HB-4666, As Passed House, June 5, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 11108, 11130, 11135, 11153, 12103, 12109, and

 

12112 (MCL 324.11108, 324.11130, 324.11135, 324.11153, 324.12103,

 

324.12109, and 324.12112), section 11108 as amended by 2011 PA 150,

 

section 11130 as amended by 2001 PA 165, and sections 11135, 11153,

 

12103, 12109, and 12112 as amended by 2011 PA 90.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11108. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,

 

each owner or operator of a landfill shall pay to the department a

 

fee assessed on hazardous waste disposed of in a the landfill. The

 

fee shall be based on the quantity of hazardous waste specified on

 

the manifest or monthly operating report and shall be $10.00 per

 

ton, $10.00 per cubic yard, or 1/2 cent per pound depending on the

 


unit of measure used by the owner or operator to calculate the fee.

 

The fee for fractional quantities of hazardous waste shall be

 

proportional. If the hazardous waste is required to be listed on a

 

manifest and the owner or operator of the landfill determines that

 

the hazardous waste quantity on the manifest is not accurate, the

 

owner or operator shall correct the hazardous waste quantity on all

 

manifest copies accompanying the shipment, note the reason for the

 

change in the discrepancy indication space on the manifest, and

 

assess the fee in accordance with the corrected hazardous waste

 

quantity. Payment shall be made within 30 days after the close of

 

each quarter. The landfill owner or operator shall assess off-site

 

generators the fee. The fee for hazardous waste that is generated

 

and disposed of on the site of a landfill owner or operator shall

 

be paid by that owner or operator.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each owner

 

or operator of a solidification facility licensed pursuant to

 

section 11123 shall pay to the department a fee assessed on

 

hazardous waste received at the solidification facility. The fee

 

shall be based on the quantity of hazardous waste specified on the

 

manifest or monthly operating report and shall be $10.00 per ton,

 

$10.00 per cubic yard, 4 cents per gallon, or 1/2 cent per pound

 

depending on the unit of measure used by the owner or operator to

 

calculate the fee. The fee for fractional quantities of hazardous

 

waste shall be proportional. If the hazardous waste is required to

 

be listed on a manifest and the owner or operator of the

 

solidification facility determines that the hazardous waste

 

quantity on the manifest is not accurate, the owner or operator

 


shall correct the hazardous waste quantity on all manifest copies

 

accompanying the shipment, note the reason for the change in the

 

discrepancy indication space on the manifest, and assess the fee in

 

accordance with the corrected hazardous waste quantity. Payment

 

shall be made within 30 days after the close of each quarter. The

 

solidification facility owner or operator shall assess off-site

 

generators the fee. The fee for hazardous waste that is generated

 

and solidified on the site of a solidification owner or operator

 

shall be paid by that owner or operator.

 

     (3) The following hazardous waste is exempt from the fees

 

provided for in this section:

 

     (a) Ash that results from the incineration of hazardous waste

 

or the incineration of solid waste as defined in part 115.

 

     (b) Hazardous waste exempted by rule because of its character

 

or the treatment it has received.

 

     (c) Hazardous waste that is removed as part of a site cleanup

 

activity at the expense of the this state or the federal

 

government.

 

     (d) Solidified hazardous waste produced by a solidification

 

facility licensed pursuant to section 11123 and destined for land

 

disposal.

 

     (e) Hazardous waste generated pursuant to a 1-time closure or

 

site cleanup activity in this state if the closure or cleanup

 

activity has been authorized in writing by the department.

 

Hazardous waste resulting from the cleanup of inadvertent releases

 

which occur after March 30, 1988 is not exempt from the fees.

 

     (f) Primary and secondary wastewater treatment solids from a

 


wastewater treatment plant that includes an aggressive biological

 

treatment facility as defined in 42 USC 6295.6925.

 

     (g) Emission control dust or sludge from the primary

 

production of steel in electric furnaces.

 

     (4) An owner or operator of a landfill or solidification

 

facility shall assess or pay the fee described in this section

 

unless the generator provides a signed written certification

 

indicating that the hazardous waste is exempt from the fee. If the

 

hazardous waste that is exempt from the fee is required to be

 

listed on a manifest, the certification shall contain the manifest

 

number of the shipment and the specific fee exemption for which the

 

hazardous waste qualifies. If the hazardous waste that is exempt

 

from the fee is not required to be listed on a manifest, the

 

certification shall provide the volume of exempt hazardous waste,

 

the waste code or waste codes of the exempt waste, the date of

 

disposal or solidification, and the specific fee exemption for

 

which the hazardous waste qualifies. The owner or operator of the

 

landfill or solidification facility shall retain this certification

 

for 4 years from the date of receipt.

 

     (5) The department or a health department certified pursuant

 

to section 11145 shall evaluate the accuracy of generator fee

 

exemption certifications and shall take enforcement action against

 

a generator who files a false certificate. certification. In

 

addition, the department shall take enforcement action to collect

 

fees that are not paid as required by this section.

 

     (6) The landfill owner or operator and the solidification

 

facility owner or operator shall forward to the department the fee

 


revenue due under this section with a completed form that is

 

provided or approved by the department. The owner or operator shall

 

certify that all information provided in the form is accurate. The

 

form shall include the following information:

 

     (a) The volume of hazardous waste subject to a fee.

 

     (b) The name of each generator who was assessed a fee, the

 

generator's identification number, manifest numbers, hazardous

 

waste volumes, and the amount of the fee assessed.

 

     (7) A generator who is eligible for a refund from this state

 

of fees paid under this section if the generator documents to the

 

department, on a form provided by the department, a reduction in

 

the amount of hazardous waste generated as a result of a process

 

change, or documents a reduction in the amount of hazardous waste

 

that is being disposed of in a landfill, either directly or

 

following solidification at a solidification facility, as a result

 

of a process change or the generator's increased use of source

 

separation, input substitution, process reformulation, recycling,

 

treatment, or an exchange of hazardous waste that results in a

 

utilization of that hazardous waste. , is eligible for a refund

 

from this state. The refund shall be in the amount of $10.00 per

 

ton, $10.00 per cubic yard, 4 cents per gallon, or 1/2 cent per

 

pound of reduction in the amount of hazardous waste reduced or

 

managed through an alternative to landfill disposal. generated or

 

disposed of in a landfill. A generator is not eligible to receive a

 

refund for that portion of a reduction in the amount of hazardous

 

waste generated that is attributable to a decrease in the

 

generator's level of production of the products that resulted in

 


the generation of the hazardous waste.

 

     (8) A generator seeking a refund under subsection (7) shall

 

calculate the refund due by comparing hazardous waste generation,

 

treatment, and disposal activity in the calendar year immediately

 

preceding the date of filing with hazardous waste generation,

 

treatment, and disposal activity in the calendar year 2 years prior

 

to the date of filing.

 

     (9) To be eligible for a refund, a generator shall file a

 

request with the department by June 30 of the year following the

 

year for which the refund is being claimed.

 

     (10) A refund shall not exceed the total fees paid by the

 

generator to the landfill operator or owner and the solidification

 

facility operator or owner.

 

     (11) A form submitted by the generator as provided for in

 

subsection (7) shall be certified by the generator or the

 

generator's authorized agent.

 

     (9) (12) The department shall maintain information regarding

 

the landfill disposal fees received and refunds provided under this

 

section.

 

     (10) (13) The fees collected under this section shall be

 

forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited in the waste

 

reduction fund created in subsection (14).

 

     (14) The waste reduction fund is created within the state

 

treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets

 

from any source for deposit into the waste reduction fund. The

 

state treasurer shall direct the investment of the waste reduction

 

fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the waste reduction fund

 


interest and earnings from waste reduction fund investments. Money

 

in the waste reduction fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the waste reduction fund and shall not lapse to the

 

general fund. Money from the waste reduction fund environmental

 

pollution prevention fund created in section 11130. Any balance in

 

the waste reduction fund on October 1, 2013 shall not lapse to the

 

general fund but shall be transferred to the environmental

 

pollution prevention fund and the waste reduction fund shall be

 

closed. Money from the environmental pollution prevention fund

 

shall be expended, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the

 

following purposes:

 

     (a) To pay refunds to generators under this section.

 

     (b) To fund programs created under this part, part 143, and

 

part 145, or the hazardous materials transportation act, 1998 PA

 

138, MCL 29.471 to 29.480.

 

     (c) Not more than $500,000.00 to implement section 3103a.

 

     (d) To fund the permit to install program established under

 

section 5505.

 

     Sec. 11130. (1) The environmental pollution prevention fund is

 

created in the state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the environmental pollution prevention

 

fund or into an account within the environmental pollution

 

prevention fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of

 

the environmental pollution prevention fund. The state treasurer

 

shall credit to each account within the environmental pollution

 

prevention fund interest and earnings from account investments.

 


     (3) Money remaining in the environmental pollution prevention

 

fund and in any account within the environmental pollution

 

prevention fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to

 

the general fund. The department shall be the administrator of the

 

fund for auditing purposes.

 

     (4) The hazardous waste transporter account is created within

 

the environmental pollution prevention fund. The department shall

 

expend money from the hazardous waste transporter account, upon

 

appropriation, for the implementation of this part. In addition,

 

funds not expended for the implementation of this part may be

 

utilized for emergency response and cleanup activities related to

 

hazardous waste that are initiated by the department.

 

     (5) The hazardous waste and liquid industrial waste users

 

account is created within the environmental pollution prevention

 

fund. The department shall expend money from the hazardous waste

 

and liquid industrial waste users account, upon appropriation, to

 

implement the state's hazardous waste management program in

 

accordance with this part and the rules promulgated under this

 

part. The target revenue projection for the hazardous waste and

 

liquid industrial waste users account is $1,600,000.00.

 

     Sec. 11135. (1) A hazardous waste generator shall provide a

 

separate manifest to the transporter for each load of hazardous

 

waste transported to property that is not on the site where it was

 

generated. Until October 1, 2013, 2014, a person required to

 

prepare a manifest shall submit to the department a manifest

 

processing user charge of $6.00 $8.00 per manifest and his or her

 

tax identification number. Each calendar year, the department may

 


adjust the manifest processing user charge as necessary to ensure

 

that the total cumulative amount of the user charges assessed

 

pursuant to this section and sections 11153, 12103, 12109, and

 

12112 are consistent with the target revenue projection for the

 

hazardous waste and liquid industrial waste users account as

 

provided for in section 11130(5). However, the manifest processing

 

user charge shall not exceed $8.00 per manifest. Money collected

 

under this subsection shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for

 

deposit into the environmental pollution prevention fund created in

 

section 11130. and credited to the hazardous waste and liquid

 

industrial waste users account created in section 11130(5).

 

     (2) Payment of the manifest Manifest processing user charges

 

under subsection (1) shall be made paid using a form provided by

 

the department. The department shall send a form to each person

 

subject to the manifest processing user charge by March 30 of each

 

year. The form shall specify the number of manifests prepared by

 

that person and processed by the department during the previous

 

calendar year. A person subject to the manifest processing user

 

charge shall return the completed form and the appropriate payment

 

to the department by April 30 of each year.

 

     (3) A person who fails to provide timely and accurate

 

information, a complete form, or the appropriate manifest

 

processing user charge as provided for in this section is in

 

violation of this part and is subject to both of the following:

 

     (a) Payment of the manifest processing user charge and an

 

administrative fine of 5% of the amount owed for each month that

 

the payment is delinquent. Any payments received after the 15th

 


fifteenth day of the month after the due date shall be considered

 

delinquent for that month. However, the administrative fine shall

 

not exceed 25% of the total amount owed.

 

     (b) Beginning 5 months after the date payment of the manifest

 

user charge is due, but not paid, at the request of the department,

 

an action by the attorney general for the collection of the amount

 

owed under subdivision (a) and the actual cost to the department in

 

attempting to collect the amount owed under subdivision (a).

 

     (4) Any amounts collected under subsection (3) for a violation

 

of this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and

 

deposited in the environmental pollution prevention fund created in

 

section 11130. and credited to the hazardous waste and liquid

 

industrial waste users account created in section 11130(5).

 

     (5) The department shall maintain information regarding the

 

manifest processing user charges received under this section as

 

necessary to satisfy the reporting requirements of subsection (6).

 

     (6) The department shall evaluate the effectiveness and

 

adequacy of the manifest processing user charges collected under

 

this section relative to the overall revenue needs of the state's

 

hazardous waste management program administered under this part.

 

Not later than April 1 of each even-numbered year, the department

 

shall summarize submit to the legislature a report summarizing its

 

findings under this subsection. in a report and shall provide that

 

report to the legislature.

 

     (7) A generator shall include on the manifest details as

 

specified by the department and shall at least include a sufficient

 

qualitative and quantitative analysis and a physical description of

 


the hazardous waste to evaluate toxicity and methods of

 

transportation, storage, and disposal. The manifest also shall

 

include safety precautions as necessary for each load of hazardous

 

waste. The generator shall submit to the department a copy of the

 

manifest within 10 days after the end of the month for each load of

 

hazardous waste transported within that month.

 

     (8) The A generator shall certify that the information

 

contained on the a manifest prepared by the generator is accurate.

 

     (9) The specified destination of each load of hazardous waste

 

identified on the manifest shall be a designated facility.

 

     (10) If a generator does not receive a copy of the manifest

 

with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the

 

designated facility within 35 days after the date on which the

 

hazardous waste was accepted by the initial transporter, the

 

generator shall contact the transporter to determine the status of

 

the hazardous waste. If the generator is unable to determine the

 

status of the hazardous waste upon contacting the transporter, the

 

generator shall contact the owner or operator of the designated

 

facility to which the hazardous waste was to be transported to

 

determine the status of the hazardous waste.

 

     (11) A generator shall submit an exception report to the

 

department if the generator has not received a copy of the manifest

 

with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the

 

designated facility within 45 days after the date on which the

 

hazardous waste was accepted by the initial transporter. The

 

exception report shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) A legible copy of the manifest. for which the generator

 


does not have confirmation of delivery.

 

     (b) A cover letter signed by the generator or the generator's

 

authorized representative explaining the efforts taken to locate

 

the hazardous waste and the results of those efforts.

 

     (12) A generator shall keep a copy of each manifest signed and

 

dated by the initial transporter for 3 years or until the generator

 

receives a signed and dated copy from the owner or operator of the

 

designated facility that received the hazardous waste. The

 

generator shall keep the copy of the manifest signed and dated by

 

the owner or operator of the designated facility for 3 years. The

 

retention periods required by this subsection shall be are

 

automatically extended during the course of any unresolved

 

enforcement action regarding the regulated activity or as required

 

by the department.

 

     Sec. 11153. (1) A generator, transporter, or treatment,

 

storage, or disposal facility shall obtain and utilize a site

 

identification number assigned by the United States environmental

 

protection agency or the department. Until October 1, 2013, 2014,

 

the department shall assess a site identification number user

 

charge of $50.00 for each site identification number it issues. The

 

department shall not issue a site identification number under this

 

subsection unless the site identification number user charge and

 

the tax identification number for the person applying for the site

 

identification number have been received by the department.

 

     (2) Until October 1, 2013, except as provided in subsection

 

(9), 2014, the department shall annually assess hazardous waste

 

management program user charges as follows:

 


     (a) A generator shall pay a handler user charge that is the

 

highest of the following applicable fees:

 

     (i) A generator who generates more than 100 kilograms but less

 

than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in any month during the

 

calendar year shall pay to the department an annual handler user

 

charge of $100.00.

 

     (ii) A generator who generates 1,000 kilograms or more of

 

hazardous waste in any month during the calendar year and who

 

generates less than 900,000 kilograms during the calendar year

 

shall pay to the department an annual handler user charge of

 

$400.00.

 

     (iii) A generator who generates 1,000 kilograms or more of

 

hazardous waste in any month during the calendar year and who

 

generates 900,000 kilograms or more of hazardous waste during the

 

calendar year shall pay to the department an annual handler user

 

charge of $1,000.00.

 

     (b) An owner or operator of a treatment, storage, or disposal

 

facility for which an operating license is required under section

 

11123 or for which an operating license has been issued under

 

section 11125 shall pay to the department an annual handler user

 

charge of $2,000.00.

 

     (c) A used oil processor or rerefiner, a used oil burner, or a

 

used oil fuel marketer as defined in the rules promulgated under

 

this part shall pay to the department an annual handler user charge

 

of $100.00.

 

     (3) A handler shall pay the handler user charge specified in

 

subsection (2)(a) to (c) for each of the activities conducted

 


during the previous calendar year.

 

     (4) Payment of the handler Handler user charges shall be made

 

paid using a form provided by the department. The handler shall

 

certify that the information on the form is accurate. The

 

department shall send forms to the handlers by March 30 of each

 

year. unless the handler user charges have been suspended as

 

provided for in subsection (9). A handler shall return the

 

completed forms and the appropriate payment to the department by

 

April 30 of each year. unless the handler user charges have been

 

suspended as provided for in subsection (9).

 

     (5) A handler who fails to provide timely and accurate

 

information, a complete form, or the appropriate handler user

 

charge is in violation of this part and is subject to both of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Payment of the handler user charge and an administrative

 

fine of 5% of the amount owed for each month that the payment is

 

delinquent. Any payments received after the 15th fifteenth of the

 

month after the due date shall be considered delinquent for that

 

month. However, the administrative fine shall not exceed 25% of the

 

total amount owed.

 

     (b) Beginning 5 months after the date payment of the handler

 

user charge is due, if the amount owed under subdivision (a) is not

 

paid in full, at the request of the department, an action by the

 

attorney general for the collection of the amount owed under

 

subdivision (a) and the actual cost to the department in attempting

 

to collect the amount owed under subdivision (a).

 

     (6) The department shall maintain information regarding the

 


site identification number user charges and the handler user

 

charges collected under this section as necessary to satisfy the

 

reporting requirements of subsection (8).

 

     (7) The site identification number user charges and the

 

handler user charges collected under this section and any amounts

 

collected under subsection (5) for a violation of this section

 

shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited in the

 

environmental pollution prevention fund created in section 11130.

 

and credited to the hazardous waste and liquid industrial waste

 

users account created in section 11130(5).

 

     (8) The department shall evaluate the effectiveness and

 

adequacy of the site identification number user charges and the

 

handler user charges collected under this section relative to the

 

overall revenue needs of the hazardous waste management program

 

administered under this part. Not later than April 1 of each even-

 

numbered year, the department shall summarize its submit to the

 

legislature a report summarizing the department's findings under

 

this subsection. in a report and shall provide that report to the

 

legislature.

 

     (9) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, if

 

the balance of the hazardous waste and liquid industrial waste

 

users account created in section 11130(5), as of December 31 of any

 

year, exceeds $3,200,000.00, the department shall suspend the

 

handler user charges until October of the following year.

 

     (9) (10) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Handler" means the person required to pay the handler

 

user charge.

 


     (b) "Handler user charge" means the an annual hazardous waste

 

management program user charge provided for in subsection (2).

 

     Sec. 12103. (1) A generator shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Characterize the waste in accordance with section 12101(n)

 

and the requirements of part 111 and rules promulgated under that

 

part, and maintain records of the characterization.

 

     (b) Obtain and utilize, when needed for transportation, a site

 

identification number. Until October 1, 2013, 2014, the department

 

shall assess a site identification number user charge of $50.00 for

 

each site identification number it issues. The department shall not

 

issue a site identification number under this subdivision unless

 

the site identification number user charge and the tax

 

identification number for the person applying for the site

 

identification number have been received. Money collected under

 

this subdivision shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for

 

deposit into the environmental pollution prevention fund created in

 

section 11130. and credited to the hazardous waste and liquid

 

industrial waste users account created in section 11130(5).

 

     (c) If transporting liquid industrial waste, other than the

 

generator's own waste, by public roadway, engage, employ, or

 

contract for the transportation only with a transporter registered

 

and permitted under the hazardous materials transportation act,

 

1998 PA 138, MCL 29.471 to 29.480.

 

     (d) Except as otherwise provided in this part, utilize and

 

retain a separate manifest for each shipment of liquid industrial

 

waste transported to a designated facility. The department may

 

authorize the use of a consolidated manifest for a single shipment

 


of uniform types of waste collected from multiple waste pickups. If

 

a consolidated manifest is authorized by the department and

 

utilized by a generator, a receipt shall be obtained from the

 

transporter documenting the transporter's company name, the

 

driver's signature, the date of pickup, the type and quantity of

 

waste accepted from the generator, the consolidated manifest

 

number, and the designated facility. A generator of brine may

 

complete a single manifest per transporter of brine, per disposal

 

well, each month.

 

     (e) Submit a copy of the manifest to the department by the

 

tenth day after the end of the month in which a load of waste is

 

transported.

 

     (f) When the transporter picks up liquid industrial waste,

 

certify that the information contained on the manifest is factual

 

by signing the manifest. This certification shall be by the

 

generator or his or her authorized representative.

 

     (g) Provide to the transporter the signed copies of the

 

manifest to accompany the liquid industrial waste to the designated

 

facility.

 

     (h) If a copy of the manifest, with a handwritten signature of

 

the owner or operator of the designated facility or his or her

 

authorized representative, is not received within 35 days after the

 

date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter, contact the

 

transporter or owner or operator of the designated facility, or

 

both, to determine the status of the waste.

 

     (i) Submit an exception report to the department if a copy of

 

the manifest is not received with the handwritten signature of the

 


owner or operator of the designated facility or his or her

 

authorized representative within 45 days after the date the waste

 

was accepted by the initial transporter. The exception report shall

 

include both of the following:

 

     (i) A legible copy of the manifest for which the generator does

 

not have confirmation of delivery.

 

     (ii) A cover letter signed by the generator explaining the

 

efforts taken to locate the waste and the results of those efforts.

 

     (2) A generator who operates an on-site reclamation facility,

 

treatment facility, or disposal facility shall keep records of all

 

liquid waste produced and reclaimed, treated, or disposed of at his

 

or her facility.

 

     (3) A generator shall retain all records required pursuant to

 

this part for a period of at least 3 years, and shall make those

 

records readily available for review and inspection by the

 

department or a peace officer. The retention period required by

 

this subsection is automatically extended during the course of any

 

unresolved enforcement action regarding the regulated activity or

 

as otherwise required by the department.

 

     (4) A generator transporting its own waste in quantities of 55

 

gallons or less is not subject to manifest requirements if all of

 

the following conditions are met:

 

     (a) The waste is accompanied by a record showing the source

 

and quantity of the waste and the designated facility to which the

 

waste is being transported.

 

     (b) The generator obtains a signature from the designated

 

facility acknowledging receipt of the waste and provides a copy of

 


the record of shipment to the designated facility.

 

     (c) The generator retains a copy of the record of shipment as

 

part of the generator records under subsection (3).

 

     Sec. 12109. (1) A liquid industrial waste transporter shall

 

certify acceptance of waste for transportation by completing the

 

transporter section of the manifest, and shall deliver the liquid

 

industrial waste and accompanying manifest only to the designated

 

facility specified by the generator on the manifest.

 

     (2) The liquid industrial waste transporter shall retain all

 

records required pursuant to this part for a period of at least 3

 

years, and shall make those records readily available for review

 

and inspection by the department or a peace officer. The retention

 

period required in this subsection is automatically extended during

 

the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding an

 

activity regulated under this part or as required by the

 

department.

 

     (3) The department may authorize, for certain waste streams,

 

the use of a consolidated manifest as authorized under section

 

12103(1)(d). If a consolidated manifest is authorized by the

 

department and utilized by a generator, the transporter shall give

 

to the generator a receipt documenting the transporter's company

 

name, the driver's signature, the date of pickup, the type and

 

quantity of waste removed, the consolidated manifest number, and

 

the designated facility.

 

     (4) A transporter shall maintain a trip log for consolidated

 

manifest shipments and for brine shipments. The transporter shall

 

do all of the following:

 


     (a) Identify on the trip log the consolidated manifest number,

 

the generator, the date of pickup, the type and quantity of waste,

 

and the designated facility location for each shipment of waste.

 

     (b) Keep a copy of all trip logs available during

 

transportation, at a minimum, for the current shipment in

 

transportation and retain these records as specified in subsection

 

(2).

 

     (c) Obtain and utilize a site identification number assigned

 

by the United States environmental protection agency or the

 

department. Until October 1, 2013, 2014, the department shall

 

assess a site identification number user charge of $50.00 for each

 

site identification number it issues. The department shall not

 

issue a site identification number under this subdivision unless

 

the site identification number user charge and the tax

 

identification number for the person applying for the site

 

identification number have been received. Money collected under

 

this subdivision shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for

 

deposit into the environmental pollution prevention fund created in

 

section 11130. and credited to the hazardous waste and liquid

 

industrial waste users account created in section 11130(5).

 

     Sec. 12112. (1) Except as provided in section 12103(4), the

 

owner or operator of a facility that accepts liquid industrial

 

waste shall accept delivery of waste at the designated facility

 

only if delivery is accompanied by a manifest or consolidated

 

manifest properly certified by the generator and the transporter

 

and the facility is the destination indicated on the manifest. The

 

facility owner or operator shall do all of the following:

 


     (a) Obtain and utilize a site identification number either

 

assigned from by the United States environmental protection agency

 

or the department. Until October 1, 2013, 2014, the department

 

shall assess a site identification number user charge of $50.00 for

 

each site identification number it issues. The department shall not

 

issue a site identification number under this subdivision unless

 

the site identification number user charge and the tax

 

identification number for the person applying for the site

 

identification number have been received. Money collected under

 

this subdivision shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for

 

deposit into the environmental pollution prevention fund created in

 

section 11130. and credited to the hazardous waste and liquid

 

industrial waste users account created in section 11130(5).

 

     (b) Certify on the manifest receipt of the liquid industrial

 

waste by completing the facility section of the manifest and

 

returning a signed copy of the manifest to the department within a

 

period of 10 days after the end of the month for all liquid

 

industrial waste received within the month.

 

     (c) Return a signed copy of the manifest to the generator.

 

     (d) Maintain records of the characterization of the waste.

 

Characterization shall be in accordance with the requirements of

 

part 111.

 

     (2) All storage, treatment, and reclamation of liquid

 

industrial waste at the designated facility shall be in either

 

containers or tanks or as otherwise specified in section 12113(5).

 

Storage, treatment, or reclamation regulated under part 615 or the

 

rules, orders, or instructions promulgated under that part, or

 


regulated under part C of title XIV of the public health service

 

act, 42 USC 300h to 300h-8, or the regulations promulgated under

 

that part are exempt from this subsection.

 

     (3) The owner or operator of a designated facility shall not

 

store liquid industrial waste for longer than 1 year unless the

 

liquid industrial waste is being stored for purposes of reclamation

 

and not less than 75% of the cumulative amount, by weight or

 

volume, of each type of liquid industrial waste that is stored on

 

site each calendar year is reclaimed or transferred to a different

 

site for reclamation during that calendar year. The owner or

 

operator of a designated facility shall maintain documentation that

 

demonstrates compliance with this subsection.

 

     (4) The owner or operator of a designated facility shall

 

retain all records required pursuant to this part for a period of

 

at least 3 years and shall make those records readily available for

 

review and inspection by the department or a peace officer. The

 

retention period required by this subsection is automatically

 

extended during the course of any unresolved enforcement action

 

regarding the regulated activity or as required by the department.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

 

1, 2013.