SB-0506, As Passed House, November 13, 2003

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 506

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 11511a; and to                 

repeal acts and parts of acts.                                              

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 11511a.  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of                    

2   this part, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the            

3   department shall not issue a permit to construct a landfill if              

4   the administratively complete application for such permit was               

5   received after January 1, 2004 and before January 1, 2006.                  

6       (2) The department may issue a permit for a design                          

7   modification to an existing landfill if the modification does not           

8   result in a net increase in remaining disposal capacity as                  

9   calculated under section 11507a.                                            

10      (3) The department may issue a permit to construct an                       

Senate Bill No. 506 (H-2) as amended November 13, 2003

1   expansion to an existing landfill if the applicant demonstrates             

2   that the landfill has less than 5 years of remaining disposal               

3   capacity as defined in section 11507a and the application                   

4   otherwise meets the requirements of this part.  A permit issued             

5   under this subsection shall provide not more than a total of 10             

6   years of remaining disposal capacity when added to the remaining            

7   disposal capacity existing prior to issuance of the permit.  The            

8   amount of time of remaining disposal capacity shall be calculated           

9   based on the average of the 3 prior years of waste receipt as               

10  reported under section 11507a.                                              

11      (4) The department may issue a permit to construct a type III               

12  landfill that is a captive facility as defined in section                   

13  11525a(10) if the application otherwise meets the requirements of           

14  this part.                                                                  

15      (5) The department may issue a permit to construct an                       

16  expansion of an existing landfill if the expansion is authorized            

17  pursuant to a host community agreement in existence on the                  

18  effective date of this section.                                             

19      (6) By January 1, 2005, the department shall submit to the                  

20  legislature a report providing recommendations for amending the             

21  solid waste planning and disposal area siting provisions of this            

22  part.  [                                                     

23 

24         ]  The report shall also recommend methods for securing              

25  reasonable and necessary regional and statewide disposal capacity           

26  considering the paramount public concern in the conservation of             

27  the natural resources of the state.  The department shall prepare           

1   this report based on consultation with affected parties.                    

2       (7) For purposes of this section:                                           

3       (a) "Existing landfill" means a landfill that was licensed                  

4   under this part to receive waste as of October 1, 2003.                     

5       (b) "Host community agreement" means a written, legally                     

6   binding agreement, between the owner or operator of a landfill              

7   and the county or municipality in which an expansion of that                

8   landfill will be located, governing the operation, location, or             

9   development of the landfill in that county or municipality.

10      Enacting section 1.  Section 11511a of the natural resources                

11  and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11511a, is           

12  repealed effective January 1, 2006.                                         

13      Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take                      

14  effect unless Senate Bill No. 557 of the 92nd Legislature is                

15  enacted into law.