HOUSE BILL No. 6144

 

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.