HOUSE BILL No. 5586

 

February 19, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Acciavatti and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Tourism.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 3101 (MCL 324.3101), as amended by 2001 PA              

                                                                                

    114, and by adding section 3111b.                                           

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3101.  As used in this part:                                           

                                                                                

2       (a) "Aquatic nuisance species" means a nonindigenous species                

                                                                                

3   that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or              

                                                                                

4   the ecological stability of infested waters, or commercial,                 

                                                                                

5   agricultural, aquacultural, or recreational activities dependent            

                                                                                

6   on such waters.                                                             

                                                                                

7       (b) "Ballast water" means water and associated solids taken                 

                                                                                

8   on board a vessel to control or maintain trim, draft, stability,            

                                                                                

9   or stresses on the vessel, without regard to the manner in which            

                                                                                

10  it is carried.                                                              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (c) "Ballast water treatment method" means a method of                      

                                                                                

2   treating ballast water and sediments to remove or destroy living            

                                                                                

3   biological organisms through 1 or more of the following:                    

                                                                                

4                                                                                (i) Filtration.                                                                     

                                                                                

5       (ii) The application of biocides or ultraviolet light.                       

                                                                                

6       (iii) Thermal methods.                                                       

                                                                                

7       (iv) Other treatment techniques approved by the department.                  

                                                                                

8       (d) "Department" means the department of environmental                      

                                                                                

9   quality.                                                                    

                                                                                

10      (e) "Detroit consumer price index" means the most                           

                                                                                

11  comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit            

                                                                                

12  area from the United States department of labor, bureau of labor            

                                                                                

13  statistics.                                                                 

                                                                                

14      (f) "Great Lakes" means the Great Lakes and their connecting                

                                                                                

15  waters, including lake St. Clair.                                           

                                                                                

16      (g) "Local unit" means a county, city, village, or township                 

                                                                                

17  or an agency or instrumentality of any of these entities.                   

                                                                                

18      (h) "Local health department" means that term as defined in                 

                                                                                

19  section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL                    

                                                                                

20  333.1105.                                                                   

                                                                                

21      (i)  (h)  "Municipality" means this state, a county, city,                  

                                                                                

22  village, or township, or an agency or instrumentality of any of             

                                                                                

23  these entities.                                                             

                                                                                

24      (j)  (i)  "Nonoceangoing vessel" means a vessel that is not                 

                                                                                

25  an oceangoing vessel.                                                       

                                                                                

26      (k)  (j)  "Oceangoing vessel" means a vessel that operates on               

                                                                                

27  the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence waterway after operating in             


                                                                                

1   waters outside of the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence waterway.             

                                                                                

2                                                                                (l)  (k)  "Sediments" means any matter settled out of ballast                        

                                                                                

3   water within a vessel.                                                      

                                                                                

4       (m)  (l)  "Sewage sludge" means sewage sludge generated in                  

                                                                                

5   the treatment of domestic sewage, other than only septage or                

                                                                                

6   industrial waste.                                                           

                                                                                

7       (n)  (m)  "Sewage sludge derivative" means a product for land               

                                                                                

8   application derived from sewage sludge that does not include                

                                                                                

9   solid waste or other waste regulated under this act.                        

                                                                                

10      (o)  (n)  "Sewage sludge generator" means a person who                      

                                                                                

11  generates sewage sludge that is applied to land.                            

                                                                                

12      (p)  (o)  "Sewage sludge distributor" means a person who                    

                                                                                

13  applies, markets, or distributes, except at retail, a sewage                

                                                                                

14  sludge derivative.                                                          

                                                                                

15      (q)  (p)  "St. Lawrence waterway" means the St. Lawrence                    

                                                                                

16  river, the St. Lawrence seaway, and the gulf of St. Lawrence.               

                                                                                

17      (r) "Threshold reporting quantity" means that term as defined               

                                                                                

18  in R 324.2002 of the Michigan administrative code.                          

                                                                                

19      (s)  (q)  "Waters of the state" means groundwaters, lakes,                  

                                                                                

20  rivers, and streams and all other watercourses and waters,                  

                                                                                

21  including the Great Lakes, within the jurisdiction of this                  

                                                                                

22  state.                                                                      

                                                                                

23      Sec. 3111b.  (1) The person responsible for the release of                  

                                                                                

24  any polluting material to the surface waters or groundwaters of             

                                                                                

25  this state in excess of the threshold reporting quantity shall              

                                                                                

26  immediately report the release to the department and each local             

                                                                                

27  health department whose jurisdictional area includes waters that            


                                                                                

1   may be affected by the release.                                             

                                                                                

2       (2) Within 10 days after the date of a release described in                 

                                                                                

3   subsection (1), the person responsible for the release shall                

                                                                                

4   submit to the department and each local health department                   

                                                                                

5   described in subsection (1) a full written explanation of all of            

                                                                                

6   the following:                                                              

                                                                                

7       (a) The cause of the release.                                               

                                                                                

8       (b) The amount of the polluting material released.                          

                                                                                

9       (c) The time the release began and ended.                                   

                                                                                

10      (d) Response measures taken or to be taken.                                 

                                                                                

11      (e) The amount of polluting material recovered.                             

                                                                                

12      (f) Measures undertaken to prevent the recurrence of similar                

                                                                                

13  releases.