September 9, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Kolb, Lipsey, Brown, Vagnozzi, Minore and Tobocman and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 17211.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 17211. (1) A person who is in the business of
2 recycling appliances shall not recycle or place into the waste
3 stream an appliance or a component of an appliance unless the
4 person has received training in identifying, removing, and
5 recycling mercury-added products that are components of
6 appliances.
7 (2) A person who is in the business of recycling appliances
8 shall not recycle or place into the waste stream an appliance or
9 a component of an appliance that is a mercury-added product
10 unless the mercury-added product has been properly removed from
11 the appliance or component.
1 (3) A person who is in the business of recycling appliances
2 shall keep a record of all mercury-added products that the person
3 removes from appliances. A person subject to this subsection
4 shall, not later than January 31 of each year after the effective
5 date of the amendatory act that added this section, submit to the
6 department, using a form prepared and provided by the department,
7 a report of all mercury-added products that the person has
8 removed from appliances during the preceding calendar year.
9 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
10 effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6147
11 (request no. 06277'04) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into
12 law.