                                

12  where the owner or operator is no longer required to do so.                 

                                                                                

13      (b) To conduct closure, or postclosure maintenance and                      

                                                                                

14  monitoring and corrective action if necessary, at a disposal area           

                                                                                

15  where the owner or operator has failed to do so.  Money shall be            

                                                                                

16  expended from the account only after funds from any perpetual               

                                                                                

17  care fund or other financial assurance mechanisms held by the               

                                                                                

18  owner or operator have been expended and the department has used            

                                                                                

19  reasonable efforts to obtain funding from other sources.                    

                                                                                

20      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

21  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

                                                                                

22  are enacted into law:                                                       

                                                                                

23      (a) Senate Bill No. ________ or House Bill No. 4692                         

                                                                                

24  (request no. 01157'03).                                                     

                                                                                

25      (b) Senate Bill No. ________ or House Bill No. 4690                         

                                                                                

26  (request no. 03687'03).                                                     

                                                                                

27      (c) Senate Bill No. ________ or House Bill No. 4689                         


                                                                                

1   (request no. 03688'03).