SB-0498, As Passed House, February 5, 2004

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 498

                 (As amended February 5, 2004)                              

[A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

by amending section 11514 (MCL 324.11514); and to repeal acts and           

parts of acts.]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 11514.  (1)  A The legislature declares that                          

2   optimizing recycling opportunities and the reuse of materials               

3   shall be a principal objective of the state's solid waste                   

4   management plan and further that recycling and reuse of materials           

5   are in the best interest of promoting the public health and                 

6   welfare.  The state shall develop policies and practices that               

7   promote recycling and reuse of materials and, to the extent                 

8   practical, minimize the use of landfilling [and incineration as methods] for    

9   disposal of its waste.

10  (2) Subject to subsection (6), a person shall not knowingly                 

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1   dispose of and deliver to a landfill [or municipal solid waste incinerator] for disposal, or, if the                                                        

2   person is an owner or operator of a landfill shall not [or municipal solid waste incinerator],

3   knowingly permit  the  disposal in the landfill [or municipal solid waste incinerator] of,  medical                                                       

4   waste in a landfill any of the following:                                  

5       (a) Medical waste, unless that medical waste has been                       

6   decontaminated or is not required to be decontaminated but is               

7   packaged in the manner required under part 138 of the public                

8   health code,  Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being                 

9   sections 333.13801 to 333.13831 of the Michigan Compiled Laws

10  1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13801 to 333.13831.                                    

11  (b) Subject to subsection (4), more than a de minimis amount                

12  of beverage containers.                                                     

13      (c) More than a de minimis number of whole motor vehicle                    

14  tires.                                                                      

15      (d) More than a de minimis amount of yard clippings, unless                 

16  they are diseased or infested.                                              

17      (3) A person shall not deliver to a landfill [or municipal solid waste incinerator] for disposal,                                                      

18  or, if the person is an owner or operator of a landfill [or municipal solid waste incinerator], permit                                                      

19  disposal in the landfill [or municipal solid waste incinerator] of, any of the following:                                                                      

20      (a) Used oil as defined in section 16701.                                   

21      (b) A lead acid battery as defined in section 17101.                        

22      (c) Low-level radioactive waste as defined in section 2 of                  

23  the low-level radioactive waste authority act, 1987 PA 204, MCL             

24  333.26202.                                                                  

25      (d) Regulated hazardous waste as defined in R 299.4104 of the               

26  Michigan administrative code.                                               

27  (e) Liquid waste as prohibited by R 299.4432(2)(c) of the                   

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1   Michigan administrative code.                                               

2       (f) Sewage.                                                                 

3       (g) PCBs as defined in 40 C.F.R. section 761.3.                             

4       (h) Asbestos waste unless[, in the case of a landfill,] the landfill complies with 40                                                                         

5   C.F.R. section 61.154.                                                      

6       (4) Subsection (2)(b) does not apply to green glass beverage                

7   containers.  The department shall convene a task force to make              

8   recommendations to the legislature on the special recycling                 

9   problems posed by green glass beverage containers.  The task                

10  force shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the                 

11  following:                                                                  

12      (a) A representative of the landfill industry.                              

13      (b) A representative of a company that manufactures or uses                 

14  green glass beverage containers.                                            

15      (c) A representative of a recycling company.                                

16      (d) A representative of an environmental organization.                      

17      (5) The task force under subsection (4) shall issue its                     

18  recommendations by December 31, 2004.  Subsection (4) does not              

19  apply after June 1, 2007 unless the legislature has enacted the             

20  recommendations of the task force by that date.                             

21      (6) Items described in subsection (2) may be disposed of in a               

22  landfill [or municipal solid waste incinerator] if the department determines that a safe, sanitary, and                                                      

23  feasible alternative does not exist for their disposal.

    [(7) As used in this section, de minimis means incidental disposal of small amounts of these materials that are commingled with other solid waste.

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10      [Enacting section 1. Section 11521 of the natural resources and

11  environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11521, is repealed.]

12      Enacting section [2].  This amendatory act does not take                    

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

14  are enacted into law:                                                       

15      (a) House Bill No. 5234.                                                    

16      (b) Senate Bill No. 497.                                                    

17      (c) Senate Bill No. 500.                                                    

18      (d) Senate Bill No. 502.                                                    

19        (e) House Bill No. 5235.