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11 SENATE BILL NO. 246 A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "Natural resources and environmental protection act," by amending sections 11102, 11103, 11104, 11108, 11109, 11110, 11125, 11132, 11514b, 11525a, 62501, and 62509 (MCL 324.11102, 324.11103, 324.11104, 324.11108, 324.11109, 324.11110, 324.11125, 324.11132, 324.11514b, 324.11525a, 324.62501, and 324.62509), sections 11102 and 11125 as amended by 2010 PA 357, section 11104 as amended and section 11132 as added by 2018 PA 688, section 11108 as amended by 2013 PA 73, section 11109 as added by 2018 PA 689, section 11110 as amended by 1995 PA 61, section 11514b as amended by 2022 PA 245, section 11525a as amended by 2023 PA 140, section 62501 as amended by 1998 PA 467, and section 62509 as amended by 2004 PA 325, and by adding sections 11122, 62508b, and 62509d; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. the people of the state of michigan enact:
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1313 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Sec. 11102. (1) "Captive hazardous waste disposal well" means a class I well that is used by the owner or operator to inject hazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner or operator or its subsidiaries. (2) "Captive hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility" means a facility that is used by the owner or operator to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner or operator or its subsidiaries. (3) "Captive nonhazardous waste disposal well" means a class I well that is used by the owner or operator to inject only nonhazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner or operator or its subsidiaries. (4) "Class I well" means that term as defined in section 62501. (5) "Class IV well" means that term as defined in section 62501. (6) (1) "Contaminant" means any of the following: (a) Hazardous waste as defined in R 299.9203 of the Michigan administrative code. (b) Any hazardous waste or hazardous constituent listed in 40 CFR part 261, appendix VIII or 40 CFR part 264, appendix IX. (7) (2) "Corrective action" means an action determined by the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 department to be necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment, and includes, but is not limited to, investigation, evaluation, cleanup, removal, remediation, monitoring, containment, isolation, treatment, storage, management, temporary relocation of people, and provision of alternative water supplies, or any corrective action allowed under the solid waste disposal act or regulations promulgated pursuant to that act. (8) (3) "Designated facility" means a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that has received a permit or has interim status under the solid waste disposal act or has a permit from a state authorized under section 3006 of subtitle C of the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6926, and which, if located in this state, has an operating license issued under this part, has a legally binding agreement with the department that authorizes operation, or is subject to the requirements of section 11123(8). (9) (4) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of a hazardous waste into or on land or water in a manner that the hazardous waste or a constituent of the hazardous waste may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or be discharged into water, including groundwater. (10) (5) "Disposal facility" means a facility or a part of a facility where managed hazardous waste, as defined by rule, is intentionally placed into or on any land or water and at which hazardous waste will remain after closure. (11) (6) "Failure mode assessment" means an analysis of the potential major methods by which safe handling of hazardous wastes may fail at a treatment, storage, or disposal facility. Sec. 11103. (1) "Generation" means the act or process of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 producing hazardous waste. (2) "Generator" means any person, by site, whose act or process produces hazardous waste as identified or listed pursuant to section 11128 or whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to regulation under this part. (3) "Hazardous waste" means waste or a combination of waste and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material that because of its quantity, quality, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible illness or serious incapacitating but reversible illness, or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment if improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste does not include material that is solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage discharge, solid or dissolved material in an irrigation return flow discharge, industrial discharge that is a point source subject to permits under section 402 of title IV of the federal water pollution control act, chapter 758, 86 Stat . 880, 33 U.S.C. USC 1342, or is a source material, special nuclear material, or by-product byproduct material as defined by the atomic energy act of 1954, chapter 1073, 68 Stat. 919.42 USC 2011 to 2297h-13. (4) "Hazardous waste management" means the systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery, recycling, and disposal of hazardous waste. (5) "Landfill" means a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardous waste is placed in or on land and which is not a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 pile, a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, an injection well, a salt dome formation, a salt bed formation, or an underground mine or cave. (6) "Land treatment facility" means a treatment facility or part of a treatment facility at which hazardous waste is applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface. If waste will remain after closure, a facility described in this subsection is a disposal facility. (7) "Limited-activity radioactive material" or "LARM" means material that contains radionuclides at concentrations that exceed natural background levels but that does not meet the definition of radioactive material under section 13501 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13501. LARM includes technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material and other materials with similar radiological characteristics, but does not include the following: (a) Source material, special nuclear material, or byproduct material as defined in the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 USC 2011 to 2297h-13. (b) Low-level radioactive waste as defined in section 2 of the low-level radioactive waste authority act, 1987 PA 204, MCL 333.26202. (c) Any other material regulated as radioactive waste under state or federal law. (8) (7) "Limited storage facility" means a storage facility that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Has a maximum storage capacity that does not exceed 25,000 gallons of hazardous waste. (b) Storage occurs only in tanks or containers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (c) Has on site not more than 200 containers on site that have with a capacity of 55 gallons or less. (d) Does not store hazardous waste on site for more than 90 days. (e) Does not receive hazardous waste from a treatment, storage, or disposal facility. (9) (8) "Manifest" means a form approved by the department used for identifying the quantity, composition, origin, routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation from the point of generation to the point of disposal, treatment, or storage. (10) (9) "Manifest system" means the system used for identifying the quantity, composition, origin, routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation from the point of generation to the point of disposal, treatment, or storage. (11) (10) "Mechanism" means a letter of credit, a financial test that demonstrates the financial strength of the company owning a treatment, storage, or disposal facility or a parent company guaranteeing financial assurance for a subsidiary, or an insurance policy that will provide funds for closure or postclosure care of a treatment, storage, or disposal facility. (12) "Multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well" means a class I well that receives hazardous waste generated by more than 1 person. However, multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well does not include a disposal well that receives hazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner, its subsidiaries, the operator, its subsidiaries, or any combination thereof. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (13) "Multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility" means a facility that receives hazardous waste generated by more than 1 person. However, multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility does not include a facility that receives hazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner, its subsidiaries, the operator, or its subsidiaries. (14) "Multisource commercial nonhazardous waste disposal well" means a class I well that receives nonhazardous waste that is generated by more than 1 person. Multisource commercial nonhazardous waste disposal well does not include a disposal well that receives only nonhazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner, its subsidiaries, the operator, its subsidiaries, or any combination thereof. (15) (11) "Municipal solid waste incinerator" means an incinerator that is owned or operated by any person, and that meets all of the following requirements: (a) The incinerator receives solid waste from off site and burns only household waste from single and multiple dwellings, hotels, motels, and other residential sources, or burns this household waste together with solid waste from commercial, institutional, municipal, county, or industrial sources that, if disposed of, would not be required to be placed in a disposal facility licensed under this part. (b) The incinerator has established contractual requirements or other notification or inspection procedures sufficient to assure ensure that the incinerator receives and burns only waste referred to in subdivision (a). (c) The incinerator meets the requirements of this part and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 the rules promulgated under this part. (d) The incinerator is not an industrial furnace as defined in 40 C.F.R. CFR 260.10. (16) (12) "Municipal solid waste incinerator ash" means the substances remaining after combustion in a municipal solid waste incinerator. (17) (13) "Municipality" means a city, village, township, or Indian tribe. (18) "Newly regulated waste" means hazardous waste identified, listed, or characterized after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Waste that becomes regulated as hazardous due to changes in state or federal law or regulations. (b) Emerging contaminants that are classified as hazardous waste. (c) New categories of pharmaceutical or other wastes that become subject to hazardous waste regulations. (19) (14) "On site" means on the same or geographically contiguous property that may be divided by a public or private right-of-way if the entrance and exit between the pieces of property are at a crossroads intersection and access is by crossing rather than going along the right-of-way. On site property includes noncontiguous pieces of property owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way that the owner controls and to which the public does not have access. Sec. 11104. (1) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a disposal, treatment, or storage facility with approval of the department either by contract or license. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (2) "Site identification number" means a number that is assigned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the United States Environmental Protection Agency's designee to each generator, each transporter, and each treatment, storage, or disposal facility. If the generator or transporter or the treatment, storage, or disposal facility manages wastes that are hazardous under this part and the rules promulgated under this part but are not hazardous under the solid waste disposal act, site identification number means an equivalent number that is assigned by the department. (3) "Solid waste" means that term as it is defined in part 115. (4) "Storage" means the holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period at the end of which the hazardous waste is treated, disposed of, or stored elsewhere. (5) "Storage facility" means a facility or part of a facility where managed hazardous waste, as defined by rule, is subject to storage. A generator who accumulates managed hazardous waste, as defined by rule, on site in containers or tanks for less than 91 days or a period of time prescribed by rule is not a storage facility. (6) "Surface impoundment" or "impoundment" means a treatment, storage, or disposal facility or part of a treatment, storage, or disposal facility that is a natural topographic depression, human-made excavation, or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials, although it may be lined with human-made materials, that is designed to hold an accumulation of liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids, and that is not an injection well. Surface impoundments include, but are not limited to, holding, storage, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 settling, and aeration pits, ponds, and lagoons. (7) "Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material" or "TENORM" means naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide concentrations have been increased as a result of human practices. TENORM does not include any of the following: (a) Source material, as defined in section 11 of the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 USC 2014, and its progeny in equilibrium. (b) Material material with concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 each less than 5 picocuries per gram. (8) "The solid waste disposal act" means title II of Public Law 89-272. (9) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of hazardous waste by air, rail, highway, or water. (10) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste, to neutralize the waste, to recover energy or material resources from the waste, or to render the waste nonhazardous or less hazardous, safer to transport, store, or dispose of, amenable to recovery, amenable to storage, or reduced in volume. Treatment includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous. (11) "Treatment facility" means a facility or part of a facility where managed hazardous waste, as defined by rule, is subject to treatment. (12) "Updated plan" means the updated state hazardous waste management plan prepared under section 11110. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (13) "Vehicle" means a transport vehicle as defined in 49 CFR 171.8. Sec. 11108. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each the owner or operator of a landfill shall pay to the department a fee assessed on hazardous waste disposed of in the landfill. The fee shall be based on the quantity of hazardous waste specified on the manifest or monthly operating report and, through December 31, 2025, 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. Subject to subsection (7), beginning January 1, 2026, the fee shall be $25.00 per ton, $25.00 per cubic yard, or 1.25 cents 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 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, through December 31, 2025, 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. Subject to subsection (7), beginning January 1, 2026, the fee shall be $25.00 per ton, $25.00 per cubic yard, 10 cents per gallon, or 1.25 cents 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (c) Hazardous waste that is removed as part of a site cleanup activity at the expense of 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 that 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 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 quantity 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 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 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 A landfill or 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 quantity 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, quantities, and the amount of the fee assessed. (7) A generator 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 a reduction in the amount of hazardous waste 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. 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 reduction in the amount of hazardous waste 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. 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. 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. A form submitted by the generator as provided for in subsection (7) shall be certified by the generator or the generator's authorized agent. (7) Beginning January 1, 2031, and every fifth year thereafter, the state treasurer shall adjust each of the current fees under this section by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the most recent 5-year period for which Consumer Price Index statistics are available. As used in this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a successor agency. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (8) (9) The department shall maintain information regarding the landfill disposal fees received and refunds provided under this section. (9) (10) The fees collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited as follows: (a) 55% in the cleanup and redevelopment fund created in section 20108. (b) 20% in the community surcharge reimbursement fund created in section 11525a(6). (c) 15% in the host communities grant fund created in section 11525a(7). (d) 10% percent in the materials management planning fund created in section 11525a(8).in the 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, 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. 11109. (1) The owner or operator of a landfill shall pay to the department a fee assessed on TENORM disposed of in the landfill. The fee, through December 31, 2025, is $5.00 per ton. , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Beginning January 1, 2026, the fee is $12.50 per ton. Beginning January 1, 2031, and every fifth year thereafter, the state treasurer shall adjust the current fee under this subsection by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the most recent 5-year period for which Consumer Price Index statistics are available. As used in this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a successor agency. The fee shall be based on the quantity of TENORM specified on the monthly operating report. The fee for fractional tons of TENORM shall be proportional. The fee shall be paid within 30 days after the end of each calendar year quarter. (2) The department shall take enforcement action to collect fees that are not paid as required by this section. (3) The landfill 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 specify the volume weight of TENORM disposed of at the landfill during the preceding calendar quarter and the amount of fee revenue being forwarded to the department. (4) The department shall maintain information regarding the fees collected under this section. (5) The TENORM account is created within the environmental pollution prevention fund created in section 11130. The department shall forward fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (a) 55% in the cleanup and redevelopment fund created in section 20108. (b) 20% in the community surcharge reimbursement fund created in section 11525a(6). (c) 15% in the host communities grant fund created in section 11525a(7). (d) 10% in the materials management planning fund created in section 11525a(8).in the TENORM account. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any other source for deposit into the account. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the account. The state treasurer shall credit to the account interest and earnings from account investments. Money remaining in the account at the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund. (6) Money from the TENORM account 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 the department's regulation and oversight of the disposal of TENORM in this state. (c) To provide grants to local units of government and landfill operators to obtain equipment to monitor TENORM radiation. Sec. 11110. (1) Not later than January 1, 1990, By 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 11122 and every 5 years thereafter, the department shall prepare an updated and adopt a comprehensive, updated state hazardous and LARM waste management plan. (2) The updated plan shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Update the state hazardous waste management plan adopted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 by the commission on January 15, 1982. (a) (b) Be based upon on the location of generators, health and safety, transportation economics, of transporting, type types of waste, and existing treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. (c) Include information generated by the department of commerce and the department on hazardous waste capacity needs in the state. (d) Include information provided by the office of waste reduction created in part 143. (b) (e) Plan for the availability of hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities that have adequate capacity for the destruction, treatment, or secure disposition of all hazardous wastes that are reasonably expected to Based on information included in the plan under subdivision (f), specify a maximum licensed capacity for hazardous and LARM waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. The maximum capacity shall equal the amount of hazardous and LARM waste that the department determines will be generated within the in this state during the 20-year succeeding 5-year period. after October 1, 1988, as is described in section 104(c)(9)(A) of title I of the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980, Public Law 96-510, 42 U.S.C. 9604.The maximum capacity shall not be changed until the next 5-year update of the plan is adopted. (c) Do all of the following: (i) Identify areas of this state that would be eligible for siting hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities in compliance with section 11125(9). (ii) Map the eligible areas in relation to all of the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (A) Current and projected locations of hazardous waste generation. (B) Existing transportation infrastructure. (C) Emergency response capabilities. (D) Relevant environmental and geological conditions. (iii) Propose specific siting criteria that establish minimum separation distances between treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and the following: (A) Schools, child care centers, and other educational institutions. (B) Hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities. (C) Residential areas and places of public assembly. (D) Surface water bodies, wetlands, and groundwater recharge areas. (E) Parks, recreation areas, and protected natural areas. (F) Agricultural lands and food processing facilities. (G) Critical infrastructure, including public water supplies. (d) (f) Plan Provide for a reasonable geographic distribution of and propose siting criteria for treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to meet existing and future needs, including proposing criteria for determining acceptable locations for these facilities. comply with section 11125(9), and prevent the concentration of facilities in communities overburdened by pollution. The siting criteria shall include a consideration of a location's geology, geography, demography, and waste generation patterns, along with environmental factors, public health factors, and other relevant characteristics as determined by the department. (e) (g) Emphasize Provide for a shift away from the practice of landfilling hazardous waste and toward to the in-plant reduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 of hazardous waste and the recycling and treatment of hazardous waste. (f) (h) Include necessary all of the following: (i) An analysis of all hazardous and LARM waste streams generated in this state, including waste volumes, classifications, and locations of origin. (ii) An inventory and assessment of current in-state hazardous and LARM waste management capacity using information generated by the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy and the department of labor and economic growth. (iii) Projections of future in-state hazardous and radioactive waste generation. (iv) Recommendations for state policies and programs to minimize hazardous and LARM waste generation. (v) An evaluation of hazardous and LARM waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies and best practices. (vi) A study and recommendation on whether this state should seek membership in an interstate low-level radioactive waste compact. (vii) Necessary legislative, administrative, and economic mechanisms, provisions, and a timetable to carry out the updated plan. (3) The department shall instruct the office of waste reduction created in part 143 to complete conduct studies as considered necessary for the completion of to complete the updated plan. The studies may include any of the following: (a) An inventory and evaluation of the sources of hazardous and LARM waste generation within this state or from other states, including the types, quantities, and chemical and physical 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 characteristics of the hazardous waste. (b) An inventory and evaluation of current hazardous and LARM waste management, minimization, or reduction practices and costs, including treatment, disposal, on-site recycling, reclamation, and other forms of source reduction within this state. (c) A projection or determination of future hazardous and LARM waste management needs based on section 11125(8) and an evaluation of existing capacities; , treatment or disposal capabilities; , manufacturing activity, limitations, and constraints; . Projection of needs shall consider the types, and sizes, and general locations of treatment, storage, or disposal facilities , general locations within the in this state; , and management control systems. , and an identified need for a state owned treatment, storage, or disposal facility. (d) An investigation and analysis of methods, incentives, or technologies for source reduction, reuse, recycling, or recovery of potentially hazardous and LARM waste and a strategy for encouraging the utilization or reduction of hazardous and LARM waste. (e) An investigation and analysis of methods and incentives to encourage interstate and international cooperation in the management of hazardous and LARM waste. (f) An estimate of the public and private cost of treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous and LARM waste. (g) An investigation and analysis of alternate methods for treatment and disposal of hazardous and LARM waste. (4) If the department finds in preparing the updated plan that there is a need for additional treatment or disposal facilities in the state, then the department shall identify incentives the state could offer that would encourage the construction and operation of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 additional treatment or disposal facilities in the state that are consistent with the updated plan. The department shall propose criteria which could be used in evaluating applicants for the incentives. (4) (5) Upon completion of the proposed updated plan, the department shall post the updated plan on its publicly accessible website, publish a notice in a number of 2 or more newspapers having major circulation within the this state as determined by the department, and shall issue a statewide news release announcing the availability of the updated plan for inspection or purchase at cost by interested persons. The announcement notice and news release shall indicate where and how the updated plan may be obtained or reviewed and shall indicate that not less than 6 public hearings shall be conducted at varying locations in the this state before formal adoption. the plan is adopted. The first public hearing shall not be held until not less than 60 days have elapsed from after the date of the notice and news release announcing the availability of the updated plan. The remaining public hearings shall be held within 120 days after the first public hearing at approximately equal time intervals. (5) (6) After the public hearings, the department shall prepare a written summary of the comments received, provide comments on responses to the major concerns raised, make amendments to the proposed updated plan that the department considers advisable, and determine whether the updated plan should be adopted.adopt the proposed updated plan. Sec. 11122. (1) Until 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, or until the first updated state hazardous and LARM waste management plan required under 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 section 11110 after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section is adopted and implemented, whichever is later, the department shall not do any of the following, except as provided in subsection (2) or (3): (a) Issue an operating license for a new multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility under section 11125. (b) Amend an operating license for an existing multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility in a manner that authorizes the expansion of operations, overall capacity, or the facility. (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not prohibit any of the following amendments to existing operating licenses: (a) Amendments necessary to maintain compliance with this act or rules promulgated under this act. (b) Amendments made to incorporate new requirements imposed by this act or rules promulgated under this act. (c) Amendments limited to the capacity needed to manage the amount of newly regulated wastes to be generated in this state during the succeeding 5-year period, as determined by the department based on waste generation data and projections. (3) Any capacity authorized by an amendment described in subsection (2) shall be included in calculating the total licensed capacity under section 11125(8). Sec. 11125. (1) Upon receipt of an operating license application that complies with the requirements of section 11123(2), the department shall do all of the following: (a) Notify the municipality and county in which the treatment, storage, or disposal facility is located or proposed to be located; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 a the local soil erosion and sedimentation control agency appointed pursuant to part 91; each division within the department that has responsibility in land, air, or water management; a the regional planning agency established by executive directive of the governor; and other appropriate agencies. The notice shall describe the procedure by which the license may be approved or denied. (b) Review the plans of the proposed treatment, storage, or disposal facility to determine if the proposed operation complies with this part and the rules promulgated under this part. The review shall be made within the department. The review shall include, but need not be limited to, a review of air quality, water quality, waste management, hydrogeology, and the applicant's disclosure statement. A written and signed review by each person within the department reviewing the application and plans shall must be received and filed in the department's license application records before an operating license is issued or denied by the department. (c) Integrate the relevant provisions of all permits that the applicant is required to obtain from the department to construct the proposed treatment, storage, or disposal facility into the operating license required by this part. (d) Consider the mitigation measures proposed to be implemented as identified in section 11123(2)(m). (e) Hold a public hearing not more than within 60 days. after receipt of the application. (2) The department may establish operating license conditions specifically applicable to the treatment, storage, or disposal facility and operation at that site to mitigate adverse impacts. (3) The department shall provide notice and an opportunity for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 a public hearing before making a final decision on an operating license application. (4) The department shall make a final decision on an operating license application within 140 days after the department receives a complete application. However, if the this state's hazardous waste management program is authorized by the United States environmental protection agency under section 3006 of subtitle C of the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6926, the department may extend the deadline beyond the limitation provided in this section in order to fulfill the public participation requirements of the solid waste disposal act. The operating license may contain stipulations specifically applicable to the site and operation. (5) A local ordinance, permit, or other requirement shall not prohibit the operation of a licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility. (6) If any information required to be included in the disclosure statement required under section 11123 changes or is supplemented after the filing of the statement, the applicant or licensee shall provide that information to the department in writing within 30 days after the change or addition. (7) The department may deny an operating license application submitted pursuant to section 11123 if any information described in section 11123(2)(k)(ii) to (iv) was not disclosed as required in section 11123(2) or this section. (8) After the moratorium under section 11122 ends, the department shall not issue an operating license for a new multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility or the expansion of an existing facility if doing so would cause the total licensed capacity to exceed 1/5 of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 limit established in the current state hazardous and LARM waste management plan under section 11110(2)(b). For the purposes of this subsection, "total licensed capacity" means the maximum amount of waste that all treatment, storage, or disposal facilities in this state are authorized to manage annually under their current operating licenses. (9) Subject to subsection (10), the department shall not issue a license or approval to establish or expand a multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, including, but not limited to, a class I well, if any of the following apply: (a) The new facility or expansion is proposed to be located in a city, village, township, or county where any of the following apply: (i) Another multisource hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, class I well, or class IV well is currently operating. (ii) Another multisource hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, class I well, or class IV well has operated within the past 25 years, unless all of the following requirements are met: (A) The owner or operator of the facility or well described in this subparagraph completes closure and postclosure care in accordance with all applicable state and federal requirements. (B) The department certifies completion of all corrective action requirements. (C) The department determines, after conducting a cumulative impact analysis, that siting a new facility or expanding an existing facility in the area would not disproportionately affect 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 overburdened communities or populations. (b) The new facility or expansion is proposed to be located within 50 miles of a currently operating treatment, storage, or disposal facility, class I well, or class IV well that manages hazardous waste generated by a person other than the owner or operator or its subsidiaries. (c) Any of the following apply to a census tract within a 3-mile radius of the facility's proposed location: (i) The population density exceeds the state average population density by 50% or more, based on the most recent census data. (ii) The percentage of population in households where the household income is less than or equal to twice the federal poverty level equals or exceeds the eightieth percentile for census tracts in this state. (iii) The overall score, as measured by MiEJScreen or its equivalent, for any census tract within a 3-mile radius meets or exceeds the eightieth percentile of census tracts in this state. (10) Subsection (9) does not apply to the expansion of a captive nonhazardous waste disposal well. (11) (8) The department shall provide notice of the final decision on an operating license application to persons on the organized mailing list for the facility. (12) (9) Following the construction of a new, expanded, enlarged, or altered treatment, storage, or disposal facility, the department shall review all information required to be submitted by the operating license to be submitted to the department. If the department finds that the owner or operator has deviated from the specific conditions established in the operating license, the department shall determine if cause exists for modification or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 revocation of the operating license, in accordance with provisions established by rule. At a minimum, the postconstruction documentation information shall include all of the following: (a) Updated disclosure information or a certification as described in section 11123(2)(n)(i). (b) A certification of construction as described in section 11123(2)(n)(ii). The department shall require additional certification periodically during the operation or in order to verify proper closure of the site. (c) A certification of capability signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer as described in section 11123(2)(n)(iii). (d) Information regarding any deviations from the specific conditions in the operating license. (e) Proof of financial responsibility for which this state is the sole beneficiary and that is any of the following: (i) A surety bond issued by an authorized insurer whose certificate of authority is in good standing. (ii) A cash account. (iii) An automatically annually renewing certificate of deposit. Sec. 11132. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a A person shall not deliver to a landfill in this state for disposal and the owner or operator of a landfill shall not permit disposal in the landfill of any of the following: (a) TENORM with any of the following: (i) (a) A concentration of radium-226 more than 50 picocuries per gram. (ii) (b) A concentration of radium-228 more than 50 picocuries per gram. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (iii) (c) A concentration of lead-210 more than 260 picocuries per gram. (b) Waste with concentrations greater than 260 picocuries per gram for potassium-40 or greater than 25 picocuries per gram for any other single radionuclide. (2) Except as otherwise specified in the landfill operating license, the owner or operator of a landfill shall not permit a delivery of TENORM for disposal at the landfill unless the generator has provided the following information in writing to the owner or operator of the landfill: (a) The concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, lead-210, and any other radionuclide identified using gamma spectroscopy, or an equivalent analytical method, in the TENORM based on techniques for representative sampling and waste characterization approved by the department. (b) An estimate of the total mass of the TENORM. (c) An estimate of the total radium-226 activity, the total radium-228 activity, and the total lead-210 activity of the TENORM. (d) The proposed date of delivery. (3) The department may test TENORM proposed to be delivered to a landfill. (4) If requested by the owner or operator of a landfill in an application for the renewal of or a major modification to an operating license, If, before the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 11122, the department may authorize with conditions and limits authorized in the an operating license the disposal of TENORM with concentrations of radium-226 more than 50 picocuries per gram, radium-228 more than 50 picocuries per gram, or lead-210 more than 260 picocuries per gram, or any combination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 thereof, but not more than 500 picocuries per gram for each radionuclide, . An the operating license under this part with such an authorization constitutes a license from the this state's radiation control authority under part 135 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13501 to 333.13537, to possess the TENORM if the conditions and procedures for issuance of the operating license under this part are were sufficient to satisfy the licensing requirements of part 135 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13501 to 333.13537. The disposal of TENORM described in this subsection after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 11122 is prohibited. (5) A request under subsection (4) shall include all of the following: (a) A radiation safety program that addresses all of the following: (i) Personnel radiation protection. (ii) Worker training. (iii) Radiation surveys. (iv) Radiation instrument calibration. (v) Receipt and disposal of radioactive material. (vi) Emergency procedures. (vii) Record keeping. (b) A report evaluating the risks of exposure to residual radioactivity through all relevant pathways using a generally accepted industry model such as the Argonne National Laboratory RESRAD family of codes or, if approved by the department, another model. The report shall evaluate potential radiation doses to site workers and members of the public during site operation and after site closure. The report shall use reasonable scenarios to evaluate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 the dose to members of the public. (c) A description of any steps necessary to ensure the annual dose to members of the public during landfill operation and after site closure will be less than 25 millirem. (d) A description of an environmental monitoring program under subsection (6). (5) (6) If TENORM is disposed at a landfill, the operator of the landfill shall conduct a monitoring program that complies with all of the following: (a) Radiological monitoring of site workers and at the landfill property boundary are conducted as specified in the license. (b) Radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 are included among the parameters analyzed in leachate and groundwater at the frequency specified in the license. (c) Penetrating radiation, radioactivity in air, and radon in air are measured as specified in the operating license if the landfill is was used to dispose of TENORM with a concentration of radium-226 more than 50 picocuries per gram, radium-228 more than 50 picocuries per gram, or lead-210 more than 260 picocuries per gram. (d) Results of all monitoring required under this subsection are included in the environmental monitoring reports required under rules promulgated under this part and the facility operating license. (6) (7) The owner or operator of a landfill shall submit to the department by March 15 each year a report that summarizes the information obtained under subsection (2) for all TENORM disposed at the landfill during the previous calendar year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (7) (8) The owner or operator of a landfill shall do both of the following: (a) Ensure that all TENORM is deposited at least 10 feet below the bottom of the future landfill cap. (b) Maintain records of the location and elevation of TENORM disposed of at the landfill. (8) A person shall not mix TENORM with any material for the purposes of reducing the concentration of radium-226, radium-228, or lead-210, if the regulation of the resulting material under this part or part 115 is affected. A person shall not store or dispose of the resulting material except in compliance with the provisions of this part or part 115 applicable to the TENORM before the mixing occurred. (9) This part does not apply to materials or activities listed in section 1(2) of 1978 PA 113, MCL 325.491. Sec. 11514b. (1) A person shall not deliver to a type II landfill in this state for disposal and the owner or operator of a type II landfill shall not permit disposal in the landfill of technologically any of the following: (a) enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material TENORM with any of the following: (i) (a) A concentration of radium-226 more than 50 picocuries per gram. (ii) (b) A concentration of radium-228 more than 50 picocuries per gram. (iii) (c) A concentration of lead-210 more than 260 picocuries per gram. (b) Waste with concentrations greater than 260 picocuries per gram for potassium-40 or greater than 50 picocuries per gram for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 any other single radionuclide. (2) The owner or operator of a type II landfill shall not permit a delivery of TENORM for disposal at the landfill unless the generator has provided the following information in writing to the owner or operator of the landfill: (a) The concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, lead-210, and any other radionuclide identified using gamma spectroscopy, or an equivalent analytical method, in the TENORM based on techniques for representative sampling and waste characterization approved by the department. (b) An estimate of the total mass of the TENORM. (c) An estimate of the total radium-226 activity, the total radium-228 activity, and the total lead-210 activity of the TENORM. (d) The proposed date of delivery. (3) The department may test TENORM proposed to be delivered to a landfill. (4) Within 45 days after the end of each state fiscal year, the owner or operator of a type II landfill shall submit to the department an annual a report that summarizes the information obtained under subsection (2) for all TENORM disposed at the landfill during the previous state fiscal year. (5) The owner or operator of a type II landfill that disposes of TENORM with a concentration of radium-226 more than 25 picocuries per gram, a concentration of radium-228 more than 25 picocuries per gram, or a concentration of lead-210 more than 25 picocuries per gram shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that all TENORM is deposited at least 10 feet below the bottom of the future landfill cap. (b) Maintain records of the location and elevation of TENORM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 disposed of at the landfill. (c) Conduct a monitoring program that complies with all of the following: (i) Radiological monitoring of site workers and at the landfill property boundary are conducted as specified in the license. (ii) Radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 are included among the parameters analyzed in leachate and groundwater at the frequency specified in the license. (iii) Results of all monitoring required under this subsection are included in the environmental monitoring reports required under rules promulgated under this part and the facility operating license. (6) This part does not apply to materials or activities listed in section 1(2) of 1978 PA 113, MCL 325.491. (7) (6) As used in this section, "technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material" or "TENORM" means naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide concentrations have been increased as a result of human practices. TENORM does not include any of the following: (a) Source material, as defined in section 11 of the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 USC 2014, and its progeny in equilibrium. (b) Material material with concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 each less than 5 picocuries per gram. Sec. 11525a. (1) The Subject to subsection (2), the owner or operator of a landfill or coal ash impoundment shall pay a surcharge as follows: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), for a landfill or coal ash impoundment that is not a captive facility, 36 cents $1.20 for each ton or portion of a ton of solid waste or municipal solid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 waste incinerator ash that is disposed of in the landfill or coal ash impoundment. before October 1, 2027. (b) For a landfill or coal ash impoundment that is not a captive facility, 12 cents per for each ton or portion of a ton of foundry sand, slag from metal melting, baghouse dust, furnace refractory brick, pulp and paper mill material, paper mill ash, wood ash, coal bottom ash, mixed wood ash, fly ash, flue gas desulfurization sludge, contaminated soil, cement kiln dust, lime kiln dust, and other industrial waste that weighs at least 1 ton per cubic yard, as determined by the generator. (c) For a type III landfill or coal ash impoundment that is a captive facility and annually receives the following amount of waste, the following annual corresponding surcharge for each state fiscal year, based on the amount of waste received during that fiscal year: (i) 100,000 or more tons of waste, $3,000.00. (ii) 75,000 or more but less than 100,000 tons of waste, $2,500.00. (iii) 50,000 or more but less than 75,000 tons of waste, $2,000.00. (iv) 25,000 or more but less than 50,000 tons of waste, $1,000.00. (v) Less than 25,000 tons of waste, $500.00. (2) Effective October 1, 2030, and every fifth year thereafter, the department may increase the surcharges specified in subsection (1) and the funding for the solid waste staff account specified in subsection (5)(a) by amounts determined by multiplying those amounts by the inflation adjustment factor. The department shall round the surcharges to the nearest whole cent and the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 funding to the nearest $100.00. The inflation adjustment factor equals the 3-year average July-June Consumer Price Index for the period ending during the immediately preceding state fiscal year divided by the 3-year average July-June Consumer Price Index for the period ending on June 30, 2030, as determined by the department of treasury using the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Consumer Price Index. However, the inflation adjustment factor must not be less than 1.00. (3) (2) Within 30 days after the end of each quarter of a state fiscal year, the owner or operator of a landfill or coal ash impoundment that is not a captive facility shall pay the surcharge under subsection (1)(a) or (b) for waste received during that quarter of the state fiscal year. Within 30 days after the end of a state fiscal year, the owner or operator of a type III landfill or coal ash impoundment that is a captive facility shall pay the surcharge under subsection (1)(b) (1)(c) for waste received during that state fiscal year. (4) (3) If the owner or operator of a landfill or coal ash impoundment is required to pay the surcharge under subsection (1), the owner or operator shall pass through and collect the surcharge from any person that generated the solid waste or arranged for its delivery to the hauler or solid waste processing and transfer facility, notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement to the contrary or the absence of any agreement. (5) (4) Surcharges collected under this section before the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (6) must be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in the solid waste staff account of the solid waste management fund. Surcharges collected under this section on or after the effective date of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 amendatory act that added subsection (6) must be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit as follows: (a) The first $12,000,000.00 each state fiscal year in the solid waste staff account of the solid waste management fund. (b) The balance each state fiscal year as follows: (i) 55% in the cleanup and redevelopment fund created in section 20108. (ii) 20% in the community surcharge reimbursement fund created in subsection (6). (iii) 15% in the host communities grant fund created in subsection (7). (iv) 10% in the materials management planning fund created in subsection (8). (6) The community surcharge reimbursement fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under subsection (5)(b)(ii), section 11108(9)(b), section 11109(5)(b), or from any other lawful source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. The department is the administrator of the fund for audits of the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for grants to reimburse or partially reimburse municipalities for surcharges and fees paid, whether directly or through a contract with a private hauler, under this section and sections 11108 and 11109 and deposited in the community surcharge reimbursement fund. To obtain a grant, a municipality must file an application with the department during the period of March 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 through April 30 each year. The application must be filed on a form and in a medium provided or approved by the department. The application must document the surcharges paid and population of the municipality. After the close of the application period, the department shall promptly distribute grants to municipalities that timely submitted a complete application. A grant shall be proportional to the population of the responsible community. The state treasurer shall annually transfer the fiscal-year-end fund balance in the community surcharge reimbursement fund to the host communities grant fund created in subsection (7). (7) The host communities grant fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under subsection (5)(b)(iii), section 11108(9)(c), section 11109(5)(c), or from any other lawful source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. The department is the administrator of the fund for audits of the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for annual grants to cities and townships that are the sites of landfills and coal ash impoundments that pay surcharges under this section or fees under section 11108 or 11109. To obtain a grant, a city or township must file an application with the department during the period of November 1 through December 1. The application shall be filed on a form and in a medium provided or approved by the department. The department shall award grants by March 1 to cities and townships that timely submitted a complete application. Each grant shall be equal to the amount of surcharges deposited in the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 host communities grant fund during the prior state fiscal year from landfills and coal ash impoundments located in the geographical jurisdiction of the respective grant recipient and a proportionate share of money in the fund other than revenue deposited under subsection (5)(b)(iii), section 11108(9)(c), or section 11109(5)(c). (8) The materials management planning fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under subsection (5)(b)(iv), section 11108(9)(d), section 11109(5)(d) or from any other lawful source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. The department is the administrator of the fund for audits of the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for grants for materials management planning, including grants to counties, regional planning agencies, municipalities, and other entities responsible for preparing, implementing, and maintaining materials management plans. (9) As used in this section, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Sec. 62501. As used in this part: (a) "Artificial brine" means mineralized water formed by dissolving rock salt or other readily soluble rocks or minerals. (b) "Brine well" means a well drilled or converted for the purpose of producing natural or artificial brine. (c) "Class I hazardous waste well" means a class I well 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 described in subdivision (e)(i). (d) "Class I nonhazardous well" means a class I well described in subdivision (e)(ii) or (iii). (e) "Class I well" means any of the following: (i) A well that is used by a generator of hazardous waste or the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility to inject hazardous waste beneath the lowermost formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore. (ii) An industrial and municipal disposal well that injects fluids beneath the lowermost formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore. (iii) A radioactive waste disposal well that injects fluids below the lowermost formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore. (f) "Class III well" means a well that is used for the extraction of minerals including, but not limited to, the following: (i) Mining of sulfur by the Frasch process. (ii) In situ production of uranium or other metals, not including solution mining of conventional mines. (iii) Solution mining of salts or potash. (g) "Class IV well" means any of the following: (i) A well that is used by a generator of hazardous waste or radioactive waste, by the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility, or by the owner or operator of a radioactive waste disposal site to dispose of hazardous waste or radioactive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 waste into a formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore. (ii) A well that is used by a generator of hazardous waste or radioactive waste, by the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility, or by the owner or operator of a radioactive waste disposal site to dispose of hazardous waste or radioactive waste above a formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore. (iii) A well that is used by a generator of hazardous waste or the owner or operators of a hazardous waste management facility to dispose of hazardous waste and that is not described by 40 CFR 146.5(a)(1) or 146.5(d)(1). (h) (c) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.environment, Great Lakes, and energy. (i) (d) "Disposal well" means a well drilled or converted for subsurface disposal of waste products or processed brine and its related surface facilities. (j) (e) "Exploratory purposes" means test well drilling for the specific purpose of discovering or outlining an orebody or mineable mineral resource. (k) (f) "Fund" means the mineral well regulatory fund created in section 62509b. (l) (g) "Mineral well" means any well subject to this part. (m) (h) "Natural brine" means naturally occurring mineralized water other than potable or fresh water. (n) (i) "Operator" means the person , whether owner or not, supervising or responsible for the drilling, operating, repairing, abandoning, or plugging of wells a well subject to this part, whether or not that person is the owner. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (o) (j) "Owner" means the person who has the right to drill, convert, or operate any well subject to this part. (p) (k) "Pollution" means damage or injury from the loss, escape, or unapproved disposal of any substance at any well subject to this part. (q) (l) "Storage well" means a well drilled into a subsurface formation to develop an underground storage cavity for subsequent use in storage operations. Storage well does not include a storage well drilled pursuant to part 615. (r) (m) "Supervisor of mineral wells" means the state geologist. (s) (n) "Surface waste" means damage to, injury to, or destruction of surface waters, soils, water, of soil, of animal, fish, and or aquatic life, or of surface property from unnecessary seepage or loss incidental to or resulting from drilling, equipping, or operating a well or wells subject to this part. (t) (o) "Test well" means a well, core hole, core test, observation well, or other well drilled from the surface to determine the presence of a mineral, mineral resource, ore, or rock unit, or to obtain geological or geophysical information or other subsurface data related to mineral exploration and extraction. Test well does not include holes drilled in the operation of a quarry, open pit, or underground mine, or any wells not related to mineral exploration or extraction. (u) (p) "Underground storage cavity" means a cavity formed by dissolving rock salt or other readily soluble rock or mineral, by nuclear explosion, or by any other method for the purpose of storage or disposal. (v) (q) "Underground waste" means damage or injury to potable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 water, mineralized water, or other subsurface resources incidental to or resulting from drilling, equipping, or operating a well subject to this part. (w) (r) "Waste product" means waste or by-product resulting from municipal or industrial operations or waste from any trade, manufacture, business, or private pursuit that could cause pollution and for which underground disposal may be feasible or practical. Sec. 62508b. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the construction, expansion, or installation of either of the following is prohibited: (a) A new or converted multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well. (b) A new or converted class IV well. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a class IV well that either 40 CFR 144.13(c) provides is not prohibited by 40 CFR 144.13 or that 40 CFR 144.23(c) provides is authorized by rule. (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit any of the following: (a) Maintenance, repair, or like-for-like replacement of equipment necessary for the safe operation of an existing well, including, but not limited to, necessary workover and repairs of the well bore and injection equipment such as pumps, pressure monitoring equipment, and facility piping. (b) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), an equipment change at an existing well that demonstrably reduces the amount of hazardous or radioactive materials stored or emitted due to improved treatment methods or technologies, if the change does not increase the well's overall capacity or extend its operational lifespan. (c) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), an expansion of an 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 existing well site. (4) A proposed change under subsection (3)(b) or (c) must be approved by the department. The well operator shall submit to the department documentation demonstrating how the proposed change will meet the requirements of subsection (3)(b) or (c). The department shall make the documentation publicly available and provide for a public comment period of not less than 60 days before deciding to approve or reject the proposed change. (5) In reviewing proposals under subsection (4), the department shall prioritize changes that provide the greatest reduction in risk to public health and the environment. The department shall not approve any changes that could result in increased exposure or risk to overburdened communities. Sec. 62509. (1) A person shall not drill or begin the drilling of any brine, storage, or waste disposal well, or convert any well for these uses, and except as authorized by a permit issued by the supervisor of mineral wells pursuant to part 13 and rules promulgated by the supervisor of mineral wells, and unless the person files with the supervisor of mineral wells an approved surety or security bond. The application shall be accompanied by a survey of the well site. The department shall conduct an investigation and inspection before the supervisor of mineral wells issues a permit. A permit shall not be issued to any an owner or his or her the owner's authorized representative who if either person does not comply with the rules of the supervisor of mineral wells or who is in violation of this part or any rule of the supervisor of mineral wells. Upon submission to the supervisor of mineral wells of appropriate evidence of the completion of the drilling or converting conversion of a well for storage or waste 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 disposal and after necessary of testing by the owner to determine that indicates the well can be used for these purposes and in a manner that will not cause surface or underground waste, the supervisor of mineral wells , upon receipt of appropriate evidence, shall approve and regulate the use of the well for storage or waste disposal. These operations shall be conducted pursuant to part 31. The supervisor of mineral wells may schedule a public hearing to consider the need or advisability of permitting the drilling or operating operation of a storage or waste disposal well, or converting the conversion of a well for these uses, if the public safety or other interests are involved. (2) A person shall not drill a test well 50 feet or greater in depth into the bedrock or below the deepest freshwater strata, except as provided in section 62508(c), except as unless the drilling is authorized by a permit issued by the supervisor of mineral wells pursuant to part 13 and rules promulgated by the supervisor of mineral wells , and unless the person files with the supervisor of mineral wells an approved surety or security bond. The application shall be accompanied by the fee provided in subsection (6). The department shall conduct an investigation and inspection before the supervisor of mineral wells issues a permit. A permit shall not be issued to any an owner or his or her the owner's authorized representative who if either person does not comply with the rules of the supervisor of mineral wells or who is in violation of this part or any rule of the supervisor of mineral wells. A test well that penetrates below the deepest freshwater stratum or is greater than 250 feet in depth is subject to an individual test well permit. A test well that does not penetrate below the deepest freshwater stratum and is 250 feet or less in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 depth is subject to a blanket test well permit. The supervisor of mineral wells may allow a blanket test well permit for wells deeper than 250 feet if the applicant so requests and provides the supervisor of mineral wells with geological data demonstrating that the test well will remain within the freshwater stratum. This subsection does not apply to a test well regulated under part 111 or part 115, or a water well regulated under part 127 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12701 to 333.12771. (3) A permit is not required to drill a test well in those areas of the this state where rocks of Precambrian age directly underlie unconsolidated surface deposits or in those areas that have been designated pursuant to section 62508(c). However, within at least 30 days before drilling the well, the owner shall provide notice to the supervisor of mineral wells on a form provided by the supervisor of mineral wells. The form shall be accompanied by a $500.00 fee and an approved surety or security bond. The form shall include the location of proposed test wells, including a map, measures to be taken to prevent soil erosion, a description of casing, and sealing and plugging procedures. Within 2 years after completion of the drilling of the well, the owner shall advise the supervisor of mineral wells of the location of the well and file with the supervisor of mineral wells the log required under section 62508(d). The provisions of this part pertaining to the prevention and correction of surface and underground waste have the same application from other wells regulated under this part apply to these test wells as to other wells defined in this part.as described in this subsection. (4) Upon request, the supervisor of mineral wells may issue to a qualified persons person a blanket permit to drill within a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 county test wells which that will not penetrate below the deepest freshwater stratum and are 250 feet or less in depth. (5) All information and records pertaining to the application for and issuance of permits for wells subject to this part shall be held confidential in the same manner as provided for logs and reports on these wells. However, the supervisor of mineral wells may share basic information such as the well type, location, and applicant name. (6) A permit application submitted under this section shall be accompanied by the following permit application fee: (a) Disposal well for disposal of waste products other than processed brine $ 2,500.00. (b) Disposal well for disposal of processed brine $ 500.00. (c) Storage well $ 500.00. (d) Natural brine production well $ 500.00. (e) Artificial brine production well $ 500.00. (f) Individual test well under subsection (2) $ 500.00. (g) Blanket permit for test wells drilled pursuant to subsection (4): (i) 1 to 24 wells $ 75.00. (ii) 25 to 49 wells $ 150.00. (iii) 50 to 75 wells $ 300.00. (iv) 75 to 200 wells $ 600.00. (7) The supervisor of mineral wells shall deposit all permit application fees collected under this section into the fund. Sec. 62509d. (1) Within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and annually thereafter, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 an operator of a class I well or a class III well shall, for each well, file proof of financial responsibility, as described in subsections (2) and (4), for which this state is the sole beneficiary. (2) The financial responsibility under subsection (1) shall be a surety bond issued by an authorized insurer whose certificate of authority is in good standing, a cash account, or an automatically annually renewing certificate of deposit. The surety bond, cash account, or certificate of deposit shall comply, and shall be interpreted to comply, with all of the following, as applicable: (a) The amount meets both of the following requirements: (i) Is at least the following: (A) For a class I hazardous waste well, $500,000.00. (B) For a class I nonhazardous well, $250,000.00. (C) For multiple class I nonhazardous wells, not to exceed 4 wells, $500,000.00 for a blanket bond. (D) For a class III well, $100,000.00. (E) For multiple class III wells, not to exceed 20 wells, $1,000,000.00 for a blanket bond. (ii) Is sufficient to cover the costs of well plugging and reclamation, as determined by the department based on engineering, geotechnical, environmental, or location conditions. (b) The terms of the instrument cannot be altered without the approval of the department. (c) A cash account or deposit is held in trust by a federally insured financial institution that meets all of the following requirements: (i) Is regulated by banking authorities of this state or the federal government. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (ii) Holds the deposit in a segregated trust account solely for the benefit of this state. (iii) Releases funds only upon written authorization from this state. (iv) The deposit cannot be offset against or encumbered by any other obligation. (d) Cancellation of a bond requires at least 120 days' advance notice. (e) The instrument remains in effect until the department determines that all of the following apply: (i) The class I well or class III well has been permanently plugged and abandoned in compliance with law and in a manner that protects underground sources of drinking water. (ii) All contamination at the site has been remediated. (iii) The soil at the site has been stabilized and the site has been regraded to conditions approved by the department, with vegetation sufficiently established to prevent erosion or offsite runoff. (iv) All required well records and supporting documentation have been submitted to the department, no adverse environmental conditions caused by the drilling of the well remain at the surface or within an underground source of drinking water, and the department considers the site to meet plugging-approved status. (3) Payment under an instrument required by subsection (2) does not relieve the operator from any other legal requirements. Assets under the instrument revert to the operator's control, at the operator's request, only after the operator has adequately plugged the wells, reclaimed the well site, and complied with all orders of the supervisor or department under this act. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (4) The financial responsibility under subsection (1) shall also include environmental pollution insurance coverage that complies with all of the following: (a) The amount of coverage meets both of the following requirements: (i) Is at least $5,000,000.00 per occurrence for a multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well or $2,500,000.00 per occurrence for a captive hazardous waste disposal well. (ii) Is considered by the department to be sufficient to cover the remediation of private property that could reasonably be affected by future environmental incidents caused by the drilling of the well and the replacement of drinking water supplies for properties with affected water wells. (b) After the well is plugged, the insurance remains in effect until the department determines the well meets plugging-approved status requirements and extends for an additional 10 years for a class I hazardous waste well or 5 years for a class I nonhazardous well. (c) The insurance is provided by an insurance carrier authorized, licensed, or permitted to conduct such insurance business in this state and that holds at least an A- rating by AM Best or any comparable rating service. (d) The insurance is not issued by a captive insurer, surplus line insurer, or risk retention group. (5) Within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and annually thereafter, an operator of a test well shall, for each well, file proof of financial responsibility for which this state is the sole beneficiary. The financial responsibility shall be a surety bond issued by an 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 authorized insurer whose certificate of authority is in good standing, a cash account, or an automatically annually renewing certificate of deposit. The financial responsibility shall comply, and shall be interpreted to comply, with the following, as applicable: (a) The amount meets both of the following requirements: (i) Is at least $10,000.00. (ii) Is sufficient to cover the costs of well plugging and reclamation, as determined by the department based on engineering, geotechnical, environmental, or location conditions. (b) The terms of the instrument shall not be altered without the approval of the department. (c) A cash account or deposit is held in trust by a federally insured financial institution that meets all of the following requirements: (i) Is regulated by banking authorities of this state or the federal government. (ii) Holds the deposit in a segregated trust account solely for the benefit of this state. (iii) Releases funds only upon written authorization from this state. (iv) The deposit cannot be offset against or encumbered by any other obligation. (d) Cancellation of a bond requires at least 120 days' advance notice. (e) The instrument remains in effect until the department determines that all of the following apply: (i) The test well has been permanently plugged and abandoned in compliance with law and in a manner that protects underground 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 sources of drinking water. (ii) All contamination at the site has been remediated. (iii) The soil at the site has been stabilized and rehabilitated. (iv) The ecosystem has been restored. (6) Payment under an instrument required by subsection (5) does not relieve the operator from any other legal requirements. Assets under the instrument revert to the operator's control, at the operators request, only after the operator has adequately plugged the wells, reclaimed the well site, and complied with all orders of the supervisor or department under this act. Enacting section 1. Sections 11111 and 11112 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11111 and 324.11112, are repealed. Enacting section 2. Section 11525a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11525a, as amended by this amendatory act, takes effect March 1, 2026.
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5959 Sec. 11102. (1) "Captive hazardous waste disposal well" means a class I well that is used by the owner or operator to inject hazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner or operator or its subsidiaries.
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6363 (3) "Captive nonhazardous waste disposal well" means a class I well that is used by the owner or operator to inject only nonhazardous waste generated exclusively by the owner or operator or its subsidiaries.
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135135 department to be necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment, and includes, but is not limited to, investigation, evaluation, cleanup, removal, remediation, monitoring, containment, isolation, treatment, storage, management, temporary relocation of people, and provision of alternative water supplies, or any corrective action allowed under the solid waste disposal act or regulations promulgated pursuant to that act.
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137137 (8) (3) "Designated facility" means a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that has received a permit or has interim status under the solid waste disposal act or has a permit from a state authorized under section 3006 of subtitle C of the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6926, and which, if located in this state, has an operating license issued under this part, has a legally binding agreement with the department that authorizes operation, or is subject to the requirements of section 11123(8).
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139139 (9) (4) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of a hazardous waste into or on land or water in a manner that the hazardous waste or a constituent of the hazardous waste may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or be discharged into water, including groundwater.
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209209 (3) "Hazardous waste" means waste or a combination of waste and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material that because of its quantity, quality, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible illness or serious incapacitating but reversible illness, or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment if improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste does not include material that is solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage discharge, solid or dissolved material in an irrigation return flow discharge, industrial discharge that is a point source subject to permits under section 402 of title IV of the federal water pollution control act, chapter 758, 86 Stat . 880, 33 U.S.C. USC 1342, or is a source material, special nuclear material, or by-product byproduct material as defined by the atomic energy act of 1954, chapter 1073, 68 Stat. 919.42 USC 2011 to 2297h-13.
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499499 (18) "Newly regulated waste" means hazardous waste identified, listed, or characterized after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, including, but not limited to, the following:
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507507 (19) (14) "On site" means on the same or geographically contiguous property that may be divided by a public or private right-of-way if the entrance and exit between the pieces of property are at a crossroads intersection and access is by crossing rather than going along the right-of-way. On site property includes noncontiguous pieces of property owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way that the owner controls and to which the public does not have access.
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509509 Sec. 11104. (1) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a disposal, treatment, or storage facility with approval of the department either by contract or license.
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569569 (2) "Site identification number" means a number that is assigned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the United States Environmental Protection Agency's designee to each generator, each transporter, and each treatment, storage, or disposal facility. If the generator or transporter or the treatment, storage, or disposal facility manages wastes that are hazardous under this part and the rules promulgated under this part but are not hazardous under the solid waste disposal act, site identification number means an equivalent number that is assigned by the department.
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571571 (3) "Solid waste" means that term as it is defined in part 115.
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577577 (6) "Surface impoundment" or "impoundment" means a treatment, storage, or disposal facility or part of a treatment, storage, or disposal facility that is a natural topographic depression, human-made excavation, or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials, although it may be lined with human-made materials, that is designed to hold an accumulation of liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids, and that is not an injection well. Surface impoundments include, but are not limited to, holding, storage,
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639639 (7) "Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material" or "TENORM" means naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide concentrations have been increased as a result of human practices. TENORM does not include any of the following:
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641641 (a) Source material, as defined in section 11 of the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 USC 2014, and its progeny in equilibrium.
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643643 (b) Material material with concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 each less than 5 picocuries per gram.
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645645 (8) "The solid waste disposal act" means title II of Public Law 89-272.
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647647 (9) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of hazardous waste by air, rail, highway, or water.
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649649 (10) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste, to neutralize the waste, to recover energy or material resources from the waste, or to render the waste nonhazardous or less hazardous, safer to transport, store, or dispose of, amenable to recovery, amenable to storage, or reduced in volume. Treatment includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous.
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713713 (13) "Vehicle" means a transport vehicle as defined in 49 CFR 171.8.
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715715 Sec. 11108. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each the owner or operator of a landfill shall pay to the department a fee assessed on hazardous waste disposed of in the landfill. The fee shall be based on the quantity of hazardous waste specified on the manifest or monthly operating report and, through December 31, 2025, 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. Subject to subsection (7), beginning January 1, 2026, the fee shall be $25.00 per ton, $25.00 per cubic yard, or 1.25 cents 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.
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717717 (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
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779779 (3) The following hazardous waste is exempt from the fees provided for in this section:
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781781 (a) Ash that results from the incineration of hazardous waste or the incineration of solid waste as defined in part 115.
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843843 (c) Hazardous waste that is removed as part of a site cleanup activity at the expense of this state or the federal government.
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853853 (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 quantity 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
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917917 (6) The landfill owner or operator and the A landfill or 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:
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919919 (a) The volume quantity of hazardous waste subject to a fee.
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921921 (b) The name of each generator who was assessed a fee, the generator's identification number, manifest numbers, hazardous waste volumes, quantities, and the amount of the fee assessed.
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923923 (7) A generator 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 a reduction in the amount of hazardous waste 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. 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
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985985 (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. 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. 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. A form submitted by the generator as provided for in subsection (7) shall be certified by the generator or the generator's authorized agent.
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987987 (7) Beginning January 1, 2031, and every fifth year thereafter, the state treasurer shall adjust each of the current fees under this section by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the most recent 5-year period for which Consumer Price Index statistics are available. As used in this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a successor agency.
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10471047 (8) (9) The department shall maintain information regarding the landfill disposal fees received and refunds provided under this section.
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10491049 (9) (10) The fees collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited as follows:
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10511051 (a) 55% in the cleanup and redevelopment fund created in section 20108.
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10531053 (b) 20% in the community surcharge reimbursement fund created in section 11525a(6).
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10551055 (c) 15% in the host communities grant fund created in section 11525a(7).
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10571057 (d) 10% percent in the materials management planning fund created in section 11525a(8).in the 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:
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10591059 (a) To pay refunds to generators under this section. (b) To fund programs created under this part, part 143, part 145, or the hazardous materials transportation act, 1998 PA 138, MCL 29.471 to 29.480.
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10631063 (d) To fund the permit to install program established under section 5505.
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10651065 Sec. 11109. (1) The owner or operator of a landfill shall pay to the department a fee assessed on TENORM disposed of in the landfill. The fee, through December 31, 2025, is $5.00 per ton. ,
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11251125 Beginning January 1, 2026, the fee is $12.50 per ton. Beginning January 1, 2031, and every fifth year thereafter, the state treasurer shall adjust the current fee under this subsection by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the most recent 5-year period for which Consumer Price Index statistics are available. As used in this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a successor agency. The fee shall be based on the quantity of TENORM specified on the monthly operating report. The fee for fractional tons of TENORM shall be proportional. The fee shall be paid within 30 days after the end of each calendar year quarter.
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11271127 (2) The department shall take enforcement action to collect fees that are not paid as required by this section.
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11331133 (5) The TENORM account is created within the environmental pollution prevention fund created in section 11130. The department shall forward fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit as follows:
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11971197 (c) 15% in the host communities grant fund created in section 11525a(7).
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11991199 (d) 10% in the materials management planning fund created in section 11525a(8).in the TENORM account. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any other source for deposit into the account. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the account. The state treasurer shall credit to the account interest and earnings from account investments. Money remaining in the account at the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund.
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12011201 (6) Money from the TENORM account shall be expended, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:
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12091209 Sec. 11110. (1) Not later than January 1, 1990, By 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 11122 and every 5 years thereafter, the department shall prepare an updated and adopt a comprehensive, updated state hazardous and LARM waste management plan.
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12751275 (a) (b) Be based upon on the location of generators, health and safety, transportation economics, of transporting, type types of waste, and existing treatment, storage, or disposal facilities.
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12771277 (c) Include information generated by the department of commerce and the department on hazardous waste capacity needs in the state.
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12791279 (d) Include information provided by the office of waste reduction created in part 143.
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12811281 (b) (e) Plan for the availability of hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities that have adequate capacity for the destruction, treatment, or secure disposition of all hazardous wastes that are reasonably expected to Based on information included in the plan under subdivision (f), specify a maximum licensed capacity for hazardous and LARM waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. The maximum capacity shall equal the amount of hazardous and LARM waste that the department determines will be generated within the in this state during the 20-year succeeding 5-year period. after October 1, 1988, as is described in section 104(c)(9)(A) of title I of the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980, Public Law 96-510, 42 U.S.C. 9604.The maximum capacity shall not be changed until the next 5-year update of the plan is adopted.
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12851285 (i) Identify areas of this state that would be eligible for siting hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities in compliance with section 11125(9).
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12871287 (ii) Map the eligible areas in relation to all of the following:
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13531353 (D) Relevant environmental and geological conditions.
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13551355 (iii) Propose specific siting criteria that establish minimum separation distances between treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and the following:
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13731373 (e) (g) Emphasize Provide for a shift away from the practice of landfilling hazardous waste and toward to the in-plant reduction
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14351435 (f) (h) Include necessary all of the following:
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14371437 (i) An analysis of all hazardous and LARM waste streams generated in this state, including waste volumes, classifications, and locations of origin.
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14391439 (ii) An inventory and assessment of current in-state hazardous and LARM waste management capacity using information generated by the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy and the department of labor and economic growth.
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14411441 (iii) Projections of future in-state hazardous and radioactive waste generation.
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14431443 (iv) Recommendations for state policies and programs to minimize hazardous and LARM waste generation.
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14451445 (v) An evaluation of hazardous and LARM waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies and best practices.
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14471447 (vi) A study and recommendation on whether this state should seek membership in an interstate low-level radioactive waste compact.
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14491449 (vii) Necessary legislative, administrative, and economic mechanisms, provisions, and a timetable to carry out the updated plan.
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14511451 (3) The department shall instruct the office of waste reduction created in part 143 to complete conduct studies as considered necessary for the completion of to complete the updated plan. The studies may include any of the following:
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14531453 (a) An inventory and evaluation of the sources of hazardous and LARM waste generation within this state or from other states, including the types, quantities, and chemical and physical
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15151515 (b) An inventory and evaluation of current hazardous and LARM waste management, minimization, or reduction practices and costs, including treatment, disposal, on-site recycling, reclamation, and other forms of source reduction within this state.
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15171517 (c) A projection or determination of future hazardous and LARM waste management needs based on section 11125(8) and an evaluation of existing capacities; , treatment or disposal capabilities; , manufacturing activity, limitations, and constraints; . Projection of needs shall consider the types, and sizes, and general locations of treatment, storage, or disposal facilities , general locations within the in this state; , and management control systems. , and an identified need for a state owned treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
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15191519 (d) An investigation and analysis of methods, incentives, or technologies for source reduction, reuse, recycling, or recovery of potentially hazardous and LARM waste and a strategy for encouraging the utilization or reduction of hazardous and LARM waste.
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15211521 (e) An investigation and analysis of methods and incentives to encourage interstate and international cooperation in the management of hazardous and LARM waste.
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15231523 (f) An estimate of the public and private cost of treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous and LARM waste.
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15251525 (g) An investigation and analysis of alternate methods for treatment and disposal of hazardous and LARM waste.
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15871587 additional treatment or disposal facilities in the state that are consistent with the updated plan. The department shall propose criteria which could be used in evaluating applicants for the incentives.
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15891589 (4) (5) Upon completion of the proposed updated plan, the department shall post the updated plan on its publicly accessible website, publish a notice in a number of 2 or more newspapers having major circulation within the this state as determined by the department, and shall issue a statewide news release announcing the availability of the updated plan for inspection or purchase at cost by interested persons. The announcement notice and news release shall indicate where and how the updated plan may be obtained or reviewed and shall indicate that not less than 6 public hearings shall be conducted at varying locations in the this state before formal adoption. the plan is adopted. The first public hearing shall not be held until not less than 60 days have elapsed from after the date of the notice and news release announcing the availability of the updated plan. The remaining public hearings shall be held within 120 days after the first public hearing at approximately equal time intervals.
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15911591 (5) (6) After the public hearings, the department shall prepare a written summary of the comments received, provide comments on responses to the major concerns raised, make amendments to the proposed updated plan that the department considers advisable, and determine whether the updated plan should be adopted.adopt the proposed updated plan.
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15931593 Sec. 11122. (1) Until 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, or until the first updated state hazardous and LARM waste management plan required under
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16531653 section 11110 after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section is adopted and implemented, whichever is later, the department shall not do any of the following, except as provided in subsection (2) or (3):
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16551655 (a) Issue an operating license for a new multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility under section 11125.
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16571657 (b) Amend an operating license for an existing multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility in a manner that authorizes the expansion of operations, overall capacity, or the facility.
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16591659 (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not prohibit any of the following amendments to existing operating licenses:
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16611661 (a) Amendments necessary to maintain compliance with this act or rules promulgated under this act.
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16631663 (b) Amendments made to incorporate new requirements imposed by this act or rules promulgated under this act.
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16651665 (c) Amendments limited to the capacity needed to manage the amount of newly regulated wastes to be generated in this state during the succeeding 5-year period, as determined by the department based on waste generation data and projections.
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16671667 (3) Any capacity authorized by an amendment described in subsection (2) shall be included in calculating the total licensed capacity under section 11125(8).
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16691669 Sec. 11125. (1) Upon receipt of an operating license application that complies with the requirements of section 11123(2), the department shall do all of the following:
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16711671 (a) Notify the municipality and county in which the treatment, storage, or disposal facility is located or proposed to be located;
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17311731 a the local soil erosion and sedimentation control agency appointed pursuant to part 91; each division within the department that has responsibility in land, air, or water management; a the regional planning agency established by executive directive of the governor; and other appropriate agencies. The notice shall describe the procedure by which the license may be approved or denied.
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17331733 (b) Review the plans of the proposed treatment, storage, or disposal facility to determine if the proposed operation complies with this part and the rules promulgated under this part. The review shall be made within the department. The review shall include, but need not be limited to, a review of air quality, water quality, waste management, hydrogeology, and the applicant's disclosure statement. A written and signed review by each person within the department reviewing the application and plans shall must be received and filed in the department's license application records before an operating license is issued or denied by the department.
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17351735 (c) Integrate the relevant provisions of all permits that the applicant is required to obtain from the department to construct the proposed treatment, storage, or disposal facility into the operating license required by this part.
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17371737 (d) Consider the mitigation measures proposed to be implemented as identified in section 11123(2)(m).
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17391739 (e) Hold a public hearing not more than within 60 days. after receipt of the application.
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17411741 (2) The department may establish operating license conditions specifically applicable to the treatment, storage, or disposal facility and operation at that site to mitigate adverse impacts.
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18051805 (4) The department shall make a final decision on an operating license application within 140 days after the department receives a complete application. However, if the this state's hazardous waste management program is authorized by the United States environmental protection agency under section 3006 of subtitle C of the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6926, the department may extend the deadline beyond the limitation provided in this section in order to fulfill the public participation requirements of the solid waste disposal act. The operating license may contain stipulations specifically applicable to the site and operation.
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18071807 (5) A local ordinance, permit, or other requirement shall not prohibit the operation of a licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
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18091809 (6) If any information required to be included in the disclosure statement required under section 11123 changes or is supplemented after the filing of the statement, the applicant or licensee shall provide that information to the department in writing within 30 days after the change or addition.
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18111811 (7) The department may deny an operating license application submitted pursuant to section 11123 if any information described in section 11123(2)(k)(ii) to (iv) was not disclosed as required in section 11123(2) or this section.
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18131813 (8) After the moratorium under section 11122 ends, the department shall not issue an operating license for a new multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility or the expansion of an existing facility if doing so would cause the total licensed capacity to exceed 1/5 of the
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18731873 limit established in the current state hazardous and LARM waste management plan under section 11110(2)(b). For the purposes of this subsection, "total licensed capacity" means the maximum amount of waste that all treatment, storage, or disposal facilities in this state are authorized to manage annually under their current operating licenses.
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18751875 (9) Subject to subsection (10), the department shall not issue a license or approval to establish or expand a multisource commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, including, but not limited to, a class I well, if any of the following apply:
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18771877 (a) The new facility or expansion is proposed to be located in a city, village, township, or county where any of the following apply:
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18791879 (i) Another multisource hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, class I well, or class IV well is currently operating.
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18811881 (ii) Another multisource hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, class I well, or class IV well has operated within the past 25 years, unless all of the following requirements are met:
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18831883 (A) The owner or operator of the facility or well described in this subparagraph completes closure and postclosure care in accordance with all applicable state and federal requirements.
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19491949 (b) The new facility or expansion is proposed to be located within 50 miles of a currently operating treatment, storage, or disposal facility, class I well, or class IV well that manages hazardous waste generated by a person other than the owner or operator or its subsidiaries.
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19531953 (i) The population density exceeds the state average population density by 50% or more, based on the most recent census data.
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19591959 (10) Subsection (9) does not apply to the expansion of a captive nonhazardous waste disposal well.
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20412041 Sec. 11132. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a A person shall not deliver to a landfill in this state for disposal and the owner or operator of a landfill shall not permit disposal in the landfill of any of the following:
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21112111 (2) Except as otherwise specified in the landfill operating license, the owner or operator of a landfill shall not permit a delivery of TENORM for disposal at the landfill unless the generator has provided the following information in writing to the owner or operator of the landfill:
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21132113 (a) The concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, lead-210, and any other radionuclide identified using gamma spectroscopy, or an equivalent analytical method, in the TENORM based on techniques for representative sampling and waste characterization approved by the department.
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21152115 (b) An estimate of the total mass of the TENORM.
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21832183 thereof, but not more than 500 picocuries per gram for each radionuclide, . An the operating license under this part with such an authorization constitutes a license from the this state's radiation control authority under part 135 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13501 to 333.13537, to possess the TENORM if the conditions and procedures for issuance of the operating license under this part are were sufficient to satisfy the licensing requirements of part 135 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13501 to 333.13537. The disposal of TENORM described in this subsection after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 11122 is prohibited.
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21852185 (5) A request under subsection (4) shall include all of the following:
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22652265 (c) A description of any steps necessary to ensure the annual dose to members of the public during landfill operation and after site closure will be less than 25 millirem.
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22672267 (d) A description of an environmental monitoring program under subsection (6).
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22692269 (5) (6) If TENORM is disposed at a landfill, the operator of the landfill shall conduct a monitoring program that complies with all of the following:
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22712271 (a) Radiological monitoring of site workers and at the landfill property boundary are conducted as specified in the license.
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22732273 (b) Radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 are included among the parameters analyzed in leachate and groundwater at the frequency specified in the license.
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22772277 (d) Results of all monitoring required under this subsection are included in the environmental monitoring reports required under rules promulgated under this part and the facility operating license.
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22792279 (6) (7) The owner or operator of a landfill shall submit to the department by March 15 each year a report that summarizes the information obtained under subsection (2) for all TENORM disposed at the landfill during the previous calendar year.
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23392339 (7) (8) The owner or operator of a landfill shall do both of the following:
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23452345 (8) A person shall not mix TENORM with any material for the purposes of reducing the concentration of radium-226, radium-228, or lead-210, if the regulation of the resulting material under this part or part 115 is affected. A person shall not store or dispose of the resulting material except in compliance with the provisions of this part or part 115 applicable to the TENORM before the mixing occurred.
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23492349 Sec. 11514b. (1) A person shall not deliver to a type II landfill in this state for disposal and the owner or operator of a type II landfill shall not permit disposal in the landfill of technologically any of the following:
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23512351 (a) enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material TENORM with any of the following:
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24212421 (2) The owner or operator of a type II landfill shall not permit a delivery of TENORM for disposal at the landfill unless the generator has provided the following information in writing to the owner or operator of the landfill:
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24232423 (a) The concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, lead-210, and any other radionuclide identified using gamma spectroscopy, or an equivalent analytical method, in the TENORM based on techniques for representative sampling and waste characterization approved by the department.
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24252425 (b) An estimate of the total mass of the TENORM.
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24272427 (c) An estimate of the total radium-226 activity, the total radium-228 activity, and the total lead-210 activity of the TENORM.
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24312431 (3) The department may test TENORM proposed to be delivered to a landfill.
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24332433 (4) Within 45 days after the end of each state fiscal year, the owner or operator of a type II landfill shall submit to the department an annual a report that summarizes the information obtained under subsection (2) for all TENORM disposed at the landfill during the previous state fiscal year.
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24352435 (5) The owner or operator of a type II landfill that disposes of TENORM with a concentration of radium-226 more than 25 picocuries per gram, a concentration of radium-228 more than 25 picocuries per gram, or a concentration of lead-210 more than 25 picocuries per gram shall do all of the following:
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24372437 (a) Ensure that all TENORM is deposited at least 10 feet below the bottom of the future landfill cap.
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25012501 (c) Conduct a monitoring program that complies with all of the following:
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25052505 (ii) Radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 are included among the parameters analyzed in leachate and groundwater at the frequency specified in the license.
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25072507 (iii) Results of all monitoring required under this subsection are included in the environmental monitoring reports required under rules promulgated under this part and the facility operating license.
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25092509 (6) This part does not apply to materials or activities listed in section 1(2) of 1978 PA 113, MCL 325.491.
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25112511 (7) (6) As used in this section, "technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material" or "TENORM" means naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide concentrations have been increased as a result of human practices. TENORM does not include any of the following:
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25132513 (a) Source material, as defined in section 11 of the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 USC 2014, and its progeny in equilibrium.
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25152515 (b) Material material with concentrations of radium-226, radium-228, and lead-210 each less than 5 picocuries per gram.
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25172517 Sec. 11525a. (1) The Subject to subsection (2), the owner or operator of a landfill or coal ash impoundment shall pay a surcharge as follows:
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25792579 waste incinerator ash that is disposed of in the landfill or coal ash impoundment. before October 1, 2027.
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25812581 (b) For a landfill or coal ash impoundment that is not a captive facility, 12 cents per for each ton or portion of a ton of foundry sand, slag from metal melting, baghouse dust, furnace refractory brick, pulp and paper mill material, paper mill ash, wood ash, coal bottom ash, mixed wood ash, fly ash, flue gas desulfurization sludge, contaminated soil, cement kiln dust, lime kiln dust, and other industrial waste that weighs at least 1 ton per cubic yard, as determined by the generator.
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25832583 (c) For a type III landfill or coal ash impoundment that is a captive facility and annually receives the following amount of waste, the following annual corresponding surcharge for each state fiscal year, based on the amount of waste received during that fiscal year:
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25852585 (i) 100,000 or more tons of waste, $3,000.00.
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25872587 (ii) 75,000 or more but less than 100,000 tons of waste, $2,500.00.
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25892589 (iii) 50,000 or more but less than 75,000 tons of waste, $2,000.00.
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25912591 (iv) 25,000 or more but less than 50,000 tons of waste, $1,000.00.
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25932593 (v) Less than 25,000 tons of waste, $500.00.
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25952595 (2) Effective October 1, 2030, and every fifth year thereafter, the department may increase the surcharges specified in subsection (1) and the funding for the solid waste staff account specified in subsection (5)(a) by amounts determined by multiplying those amounts by the inflation adjustment factor. The department shall round the surcharges to the nearest whole cent and the
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26572657 (3) (2) Within 30 days after the end of each quarter of a state fiscal year, the owner or operator of a landfill or coal ash impoundment that is not a captive facility shall pay the surcharge under subsection (1)(a) or (b) for waste received during that quarter of the state fiscal year. Within 30 days after the end of a state fiscal year, the owner or operator of a type III landfill or coal ash impoundment that is a captive facility shall pay the surcharge under subsection (1)(b) (1)(c) for waste received during that state fiscal year.
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26592659 (4) (3) If the owner or operator of a landfill or coal ash impoundment is required to pay the surcharge under subsection (1), the owner or operator shall pass through and collect the surcharge from any person that generated the solid waste or arranged for its delivery to the hauler or solid waste processing and transfer facility, notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement to the contrary or the absence of any agreement.
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27212721 amendatory act that added subsection (6) must be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit as follows:
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27252725 (b) The balance each state fiscal year as follows:
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27272727 (i) 55% in the cleanup and redevelopment fund created in section 20108.
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27292729 (ii) 20% in the community surcharge reimbursement fund created in subsection (6).
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27312731 (iii) 15% in the host communities grant fund created in subsection (7).
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27332733 (iv) 10% in the materials management planning fund created in subsection (8).
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27352735 (6) The community surcharge reimbursement fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under subsection (5)(b)(ii), section 11108(9)(b), section 11109(5)(b), or from any other lawful source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. The department is the administrator of the fund for audits of the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for grants to reimburse or partially reimburse municipalities for surcharges and fees paid, whether directly or through a contract with a private hauler, under this section and sections 11108 and 11109 and deposited in the community surcharge reimbursement fund. To obtain a grant, a municipality must file an application with the department during the period of March 1
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27972797 (7) The host communities grant fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under subsection (5)(b)(iii), section 11108(9)(c), section 11109(5)(c), or from any other lawful source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. The department is the administrator of the fund for audits of the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for annual grants to cities and townships that are the sites of landfills and coal ash impoundments that pay surcharges under this section or fees under section 11108 or 11109. To obtain a grant, a city or township must file an application with the department during the period of November 1 through December 1. The application shall be filed on a form and in a medium provided or approved by the department. The department shall award grants by March 1 to cities and townships that timely submitted a complete application. Each grant shall be equal to the amount of surcharges deposited in the
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28592859 (8) The materials management planning fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under subsection (5)(b)(iv), section 11108(9)(d), section 11109(5)(d) or from any other lawful source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the fund. The department is the administrator of the fund for audits of the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and not lapse to the general fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, on appropriation, only for grants for materials management planning, including grants to counties, regional planning agencies, municipalities, and other entities responsible for preparing, implementing, and maintaining materials management plans.
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28612861 (9) As used in this section, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
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29372937 (ii) An industrial and municipal disposal well that injects fluids beneath the lowermost formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore.
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30113011 waste into a formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore.
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30133013 (ii) A well that is used by a generator of hazardous waste or radioactive waste, by the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility, or by the owner or operator of a radioactive waste disposal site to dispose of hazardous waste or radioactive waste above a formation that contains all or part of an underground source of drinking water within 1/4 mile of the well bore.
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30173017 (h) (c) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.environment, Great Lakes, and energy.
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30253025 (l) (g) "Mineral well" means any well subject to this part.
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30293029 (n) (i) "Operator" means the person , whether owner or not, supervising or responsible for the drilling, operating, repairing, abandoning, or plugging of wells a well subject to this part, whether or not that person is the owner.
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30893089 (o) (j) "Owner" means the person who has the right to drill, convert, or operate any well subject to this part.
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30933093 (q) (l) "Storage well" means a well drilled into a subsurface formation to develop an underground storage cavity for subsequent use in storage operations. Storage well does not include a storage well drilled pursuant to part 615.
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30953095 (r) (m) "Supervisor of mineral wells" means the state geologist.
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30973097 (s) (n) "Surface waste" means damage to, injury to, or destruction of surface waters, soils, water, of soil, of animal, fish, and or aquatic life, or of surface property from unnecessary seepage or loss incidental to or resulting from drilling, equipping, or operating a well or wells subject to this part.
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30993099 (t) (o) "Test well" means a well, core hole, core test, observation well, or other well drilled from the surface to determine the presence of a mineral, mineral resource, ore, or rock unit, or to obtain geological or geophysical information or other subsurface data related to mineral exploration and extraction. Test well does not include holes drilled in the operation of a quarry, open pit, or underground mine, or any wells not related to mineral exploration or extraction.
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31013101 (u) (p) "Underground storage cavity" means a cavity formed by dissolving rock salt or other readily soluble rock or mineral, by nuclear explosion, or by any other method for the purpose of storage or disposal.
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31633163 water, mineralized water, or other subsurface resources incidental to or resulting from drilling, equipping, or operating a well subject to this part.
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31653165 (w) (r) "Waste product" means waste or by-product resulting from municipal or industrial operations or waste from any trade, manufacture, business, or private pursuit that could cause pollution and for which underground disposal may be feasible or practical.
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31673167 Sec. 62508b. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the construction, expansion, or installation of either of the following is prohibited:
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31693169 (a) A new or converted multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well.
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31713171 (b) A new or converted class IV well.
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31733173 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a class IV well that either 40 CFR 144.13(c) provides is not prohibited by 40 CFR 144.13 or that 40 CFR 144.23(c) provides is authorized by rule.
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31753175 (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit any of the following:
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31773177 (a) Maintenance, repair, or like-for-like replacement of equipment necessary for the safe operation of an existing well, including, but not limited to, necessary workover and repairs of the well bore and injection equipment such as pumps, pressure monitoring equipment, and facility piping.
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31793179 (b) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), an equipment change at an existing well that demonstrably reduces the amount of hazardous or radioactive materials stored or emitted due to improved treatment methods or technologies, if the change does not increase the well's overall capacity or extend its operational lifespan.
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31813181 (c) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), an expansion of an
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32413241 existing well site.
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32433243 (4) A proposed change under subsection (3)(b) or (c) must be approved by the department. The well operator shall submit to the department documentation demonstrating how the proposed change will meet the requirements of subsection (3)(b) or (c). The department shall make the documentation publicly available and provide for a public comment period of not less than 60 days before deciding to approve or reject the proposed change.
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32453245 (5) In reviewing proposals under subsection (4), the department shall prioritize changes that provide the greatest reduction in risk to public health and the environment. The department shall not approve any changes that could result in increased exposure or risk to overburdened communities.
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32473247 Sec. 62509. (1) A person shall not drill or begin the drilling of any brine, storage, or waste disposal well, or convert any well for these uses, and except as authorized by a permit issued by the supervisor of mineral wells pursuant to part 13 and rules promulgated by the supervisor of mineral wells, and unless the person files with the supervisor of mineral wells an approved surety or security bond. The application shall be accompanied by a survey of the well site. The department shall conduct an investigation and inspection before the supervisor of mineral wells issues a permit. A permit shall not be issued to any an owner or his or her the owner's authorized representative who if either person does not comply with the rules of the supervisor of mineral wells or who is in violation of this part or any rule of the supervisor of mineral wells. Upon submission to the supervisor of mineral wells of appropriate evidence of the completion of the drilling or converting conversion of a well for storage or waste
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33073307 disposal and after necessary of testing by the owner to determine that indicates the well can be used for these purposes and in a manner that will not cause surface or underground waste, the supervisor of mineral wells , upon receipt of appropriate evidence, shall approve and regulate the use of the well for storage or waste disposal. These operations shall be conducted pursuant to part 31. The supervisor of mineral wells may schedule a public hearing to consider the need or advisability of permitting the drilling or operating operation of a storage or waste disposal well, or converting the conversion of a well for these uses, if the public safety or other interests are involved.
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33093309 (2) A person shall not drill a test well 50 feet or greater in depth into the bedrock or below the deepest freshwater strata, except as provided in section 62508(c), except as unless the drilling is authorized by a permit issued by the supervisor of mineral wells pursuant to part 13 and rules promulgated by the supervisor of mineral wells , and unless the person files with the supervisor of mineral wells an approved surety or security bond. The application shall be accompanied by the fee provided in subsection (6). The department shall conduct an investigation and inspection before the supervisor of mineral wells issues a permit. A permit shall not be issued to any an owner or his or her the owner's authorized representative who if either person does not comply with the rules of the supervisor of mineral wells or who is in violation of this part or any rule of the supervisor of mineral wells. A test well that penetrates below the deepest freshwater stratum or is greater than 250 feet in depth is subject to an individual test well permit. A test well that does not penetrate below the deepest freshwater stratum and is 250 feet or less in
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33693369 depth is subject to a blanket test well permit. The supervisor of mineral wells may allow a blanket test well permit for wells deeper than 250 feet if the applicant so requests and provides the supervisor of mineral wells with geological data demonstrating that the test well will remain within the freshwater stratum. This subsection does not apply to a test well regulated under part 111 or part 115, or a water well regulated under part 127 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12701 to 333.12771.
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33713371 (3) A permit is not required to drill a test well in those areas of the this state where rocks of Precambrian age directly underlie unconsolidated surface deposits or in those areas that have been designated pursuant to section 62508(c). However, within at least 30 days before drilling the well, the owner shall provide notice to the supervisor of mineral wells on a form provided by the supervisor of mineral wells. The form shall be accompanied by a $500.00 fee and an approved surety or security bond. The form shall include the location of proposed test wells, including a map, measures to be taken to prevent soil erosion, a description of casing, and sealing and plugging procedures. Within 2 years after completion of the drilling of the well, the owner shall advise the supervisor of mineral wells of the location of the well and file with the supervisor of mineral wells the log required under section 62508(d). The provisions of this part pertaining to the prevention and correction of surface and underground waste have the same application from other wells regulated under this part apply to these test wells as to other wells defined in this part.as described in this subsection.
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34333433 county test wells which that will not penetrate below the deepest freshwater stratum and are 250 feet or less in depth.
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34353435 (5) All information and records pertaining to the application for and issuance of permits for wells subject to this part shall be held confidential in the same manner as provided for logs and reports on these wells. However, the supervisor of mineral wells may share basic information such as the well type, location, and applicant name.
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34373437 (6) A permit application submitted under this section shall be accompanied by the following permit application fee:
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34393439 (a) Disposal well for disposal of waste
34403440 products other than processed brine $ 2,500.00.
34413441 (b) Disposal well for disposal of
34423442 processed brine $ 500.00.
34433443 (c) Storage well $ 500.00.
34443444 (d) Natural brine production well $ 500.00.
34453445 (e) Artificial brine production well $ 500.00.
34463446 (f) Individual test well under
34473447 subsection (2) $ 500.00.
34483448 (g) Blanket permit for test wells drilled pursuant to
34493449 subsection (4):
34503450 (i) 1 to 24 wells $ 75.00.
34513451 (ii) 25 to 49 wells $ 150.00.
34523452 (iii) 50 to 75 wells $ 300.00.
34533453 (iv) 75 to 200 wells $ 600.00.
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34573457 (a) Disposal well for disposal of waste
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34653465 (b) Disposal well for disposal of
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34713471 500.00.
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34773477 500.00.
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34793479 (d) Natural brine production well
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34833483 500.00.
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34853485 (e) Artificial brine production well
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34893489 500.00.
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34913491 (f) Individual test well under
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34973497 500.00.
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34993499 (g) Blanket permit for test wells drilled pursuant to
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35193519 300.00.
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35273527 (7) The supervisor of mineral wells shall deposit all permit application fees collected under this section into the fund.
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35893589 an operator of a class I well or a class III well shall, for each well, file proof of financial responsibility, as described in subsections (2) and (4), for which this state is the sole beneficiary.
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35913591 (2) The financial responsibility under subsection (1) shall be a surety bond issued by an authorized insurer whose certificate of authority is in good standing, a cash account, or an automatically annually renewing certificate of deposit. The surety bond, cash account, or certificate of deposit shall comply, and shall be interpreted to comply, with all of the following, as applicable:
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35933593 (a) The amount meets both of the following requirements:
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35953595 (i) Is at least the following:
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35973597 (A) For a class I hazardous waste well, $500,000.00.
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35993599 (B) For a class I nonhazardous well, $250,000.00.
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36013601 (C) For multiple class I nonhazardous wells, not to exceed 4 wells, $500,000.00 for a blanket bond.
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36033603 (D) For a class III well, $100,000.00.
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36053605 (E) For multiple class III wells, not to exceed 20 wells, $1,000,000.00 for a blanket bond.
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36073607 (ii) Is sufficient to cover the costs of well plugging and reclamation, as determined by the department based on engineering, geotechnical, environmental, or location conditions.
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36093609 (b) The terms of the instrument cannot be altered without the approval of the department.
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36113611 (c) A cash account or deposit is held in trust by a federally insured financial institution that meets all of the following requirements:
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36133613 (i) Is regulated by banking authorities of this state or the federal government.
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36733673 (ii) Holds the deposit in a segregated trust account solely for the benefit of this state.
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36753675 (iii) Releases funds only upon written authorization from this state.
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36773677 (iv) The deposit cannot be offset against or encumbered by any other obligation.
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36793679 (d) Cancellation of a bond requires at least 120 days' advance notice.
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36813681 (e) The instrument remains in effect until the department determines that all of the following apply:
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36833683 (i) The class I well or class III well has been permanently plugged and abandoned in compliance with law and in a manner that protects underground sources of drinking water.
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36853685 (ii) All contamination at the site has been remediated.
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36873687 (iii) The soil at the site has been stabilized and the site has been regraded to conditions approved by the department, with vegetation sufficiently established to prevent erosion or offsite runoff.
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36893689 (iv) All required well records and supporting documentation have been submitted to the department, no adverse environmental conditions caused by the drilling of the well remain at the surface or within an underground source of drinking water, and the department considers the site to meet plugging-approved status.
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36913691 (3) Payment under an instrument required by subsection (2) does not relieve the operator from any other legal requirements. Assets under the instrument revert to the operator's control, at the operator's request, only after the operator has adequately plugged the wells, reclaimed the well site, and complied with all orders of the supervisor or department under this act.
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37513751 (4) The financial responsibility under subsection (1) shall also include environmental pollution insurance coverage that complies with all of the following:
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37533753 (a) The amount of coverage meets both of the following requirements:
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37553755 (i) Is at least $5,000,000.00 per occurrence for a multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well or $2,500,000.00 per occurrence for a captive hazardous waste disposal well.
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37573757 (ii) Is considered by the department to be sufficient to cover the remediation of private property that could reasonably be affected by future environmental incidents caused by the drilling of the well and the replacement of drinking water supplies for properties with affected water wells.
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37593759 (b) After the well is plugged, the insurance remains in effect until the department determines the well meets plugging-approved status requirements and extends for an additional 10 years for a class I hazardous waste well or 5 years for a class I nonhazardous well.
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37613761 (c) The insurance is provided by an insurance carrier authorized, licensed, or permitted to conduct such insurance business in this state and that holds at least an A- rating by AM Best or any comparable rating service.
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37633763 (d) The insurance is not issued by a captive insurer, surplus line insurer, or risk retention group.
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37653765 (5) Within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and annually thereafter, an operator of a test well shall, for each well, file proof of financial responsibility for which this state is the sole beneficiary. The financial responsibility shall be a surety bond issued by an
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38253825 authorized insurer whose certificate of authority is in good standing, a cash account, or an automatically annually renewing certificate of deposit. The financial responsibility shall comply, and shall be interpreted to comply, with the following, as applicable:
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38313831 (ii) Is sufficient to cover the costs of well plugging and reclamation, as determined by the department based on engineering, geotechnical, environmental, or location conditions.
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38333833 (b) The terms of the instrument shall not be altered without the approval of the department.
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38353835 (c) A cash account or deposit is held in trust by a federally insured financial institution that meets all of the following requirements:
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38373837 (i) Is regulated by banking authorities of this state or the federal government.
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38393839 (ii) Holds the deposit in a segregated trust account solely for the benefit of this state.
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38473847 (e) The instrument remains in effect until the department determines that all of the following apply:
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38853885 sources of drinking water.
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38873887 (ii) All contamination at the site has been remediated.
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38893889 (iii) The soil at the site has been stabilized and rehabilitated.
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38913891 (iv) The ecosystem has been restored.
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38933893 (6) Payment under an instrument required by subsection (5) does not relieve the operator from any other legal requirements. Assets under the instrument revert to the operator's control, at the operators request, only after the operator has adequately plugged the wells, reclaimed the well site, and complied with all orders of the supervisor or department under this act.
38943894
38953895 Enacting section 1. Sections 11111 and 11112 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11111 and 324.11112, are repealed.
38963896
38973897 Enacting section 2. Section 11525a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11525a, as amended by this amendatory act, takes effect March 1, 2026.