SENATE BILL No. 209

 

 

February 17, 2005, Introduced by Senators BRATER, JACOBS, LELAND and EMERSON and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 3902 (MCL 324.3902).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3902. (1)  A  Except as provided in subsection (2) or

 

otherwise provided by rule, a person shall not sell, offer for

 

sale, or distribute for sale or use in this state a cleaning agent

 

that contains phosphorus in any form in excess of 8.7% by weight

 

expressed as elemental phosphorus.

 

     (2) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for

 

sale or use in this state either of the following cleaning agents

 

if they contain phosphorus in any form in excess of 0.5% by weight

 

expressed as elemental phosphorus:


 

     (a) A cleaning agent intended for use in household

 

dishwashers.

 

     (b) A cleaning agent that is intended for use with detergent

 

in household clothes washing machines.