HB-5400, As Passed House, June 10, 2014HB-5400, As Passed Senate, June 4, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 8504, 8505, 8513, 11502, 11503, 11504,

 

11505, 11506, 11542, 20101, 20114e, and 20115 (MCL 324.8504,

 

324.8505, 324.8513, 324.11502, 324.11503, 324.11504, 324.11505,

 

324.11506, 324.11542, 324.20101, 324.20114e, and 324.20115),

 

sections 8504 and 11542 as amended by 2004 PA 325, section 8505

 

as amended by 2006 PA 503, section 8513 as added by 1995 PA 60,

 

section 11502 as amended by 2007 PA 212, sections 11503, 11505,

 

and 11506 as amended by 2014 PA 24, section 11504 as amended by

 

2013 PA 250, section 20101 as amended by 2013 PA 141, section

 

20114e as amended by 2012 PA 446, and section 20115 as amended by

 

1995 PA 117, and by adding sections 3112e, 11551, 11551a, 11552,

 

11553, and 11554.

 


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 3112e. (1) Notwithstanding sections 3112 and 3113, a

 

 2  permit is not required under this part for any of the following:

 

 3        (a) The use of a beneficial use by-product for beneficial

 

 4  use 3 in compliance with part 115.

 

 5        (b) The storage of a beneficial use by-product in compliance

 

 6  with part 115.

 

 7        (2) As used in subsection (1), "beneficial use by-product"

 

 8  and "beneficial use 3" mean those terms as defined in section

 

 9  11502.

 

10        Sec. 8504. (1) A person shall not manufacture or distribute

 

11  fertilizer in this state, except specialty fertilizer and soil

 

12  conditioners, until the appropriate groundwater protection fee

 

13  provided in section 8715 has been submitted, and except as

 

14  authorized by a license to manufacture or distribute issued by

 

15  the department pursuant to part 13. An application for a license

 

16  shall be accompanied by a payment of a fee of $100.00 for each of

 

17  the following:

 

18        (a) Each fixed location at which fertilizer is manufactured

 

19  in this state.

 

20        (b) Each mobile unit used to manufacture fertilizer in this

 

21  state.

 

22        (c) Each location out of the this state that applies

 

23  labeling showing an out-of-state origin of fertilizer distributed

 

24  in this state to nonlicensees.

 

25        (2) An application for a license to manufacture or

 

26  distribute fertilizer shall include all of the following:

 


 1        (a) The name and address of the applicant.

 

 2        (b) The name and address of each bulk distribution point in

 

 3  the state not licensed for fertilizer manufacture or

 

 4  distribution. The name and address shown on the license shall be

 

 5  shown on all labels, pertinent invoices, and bulk storage for

 

 6  fertilizers distributed by the licensee in this state.

 

 7        (3) If the fertilizer is a beneficial use by-product

 

 8  intended for beneficial use 3 under part 115, the application

 

 9  shall also include the information identified in section

 

10  11551(7).

 

11        (4) (3) The licensee shall inform the director in writing of

 

12  additional distribution points established during the period of

 

13  the license.

 

14        (5) (4) A distributor is not required to obtain a license if

 

15  the distributor is selling fertilizer of a distributor or a

 

16  manufacturer licensed under this part.

 

17        (6) (5) All licenses to manufacture or distribute fertilizer

 

18  expire on December 31 of each year.

 

19        Sec. 8505. (1) A person shall not distribute a specialty

 

20  fertilizer or soil conditioner unless it is registered with the

 

21  department. An application for registration listing each brand

 

22  and product name of each grade of specialty fertilizer or soil

 

23  conditioner shall be made on a form furnished by the director.

 

24  and An application shall be accompanied with the fees described

 

25  in subsection (2) (4) for each brand and product name of each

 

26  grade. Labels for each brand and product name of each grade shall

 

27  accompany the application.

 


 1        (2) If the specialty fertilizer or soil conditioner is a

 

 2  beneficial use by-product intended for beneficial use 3 under

 

 3  part 115, the application shall also include the information

 

 4  identified in section 11551(7).

 

 5        (3) Upon approval of an application by the director, a copy

 

 6  of the registration approval shall be furnished to the applicant.

 

 7  All registrations expire on December 31 of each year.

 

 8        (4) (2) A person applying for a registration under

 

 9  subsection (1) shall pay the following annual fees for each brand

 

10  and product name of each grade:

 

11        (a) Registration fee of $25.00.

 

12        (b) Appropriate groundwater and freshwater protection fees

 

13  fee provided for in section 8715.

 

14        (5) (3) A distributor is not required to register a brand of

 

15  fertilizer that is registered under this part by another person,

 

16  if the label does not differ in any respect.

 

17        (6) (4) A manufacturer or distributor of custom blend

 

18  specialty fertilizers for home lawns, golf courses, recreational

 

19  areas, or other nonfarm areas shall is not be required to

 

20  register each grade distributed but shall license their firm on

 

21  an application furnished by the director for an annual fee of

 

22  $100.00 and shall label the fertilizer as provided in section

 

23  8502. The label of each fertilizer distributed under this

 

24  subsection shall be maintained by the manufacturer or distributor

 

25  for 1 year for inspection by the director.

 

26        (7) (5) A manufacturer or distributor of soil conditioners

 

27  blended according to specifications provided to a blender or

 


 1  blended as specifically requested by the consumer prior to

 

 2  blending shall either register each brand or blend distributed or

 

 3  license its firm on an application furnished by the director for

 

 4  an annual fee of $100.00 and shall label the soil conditioner as

 

 5  provided in section 8502. The label of each soil conditioner

 

 6  distributed under this subsection shall be maintained by the

 

 7  manufacturer or distributor for 1 year for inspection by the

 

 8  director.

 

 9        Sec. 8513. (1) The department may promulgate rules regarding

 

10  the bulk storage of fertilizers.

 

11        (2) If storage of a material used as a beneficial use by-

 

12  product for beneficial use 3 under part 115 meets the storage

 

13  requirements of that part, then the storage is exempt from

 

14  regulation no. 641, commercial fertilizer bulk storage, R

 

15  285.641.1 to R 285.641.18 of the Michigan administrative code.

 

16        Sec. 11502. (1) "Applicant" includes any person."Agronomic

 

17  rate" means a rate that meets both of the following requirements:

 

18        (a) Is generally recognized by the agricultural community or

 

19  is calculated for a particular area of land to improve the

 

20  physical nature of soil, such as structure, tilth, water

 

21  retention, pH, or porosity, or to provide macronutrients or

 

22  micronutrients in an amount not materially in excess of that

 

23  needed by the crop, forest, or vegetation grown on the land.

 

24        (b) Takes into account and minimizes runoff of beneficial

 

25  use by-products to surface water or neighboring properties, the

 

26  percolation of excess nutrients beyond the root zone, and the

 

27  liberation of metals from the soil into groundwater.

 


 1        (2) "Ashes" means the residue from the burning of wood,

 

 2  coal, coke, refuse, scrap wood, tires, biomass, wastewater

 

 3  sludge, fossil fuels including coal or coke, or other combustible

 

 4  materials.

 

 5        (3) "Beneficial use 1" means use as aggregate, road

 

 6  material, or building material that in ultimate use is or will be

 

 7  bonded or encapsulated by cement, limes, or asphalt.

 

 8        (4) "Beneficial use 2" means use as any of the following:

 

 9        (a) Construction fill at nonresidential property that meets

 

10  all of the following requirements:

 

11        (i) Is placed at least 4 feet above the seasonal groundwater

 

12  table.

 

13        (ii) Does not come into contact with a surface water body.

 

14        (iii) Is covered by concrete, asphalt pavement, or other

 

15  material approved by the department.

 

16        (iv) Does not exceed 4 feet in thickness, except for areas

 

17  where exceedances are incidental to variations in the existing

 

18  topography. This subparagraph does not apply to construction fill

 

19  placed underneath a building or other structure.

 

20        (b) Road base or soil stabilizer that does not exceed 4 feet

 

21  in thickness except for areas where exceedances are incidental to

 

22  variations in existing topography, is placed at least 4 feet

 

23  above the seasonal groundwater table, does not come into contact

 

24  with a surface water body, and is covered by concrete, asphalt

 

25  pavement, or other material approved by the department.

 

26        (c) Road shoulder material that does not exceed 4 feet in

 

27  thickness except for areas where exceedances are incidental to

 


 1  variations in existing topography, is placed at least 4 feet

 

 2  above the seasonal groundwater table, does not come into contact

 

 3  with a surface water body, is sloped, and is covered by asphalt

 

 4  pavement, concrete, 6 inches of gravel, or other material

 

 5  approved by the department.

 

 6        (5) "Beneficial use 3" means applied to land as a fertilizer

 

 7  or soil conditioner under part 85 or a liming material under 1955

 

 8  PA 162, MCL 290.531 to 290.538, if all of the following

 

 9  requirements are met:

 

10        (a) The material is applied at an agronomic rate consistent

 

11  with generally accepted agricultural and management practices.

 

12        (b) The use, placement, or storage at the location of use

 

13  does not do any of the following:

 

14        (i) Violate part 55 or create a nuisance.

 

15        (ii) Cause groundwater to no longer be fit for 1 or more

 

16  protected uses as defined in R 323.2202 of the Michigan

 

17  administrative code.

 

18        (iii) Cause a violation of a part 31 surface water quality

 

19  standard.

 

20        (6) "Beneficial use 4" means any of the following uses:

 

21        (a) To stabilize, neutralize, solidify, or otherwise treat

 

22  waste for ultimate disposal at a facility licensed under this

 

23  part or part 111.

 

24        (b) To treat wastewater, wastewater treatment sludge, or

 

25  wastewater sludge in compliance with part 31 or the federal water

 

26  pollution control act, 33 USC 1251 to 1387 at a private or

 

27  publicly owned wastewater treatment plant.

 


 1        (c) To stabilize, neutralize, solidify, cap, or otherwise

 

 2  remediate hazardous substances or contaminants as part of a

 

 3  response activity in compliance with part 201, part 213, or the

 

 4  comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability

 

 5  act of 1980, 42 USC 9601 to 9657, or a corrective action in

 

 6  compliance with part 111 or the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC

 

 7  6901 to 6992k.

 

 8        (d) As construction material at a landfill licensed under

 

 9  this part.

 

10        (7) "Beneficial use 5" means blended with inert materials or

 

11  with compost and used to manufacture soil.

 

12        (8) "Beneficial use by-product" means the following

 

13  materials if the materials are stored for beneficial use or are

 

14  used beneficially as specified and the requirements of section

 

15  11551(1) are met:

 

16        (a) Coal bottom ash or wood ash used for beneficial use 3 or

 

17  wood ash or coal ash, except for segregated flue gas

 

18  desulfurization material, used for beneficial use 1, 2, or 4.

 

19        (b) Pulp and paper mill ash used for beneficial use 1, 2, 3,

 

20  or 4.

 

21        (c) Mixed wood ash used for beneficial use 1, 2, 3, or 4.

 

22        (d) Cement kiln dust used as a flue gas scrubbing reagent or

 

23  for beneficial use 1, 2, 3, or 4.

 

24        (e) Lime kiln dust used as a flue gas scrubbing reagent or

 

25  for beneficial use 1, 2, 3, or 4.

 

26        (f) Stamp sands used for beneficial use 1 or 2.

 

27        (g) Foundry sand from ferrous or aluminum foundries used for

 


 1  beneficial use 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.

 

 2        (h) Pulp and paper mill material, other than the following,

 

 3  used for beneficial use 3:

 

 4        (i) Rejects, from screens, cleaners, and mills dispersion

 

 5  equipment, containing more than de minimis amounts of plastic.

 

 6        (ii) Scrap paper.

 

 7        (i) Spent media from sandblasting, with uncontaminated sand,

 

 8  newly manufactured, unpainted steel used for beneficial use 1 or

 

 9  2.

 

10        (j) Dewatered concrete grinding slurry from public

 

11  transportation agency road projects used for beneficial use 1, 2,

 

12  3, or 4.

 

13        (k) Lime softening residuals from the treatment and

 

14  conditioning of water for domestic use or from a community water

 

15  supply used for beneficial use 3 or 4.

 

16        (l) Soil washed or otherwise removed from sugar beets that is

 

17  used for beneficial use 3.

 

18        (m) Segregated flue gas desulfurization material used for

 

19  beneficial use 1 or 3.

 

20        (n) Materials and uses approved by the department under

 

21  section 11553(3) or (4). Approval of materials and uses by the

 

22  department under section 11553(3) or (4) does not require the use

 

23  of those materials by any governmental entity or any other

 

24  person.

 

25        (9) (3) "Beverage container" means an airtight metal, glass,

 

26  paper, or plastic container, or a container composed of a

 

27  combination of these materials, which, at the time of sale,

 


 1  contains 1 gallon or less of any of the following:

 

 2        (a) A soft drink, soda water, carbonated natural or mineral

 

 3  water, or other nonalcoholic carbonated drink.

 

 4        (b) A beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic

 

 5  content.

 

 6        (c) A mixed wine drink or a mixed spirit drink.

 

 7        (10) (4) "Bond" means a financial instrument executed on a

 

 8  form approved by the department, including a surety bond from a

 

 9  surety company authorized to transact business in this state, a

 

10  certificate of deposit, a cash bond, an irrevocable letter of

 

11  credit, insurance, a trust fund, an escrow account, or a

 

12  combination of any of these instruments in favor of the

 

13  department. The owner or operator of a disposal area who is

 

14  required to establish a bond under other another state statute or

 

15  a federal statute may petition the department to allow such a

 

16  bond to meet the requirements of this part. The department shall

 

17  approve a bond established under other another state statute or a

 

18  federal statute if the bond provides equivalent funds and access

 

19  by the department as other financial instruments allowed by this

 

20  subsection.

 

21        (11) "Cement kiln dust" means particulate matter collected

 

22  in air emission control devices serving Portland cement kilns.

 

23        (12) (5) "Certificate of deposit" means a negotiable

 

24  certificate of deposit held by a bank or other financial

 

25  institution regulated and examined by a state or federal agency,

 

26  the value of which is fully insured by an agency of the United

 

27  States government. A certificate of deposit used to fulfill the

 


 1  requirements of this part shall be in the sole name of the

 

 2  department with a maturity date of not less than 1 year and shall

 

 3  be renewed not less than 60 days before the maturity date. An

 

 4  applicant who uses a certificate of deposit as a bond shall

 

 5  receive any accrued interest on that certificate of deposit upon

 

 6  release of the bond by the department.

 

 7        (13) (6) "Certified health department" means a city, county,

 

 8  or district department of health that is specifically delegated

 

 9  authority by the department to perform designated activities as

 

10  prescribed by this part.

 

11        (14) (7) "Coal or wood ash" means either or both of the

 

12  following:the material recovered from systems for the control of

 

13  air pollution from, or the noncombusted residue remaining after,

 

14  the combustion of coal, including, but not limited to, bottom

 

15  ash, fly ash, boiler slag, or fluidized-bed combustion ash. For

 

16  beneficial use 2, coal ash does not include coal fly ash except

 

17  for the following if used at nonresidential property:

 

18        (a) Class C fly ash under ASTM standard C618-12A.

 

19        (b) Class F fly ash under ASTM standard C618-12A if that fly

 

20  ash forms a pozzolanic-stabilized mixture by being blended with

 

21  lime, Portland cement, or cement kiln dust.

 

22        (c) A combination of class C fly ash and class F fly ash

 

23  under ASTM standard C618-12A if that combination forms a

 

24  pozzolanic-stabilized mixture by being blended with lime,

 

25  Portland cement, or cement kiln dust and is used as a road base,

 

26  soil stabilizer, or road shoulder material under subsection

 

27  (4)(b) or (c).

 


 1        (a) The residue remaining after the ignition of coal or

 

 2  wood, or both, and may include noncombustible materials,

 

 3  otherwise referred to as bottom ash.

 

 4        (b) The airborne residues from burning coal or wood, or

 

 5  both, that are finely divided particles entrained in flue gases

 

 6  arising from a combustion chamber, otherwise referred to as fly

 

 7  ash.

 

 8        (15) "Coal bottom ash" means ash particles from the

 

 9  combustion of coal that are too large to be carried in flue gases

 

10  and that collect on furnace walls or at the bottom of the

 

11  furnace.

 

12        (16) (8) "Collection center" means a tract of land,

 

13  building, unit, or appurtenance or combination thereof that is

 

14  used to collect junk motor vehicles and farm implements under

 

15  section 11530.

 

16        (17) (9) "Composting facility" means a facility where

 

17  composting of yard clippings or other organic materials occurs

 

18  using mechanical handling techniques such as physical turning,

 

19  windrowing, or aeration or using other management techniques

 

20  approved by the director.

 

21        (18) (10) "Consistency review" means evaluation of the

 

22  administrative and technical components of an application for a

 

23  permit or license or evaluation of operating conditions in the

 

24  course of inspection, for the purpose of determining consistency

 

25  with the requirements of this part, rules promulgated under this

 

26  part, and approved plans and specifications.

 

27        (19) (11) "Corrective action" means the investigation,

 


 1  assessment, cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, treatment,

 

 2  or monitoring of constituents, as defined in a facility's

 

 3  approved hydrogeological monitoring plan, released into the

 

 4  environment from a disposal area, or the taking of other actions

 

 5  related to the release as may be necessary to prevent, minimize,

 

 6  or mitigate injury to the public health, safety, or welfare, the

 

 7  environment, or natural resources that is consistent with 42 USC

 

 8  6941 to 6949a and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 9        Sec. 11503. (1) "De minimis" refers to a small amount of

 

10  material or number of items, as applicable, commingled and

 

11  incidentally commingled with inert material for beneficial use

 

12  by-products, or incidentally disposed of with other solid waste.

 

13        (2) "Department", subject to section 11554, means the

 

14  department of environmental quality.

 

15        (3) "Director" means the director of the department.

 

16        (4) "Discharge" includes, but is not limited to, any

 

17  spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,

 

18  discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing

 

19  of a substance into the environment which that is or may become

 

20  injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the

 

21  environment.

 

22        (5) "Disposal area" means 1 or more of the following at a

 

23  location as defined by the boundary identified in its

 

24  construction permit or engineering plans approved by the

 

25  department:

 

26        (a) A solid waste transfer facility.

 

27        (b) Incinerator.An incinerator.

 


 1        (c) Sanitary A sanitary landfill.

 

 2        (d) Processing A processing plant.

 

 3        (e) Other Any other solid waste handling or disposal

 

 4  facility utilized in the disposal of solid waste. However, a

 

 5  waste diversion center is not a disposal area.

 

 6        (6) "Diverted waste" means waste that meets all of the

 

 7  following requirements:

 

 8        (a) Is generated by households, businesses, or governmental

 

 9  entities.

 

10        (b) Can lawfully be disposed of at a licensed sanitary

 

11  landfill or municipal solid waste incinerator.

 

12        (c) Is separated from other waste.

 

13        (d) Is 1 or more of the following:

 

14        (i) Hazardous material.

 

15        (ii) Liquid waste.

 

16        (iii) Pharmaceuticals.

 

17        (iv) Electronics.

 

18        (v) Batteries.

 

19        (vi) Light bulbs.

 

20        (vii) Pesticides.

 

21        (viii) Thermostats, switches, thermometers, or other devices

 

22  that contain elemental mercury.

 

23        (ix) Sharps.

 

24        (x) Other wastes approved by the department that can be

 

25  readily separated from solid waste for diversion to preferred

 

26  methods of management and disposal.

 

27        (7) "Enforceable mechanism" means a legal method whereby the

 


 1  this state, a county, a municipality, or another person is

 

 2  authorized to take action to guarantee compliance with an

 

 3  approved county solid waste management plan. Enforceable

 

 4  mechanisms include contracts, intergovernmental agreements, laws,

 

 5  ordinances, rules, and regulations.

 

 6        (8) "Escrow account" means an account that is managed by a

 

 7  bank or other financial institution whose account operations are

 

 8  regulated and examined by a federal or state agency and which

 

 9  that complies with section 11523b.

 

10        (9) "Farm" means that term as defined in section 2 of the

 

11  Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.

 

12        (10) "Farm operation" means that term as defined in section

 

13  2 of the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.

 

14        (11) "Financial assurance" means the mechanisms used to

 

15  demonstrate that the funds necessary to meet the cost of closure,

 

16  postclosure maintenance and monitoring, and corrective action

 

17  will be available whenever they are needed.

 

18        (12) "Financial test" means a corporate or local government

 

19  financial test or guarantee approved for type II landfills under

 

20  42 USC 6941 to 6949a and regulations promulgated under 42 USC

 

21  6941 to 6949a. thereunder. An owner or operator may use a single

 

22  financial test for more than 1 facility. Information submitted to

 

23  the department to document compliance with the test shall include

 

24  a list showing the name and address of each facility and the

 

25  amount of funds assured by the test for each facility. For

 

26  purposes of the financial test, the owner or operator shall

 

27  aggregate the sum of the closure, postclosure, and corrective

 


 1  action costs it seeks to assure with any other environmental

 

 2  obligations assured by a financial test under state or federal

 

 3  law.

 

 4        (13) "Flue gas desulfurization material" means the material

 

 5  recovered from air pollution control systems that capture sulfur

 

 6  dioxide from the combustion of wood, coal, or fossil fuels, or

 

 7  other combustible materials, if the other combustible materials

 

 8  constitute less than 50% by weight of the total material

 

 9  combusted and the department determines in writing that the other

 

10  combustible materials do not materially affect the character of

 

11  the residue. Flue gas desulfurization material includes synthetic

 

12  gypsum.

 

13        (14) (13) "Food processing residuals" means any of the

 

14  following:

 

15        (a) Residuals of fruits, vegetables, aquatic plants, or

 

16  field crops.

 

17        (b) Otherwise unusable parts of fruits, vegetables, aquatic

 

18  plants, or field crops from the processing thereof.

 

19        (c) Otherwise unusable food products which that do not meet

 

20  size, quality, or other product specifications and which that

 

21  were intended for human or animal consumption.

 

22        (15) "Foundry sand" means silica sand used in the metal

 

23  casting process, including binding material or carbonaceous

 

24  additives, from ferrous or nonferrous foundries.

 

25        (16) "GAAMPS" means the generally accepted agricultural and

 

26  management practices under the Michigan right to farm act, 1981

 

27  PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.

 


 1        (17) (14) "Garbage" means rejected food wastes including

 

 2  waste accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter used or

 

 3  intended for food or that results from the preparation, use,

 

 4  cooking, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or

 

 5  vegetable matter.

 

 6        (15) "Scrap wood" means wood or wood product that is 1 or

 

 7  more of the following:

 

 8        (a) Plywood, pressed board, oriented strand board, or any

 

 9  other wood or wood product mixed with glue or filler.

 

10        (b) Wood or wood product treated with creosote or

 

11  pentachlorophenol.

 

12        (c) Any other wood or wood product designated as scrap wood

 

13  in rules promulgated by the department.

 

14        (16) "Treated wood" means wood or wood product that has been

 

15  treated with 1 or more of the following:

 

16        (a) Chromated copper arsenate (CCA).

 

17        (b) Ammoniacal copper quat (ACQ).

 

18        (c) Ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate (ACZA).

 

19        (d) Any other chemical designated in rules promulgated by

 

20  the department.

 

21        (17) "Wood" means trees, branches, bark, lumber, pallets,

 

22  wood chips, sawdust, or other wood or wood product but does not

 

23  include scrap wood, treated wood, painted wood or painted wood

 

24  product, or any wood or wood product that has been contaminated

 

25  during manufacture or use.

 

26        Sec. 11504. (1) "Health officer" means a full-time

 

27  administrative officer of a certified city, county, or district

 


 1  department of health department.

 

 2        (2) "Inert material" means a substance that will not

 

 3  decompose, dissolve, or in any other way form a contaminated

 

 4  leachate upon contact with water, or other liquids determined by

 

 5  the department as likely to be found at the disposal area,

 

 6  percolating through the substance.any of the following:

 

 7        (a) Rock.

 

 8        (b) Trees, stumps, and other similar land-clearing debris,

 

 9  if all of the following conditions are met:

 

10        (i) The debris is buried on the site of origin or another

 

11  site, with the approval of the owner of the site.

 

12        (ii) The debris is not buried in a wetland or floodplain.

 

13        (iii) The debris is placed at least 3 feet above the

 

14  groundwater table as observed at the time of placement.

 

15        (iv) The placement of the debris does not violate federal,

 

16  state, or local law or create a nuisance.

 

17        (c) Uncontaminated excavated soil or dredged sediment.

 

18  Excavated soil or dredged sediment is considered uncontaminated

 

19  if it does not contain more than de minimis amounts of solid

 

20  waste and 1 of the following applies:

 

21        (i) The soil or sediment is not contaminated by a hazardous

 

22  substance as a result of human activity. Soil or sediment that

 

23  naturally contains elevated levels of hazardous substances above

 

24  unrestricted residential or any other part 201 generic soil

 

25  cleanup criteria is not considered contaminated for purposes of

 

26  this subdivision. A soil or sediment analysis is not required

 

27  under this subparagraph if, based on past land use, there is no

 


 1  reason to believe that the soil or sediment is contaminated.

 

 2        (ii) For any hazardous substance that could reasonably be

 

 3  expected to be present as a result of past land use and human

 

 4  activity, the soil or sediment does not exceed the background

 

 5  concentration, as that term is defined in part 201.

 

 6        (iii) For any hazardous substance that could reasonably be

 

 7  expected to be present as a result of past land use and human

 

 8  activity, the soil or sediment falls below part 201 generic

 

 9  residential soil direct contact cleanup criteria and hazardous

 

10  substances in leachate from the soil or sediment, using, at the

 

11  option of the generator, EPA method 1311, 1312, or any other

 

12  leaching protocol approved by the department, fall below part 201

 

13  generic residential health based groundwater drinking water

 

14  values or criteria, and the soil or sediment would not cause a

 

15  violation of any surface water quality standard established under

 

16  part 31 at the area of placement, disposal, or use.

 

17        (d) Excavated soil from a site of environmental

 

18  contamination, corrective action, or response activity if the

 

19  soil is not a listed hazardous waste under part 111 and if

 

20  hazardous substances in the soil do not exceed generic soil

 

21  cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use as defined in

 

22  part 201 or background concentration as defined in part 201, as

 

23  applicable.

 

24        (e) Construction brick, masonry, pavement, or broken

 

25  concrete that is reused for fill, rip rap, slope stabilization,

 

26  or other construction, if all of the following conditions are

 

27  met:

 


 1        (i) The use of the material does not violate section 3108,

 

 2  part 301, or part 303.

 

 3        (ii) The material is not materially contaminated. Typical

 

 4  surface oil staining on pavement and concrete from driveways,

 

 5  roadways, and parking lots is not material contamination.

 

 6  Material covered in whole or in part with lead-based paint is

 

 7  materially contaminated.

 

 8        (iii) The material does not include exposed reinforcing bars.

 

 9        (f) Portland cement clinker produced by a cement kiln using

 

10  wood, fossil fuels, or solid waste as a fuel or feedstock, but

 

11  not including cement kiln dust generated in the process.

 

12        (g) Asphalt pavement or concrete pavement that meets all of

 

13  the following requirements:

 

14        (i) Has been removed from a public right-of-way.

 

15        (ii) Has been stockpiled or crushed for reuse as aggregate

 

16  material.

 

17        (iii) Does not include exposed reinforcement bars.

 

18        (h) Cuttings, drilling materials, and fluids used to drill

 

19  or complete a well installed pursuant to part 127 of the public

 

20  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12701 to 333.12771, if the

 

21  location of the well is not a facility under part 201.

 

22        (i) Any material determined by the department under section

 

23  11553(5) or (6) to be an inert material, either for general use

 

24  or for a particular use.

 

25        (3) "Insurance" means insurance that conforms to the

 

26  requirements of 40 CFR 258.74(d) provided by an insurer who has a

 

27  certificate of authority from the director of insurance and

 


 1  financial services to sell this line of coverage. An applicant

 

 2  for an operating license shall submit evidence of the required

 

 3  coverage by submitting both of the following to the department:

 

 4        (a) A certificate of insurance that uses wording approved by

 

 5  the department.

 

 6        (b) A certified true and complete copy of the insurance

 

 7  policy.

 

 8        (4) "Landfill" means a disposal area that is a sanitary

 

 9  landfill.

 

10        (5) "Letter of credit" means an irrevocable letter of credit

 

11  that complies with 40 CFR 258.74(c).

 

12        (6) "Lime kiln dust" means particulate matter collected in

 

13  air emission control devices serving lime kilns.

 

14        (7) "Low-hazard industrial waste" means industrial material

 

15  that has a low potential for groundwater contamination when

 

16  managed in accordance with this part. The following materials are

 

17  low-hazard industrial wastes:

 

18        (a) Coal ash or wood ash.

 

19        (b) Cement kiln dust.

 

20        (c) Pulp and paper mill material.

 

21        (d) Scrap wood.

 

22        (e) Sludge from the treatment and conditioning of water for

 

23  domestic use.

 

24        (f) Residue from the thermal treatment of petroleum

 

25  contaminated soil, media, or debris.

 

26        (g) Sludge from the treatment and conditioning of water from

 

27  a community water supply.

 


 1        (h) Foundry sand.

 

 2        (i) Mixed wood ash, scrap wood ash, pulp and paper mill ash.

 

 3        (j) Street cleanings.

 

 4        (k) Asphalt shingles.

 

 5        (l) New construction or production scrap drywall.

 

 6        (m) Chipped or shredded tires.

 

 7        (n) Copper slag.

 

 8        (o) Copper stamp sands.

 

 9        (p) Dredge material from nonremedial activities.

 

10        (q) Flue gas desulfurization material.

 

11        (r) Dewatered grinding slurry generated from public

 

12  transportation agency road projects.

 

13        (s) Any material determined by the department under section

 

14  11553(7) to be a low-hazard industrial waste.

 

15        (8) (6) "Medical waste" means that term as it is defined in

 

16  section 13805 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

17  333.13805.

 

18        (9) "Mixed wood ash" means the material recovered from air

 

19  pollution control systems for, or the noncombusted residue

 

20  remaining after, the combustion of any combination of wood, scrap

 

21  wood, railroad ties, or tires, if railroad ties composed less

 

22  than 35% by weight of the total combusted material and tires

 

23  composed less than 10% by weight of the total combusted material.

 

24        (10) (7) "Municipal solid waste incinerator" means an

 

25  incinerator that is owned or operated by any person, and meets

 

26  all of the following requirements:

 

27        (a) The incinerator receives solid waste from off site and

 


 1  burns only household waste from single and multiple dwellings,

 

 2  hotels, motels, and other residential sources, or this household

 

 3  waste together with solid waste from commercial, institutional,

 

 4  municipal, county, or industrial sources that, if disposed of,

 

 5  would not be required to be placed in a disposal facility

 

 6  licensed under part 111.

 

 7        (b) The incinerator has established contractual requirements

 

 8  or other notification or inspection procedures sufficient to

 

 9  ensure that the incinerator receives and burns only waste

 

10  referred to in subdivision (a).

 

11        (c) The incinerator meets the requirements of this part and

 

12  the rules promulgated under this part.

 

13        (d) The incinerator is not an industrial furnace as defined

 

14  in 40 CFR 260.10.

 

15        (e) The incinerator is not an incinerator that receives and

 

16  burns only medical waste or only waste produced at 1 or more

 

17  hospitals.

 

18        (11) (8) "Municipal solid waste incinerator ash" means the

 

19  substances remaining after combustion in a municipal solid waste

 

20  incinerator.

 

21        (12) "Nonresidential property" means property not used or

 

22  intended to be used for any of the following:

 

23        (a) A child day care center.

 

24        (b) An elementary school.

 

25        (c) An elder care and assisted living center.

 

26        (d) A nursing home.

 

27        (e) A single-family or multifamily dwelling unless the

 


 1  dwelling is part of a mixed use development and all dwelling

 

 2  units and associated outdoor residential use areas are located

 

 3  above the ground floor.

 

 4        (13) (9) "Perpetual care fund" means a trust or escrow

 

 5  account or perpetual care fund bond provided for in section

 

 6  11525.

 

 7        (14) (10) "Perpetual care fund bond" means a surety bond, an

 

 8  irrevocable letter of credit, or a combination of these

 

 9  instruments in favor of and on a form approved by the department

 

10  by which a perpetual care fund is established.

 

11        (11) "Trust fund" means a trust fund held by a trustee which

 

12  has the authority to act as a trustee and whose trust operations

 

13  are regulated and examined by a federal or state agency. A trust

 

14  fund shall comply with section 11523b.

 

15        (15) "Pulp and paper mill ash" means the material recovered

 

16  from air pollution control systems for, or the noncombusted

 

17  residue remaining after, the combustion of any combination of

 

18  coal, wood, pulp and paper mill material, wood or biomass fuel

 

19  pellets, scrap wood, railroad ties, or tires, from a boiler,

 

20  power plant, or furnace at a pulp and paper mill, if railroad

 

21  ties composed less than 35% by weight of the total combusted

 

22  material and tires composed less than 10% by weight of the total

 

23  combusted material.

 

24        (16) "Pulp and paper mill material" means all of the

 

25  following materials if generated at a facility that produces pulp

 

26  or paper:

 

27        (a) Wastewater treatment sludge, including wood fibers,

 


 1  minerals, and microbial biomass.

 

 2        (b) Rejects from screens, cleaners, and mills.

 

 3        (c) Bark, wood fiber, and chips.

 

 4        (d) Scrap paper.

 

 5        (e) Causticizing residues, including lime mud and grit and

 

 6  green liquor dregs.

 

 7        (f) Any material that the department determines has

 

 8  characteristics that are similar to any of the materials listed

 

 9  in subdivisions (a) to (e).

 

10        Sec. 11505. (1) "Recyclable materials" means source

 

11  separated materials, site separated materials, high grade paper,

 

12  glass, metal, plastic, aluminum, newspaper, corrugated paper,

 

13  yard clippings, and other materials that may be recycled or

 

14  composted.

 

15        (2) "Regional solid waste management planning agency" means

 

16  the regional solid waste planning agency designated by the

 

17  governor pursuant to 42 USC 6946.

 

18        (3) "Resource recovery facility" means machinery, equipment,

 

19  structures, or any parts or accessories of machinery, equipment,

 

20  or structures, installed or acquired for the primary purpose of

 

21  recovering materials or energy from the waste stream.

 

22        (4) "Response activity" means an activity that is necessary

 

23  to protect the public health, safety, welfare, or the

 

24  environment, and includes, but is not limited to, evaluation,

 

25  cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, treatment, monitoring,

 

26  maintenance, replacement of water supplies, and temporary

 

27  relocation of people.

 


 1        (5) "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste, excluding

 

 2  ashes, consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste,

 

 3  including paper, cardboard, metal containers, yard clippings,

 

 4  wood, glass, bedding, crockery, demolished building materials, or

 

 5  litter of any kind that may be a detriment to the public health

 

 6  and safety.

 

 7        (6) "Salvaging" means the lawful and controlled removal of

 

 8  reusable materials from solid waste.

 

 9        (7) "Sharps" means that term as defined in section 13807 of

 

10  the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13807.

 

11        (8) "Scrap wood" means wood or wood product that is 1 or

 

12  more of the following:

 

13        (a) Plywood, particle board, pressed board, oriented strand

 

14  board, fiberboard, resonated wood, or any other wood or wood

 

15  product mixed with glue, resins, or filler.

 

16        (b) Wood or wood product treated with creosote or

 

17  pentachlorophenol.

 

18        (c) Any wood or wood product designated as scrap wood in

 

19  rules promulgated by the department.

 

20        (9) (8) "Site separated material" means glass, metal, wood,

 

21  paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, garbage, or any other

 

22  material approved by the department that is separated from solid

 

23  waste for the purpose of recycling or conversion into raw

 

24  materials or new products. Site separated material does not

 

25  include the residue remaining after glass, metal, wood, paper

 

26  products, plastics, rubber, textiles, or any other material

 

27  approved by the department is separated from solid waste.

 


 1        (10) (9) "Slag" means the nonmetallic product resulting from

 

 2  melting or smelting operations for iron or steel.

 

 3        Sec. 11506. (1) "Solid waste" means garbage, rubbish, ashes,

 

 4  incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal

 

 5  and industrial sludges, solid commercial and waste, solid

 

 6  industrial waste, and animal waste. However, solid waste does not

 

 7  include the following:

 

 8        (a) Human body waste.

 

 9        (b) Medical waste.

 

10        (c) Organic waste generated in the production of livestock

 

11  and poultry.

 

12        (d) Liquid waste.

 

13        (e) Ferrous or nonferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal

 

14  processor or to a reuser of ferrous or nonferrous products.

 

15        (f) Slag or slag products directed to a slag processor or to

 

16  a reuser of slag or slag products.

 

17        (g) Sludges and ashes managed as recycled or nondetrimental

 

18  materials appropriate for agricultural or silvicultural use

 

19  pursuant to a plan approved by the department.

 

20        (h) The following materials that are used as animal feed, or

 

21  are applied on, or are composted and applied on, farmland or

 

22  forestland for an agricultural or silvicultural purpose at an

 

23  agronomic rate consistent with GAAMPS:

 

24        (i) Food processing residuals , and garbage. , precipitated

 

25        (ii) Precipitated calcium carbonate from sugar beet

 

26  processing. , wood

 

27        (iii) Wood ashes resulting solely from a source that burns

 


 1  only wood that is untreated and inert. , lime

 

 2        (iv) Lime from kraft pulping processes generated prior to

 

 3  bleaching. , or aquatic

 

 4        (v) Aquatic plants. may be applied on, or composted and

 

 5  applied on, farmland or forestland for an agricultural or

 

 6  silvicultural purpose, or used as animal feed, as appropriate,

 

 7  and such an application or use does not require a plan described

 

 8  in this subdivision or a permit or license under this part. In

 

 9  addition, source separated materials approved by the department

 

10  for land application for agricultural and silvicultural purposes

 

11  and compost produced from those materials may be applied to the

 

12  land for agricultural and silvicultural purposes and that

 

13  application does not require a plan described in this subdivision

 

14  or permit or license under this part. Land application authorized

 

15  under this subdivision for an agricultural or silvicultural

 

16  purpose, or use as animal feed as provided for in this

 

17  subdivision shall be performed in a manner that prevents losses

 

18  from runoff and leaching. Land application under this subdivision

 

19  shall be at an agronomic rate consistent with generally accepted

 

20  agricultural and management practices under the Michigan right to

 

21  farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.

 

22        (i) (h) Materials approved for emergency disposal by the

 

23  department.

 

24        (j) (i) Source separated materials.

 

25        (k) (j) Site separated material.

 

26        (l) (k) Fly ash or any other ash produced from the combustion

 

27  of coal, Coal ash, when used in under any of the following

 


 1  instances:circumstances:

 

 2        (i) With a maximum of 6% of unburned carbon, if used as As a

 

 3  component of concrete, grout, mortar, or casting molds, if the

 

 4  coal ash does not have more than 6% unburned carbon.

 

 5        (ii) With a maximum of 12% unburned carbon passing M.D.O.T.

 

 6  test method MTM 101, if used as As a raw material in asphalt for

 

 7  road construction, if the coal ash does not have more than 12%

 

 8  unburned carbon and passes Michigan test method for water asphalt

 

 9  preferential test, MTM 101, as set forth in the state

 

10  transportation department's manual for the Michigan test methods

 

11  (MTM).

 

12        (iii) As aggregate, road material, or building material that

 

13  in ultimate use is or will be stabilized or bonded by cement,

 

14  limes, or asphalt, or itself act as a bonding agent. To be

 

15  considered to act as a bonding agent, the coal ash must have at

 

16  least 10% available lime.

 

17        (iv) As a road base or construction fill that is placed at

 

18  least 4 feet above the seasonal groundwater table and covered

 

19  with asphalt, concrete, or other material approved by the

 

20  department. and that is placed at least 4 feet above the seasonal

 

21  groundwater table.

 

22        (v) As the sole material in a depository designed to

 

23  reclaim, develop, or otherwise enhance land, subject to the

 

24  approval of the department. In evaluating the site, the

 

25  department shall consider the physical and chemical properties of

 

26  the ash, including, but not limited to, leachability, and the

 

27  engineering of the depository, including, but not limited to, the

 


 1  compaction, control of surface water and groundwater that may

 

 2  threaten to infiltrate the site, and evidence that the depository

 

 3  is designed to prevent water percolation through the material.

 

 4        (m) Inert material.

 

 5        (n) (l) Soil that is washed or otherwise removed from sugar

 

 6  beets, has not more than 35% moisture content, and is registered

 

 7  as a soil conditioner under part 85. Any testing required to

 

 8  become registered under part 85 is the responsibility of the

 

 9  generator.

 

10        (o) (m) Soil that is relocated under section 20120c.

 

11        (p) (n) Diverted waste that is managed through a waste

 

12  diversion center.

 

13        (q) Beneficial use by-products.

 

14        (r) Coal bottom ash, if substantially free of fly ash or

 

15  economizer ash, when used as cold weather road abrasive.

 

16        (s) Stamp sands when used as cold weather road abrasive in

 

17  the Upper Peninsula by any of the following:

 

18        (i) A public road agency.

 

19        (ii) Any other person pursuant to a plan approved by a public

 

20  road agency.

 

21        (t) Any material that is reclaimed or reused in the process

 

22  that generated it.

 

23        (u) Any secondary material that, as specified in or

 

24  determined pursuant to 40 CFR part 241, is not a solid waste when

 

25  combusted.

 

26        (v) (o) Other wastes regulated by statute.

 

27        (2) "Solid waste hauler" means a person who owns or operates

 


 1  a solid waste transporting unit.

 

 2        (3) "Solid waste processing plant" means a tract of land,

 

 3  building, unit, or appurtenance of a building or unit or a

 

 4  combination of land, buildings, and units that is used or

 

 5  intended for use for the processing of solid waste or the

 

 6  separation of material for salvage or disposal, or both, but does

 

 7  not include a plant engaged primarily in the acquisition,

 

 8  processing, and shipment of ferrous or nonferrous metal scrap, or

 

 9  a plant engaged primarily in the acquisition, processing, and

 

10  shipment of slag or slag products.

 

11        (4) "Solid waste transporting unit" means a container, which

 

12  may be an integral part of a truck or other piece of equipment

 

13  used for the transportation of solid waste.

 

14        (5) "Solid waste transfer facility" means a tract of land, a

 

15  building and any appurtenances, or a container, or any

 

16  combination of land, buildings, or containers that is used or

 

17  intended for use in the rehandling or storage of solid waste

 

18  incidental to the transportation of the solid waste, but is not

 

19  located at the site of generation or the site of disposal of the

 

20  solid waste.

 

21        (6) "Source separated material" means glass, any of the

 

22  following materials if separated at the source of generation and

 

23  not speculatively accumulated:

 

24        (a) Glass, metal, wood, paper products, plastics, rubber,

 

25  textiles, garbage, or any other material approved by the

 

26  department that is separated at the source of generation for the

 

27  purpose of used for conversion into raw materials or new

 


 1  products. including, but For the purposes of this subdivision,

 

 2  raw materials or new products include, but are not limited to,

 

 3  compost, biogas from anaerobic digestion, or synthetic gas from

 

 4  gasification or pyrolysis, or other fuel. This subdivision does

 

 5  not prevent material from being classified as a renewable energy

 

 6  resource as defined in section 11 of the clean, renewable, and

 

 7  efficient energy act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1011.

 

 8        (b) Scrap wood and railroad ties used to fuel an industrial

 

 9  boiler, kiln, power plant, or furnace, subject to part 55, for

 

10  production of new wood products, or for other uses approved by

 

11  the department.

 

12        (c) Chipped or whole tires used to fuel an industrial

 

13  boiler, kiln, power plant, or furnace, subject to part 55, or for

 

14  other uses approved by the department. This subdivision does not

 

15  prevent material from being classified as a renewable energy

 

16  resource as defined in section 11 of the clean, renewable, and

 

17  efficient energy act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1011.

 

18        (d) Recovered paint solids used to fuel an industrial

 

19  boiler, kiln, power plant, or furnace, subject to part 55, or for

 

20  other uses approved by the department.

 

21        (e) Gypsum drywall generated from the production of

 

22  wallboard used for stock returned to the production process or

 

23  for other uses approved by the department.

 

24        (f) Flue gas desulfurization gypsum used for production of

 

25  cement or wallboard or other uses approved by the department.

 

26        (g) Asphalt shingles that do not contain asbestos, rolled

 

27  roofing, or tar paper used as a component in asphalt or used to

 


 1  fuel an industrial boiler, kiln, power plant, or furnace, subject

 

 2  to part 55, or for other uses approved by the department.

 

 3        (h) Municipal solid waste incinerator ash that meets

 

 4  criteria specified by the department and that is used as daily

 

 5  cover at a disposal facility licensed pursuant to this part.

 

 6        (i) Utility poles or pole segments reused as poles, posts,

 

 7  or similar uses approved by the department in writing.

 

 8        (j) Railroad ties reused in landscaping, embankments, or

 

 9  similar uses approved by the department in writing.

 

10        (k) Any materials and uses approved by the department under

 

11  section 11553(8).

 

12        (l) Any material determined by the department in writing

 

13  prior to the effective date of the 2014 amendatory act that added

 

14  this subdivision to be a source separated material.

 

15        (7) "Stamp sands" means finely grained crushed rock

 

16  resulting from mining, milling, or smelting of copper ore and

 

17  includes native substances contained within the crushed rock and

 

18  any ancillary material associated with the crushed rock.

 

19        (8) "Treated wood" means wood or wood product that has been

 

20  treated with 1 or more of the following:

 

21        (a) Chromated copper arsenate (CCA).

 

22        (b) Ammoniacal copper quat (ACQ).

 

23        (c) Ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate (ACZA).

 

24        (d) Any other chemical designated in rules promulgated by

 

25  the department.

 

26        (9) "Trust fund" means a fund held by a trustee who has the

 

27  authority to act as a trustee and whose trust operations are

 


 1  regulated and examined by a federal or state agency.

 

 2        (10) (7) "Type I public water supply", "type IIa public

 

 3  water supply", "type IIb public water supply", and "type III

 

 4  public water supply" mean those terms, respectively, as described

 

 5  in R 325.10502 of the Michigan administrative code.

 

 6        (11) (8) "Waste diversion center" means property or a

 

 7  building, or a portion of property or a building, designated for

 

 8  the purpose of receiving or collecting diverted wastes and not

 

 9  used for residential purposes.

 

10        (12) "Wood" means trees, branches and associated leaves,

 

11  bark, lumber, pallets, wood chips, sawdust, or other wood or wood

 

12  product but does not include scrap wood, treated wood, painted

 

13  wood or painted wood product, or any wood or wood product that

 

14  has been contaminated during manufacture or use.

 

15        (13) "Wood ash" means any type of ash or slag resulting from

 

16  the burning of wood.

 

17        (14) (9) "Yard clippings" means leaves, grass clippings,

 

18  vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree

 

19  trimmings, less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter,

 

20  that can be converted to compost humus. Yard clippings does do

 

21  not include stumps, agricultural wastes, animal waste, roots,

 

22  sewage sludge, or garbage.

 

23        Sec. 11542. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5) and

 

24  except for municipal solid waste incinerator ash that is

 

25  described and used as provided in section 11506(6)(h), municipal

 

26  solid waste incinerator ash shall be disposed of in 1 of the

 

27  following:

 


 1        (a) A landfill that meets all of the following requirements:

 

 2        (i) The landfill is in compliance with this part and the

 

 3  rules promulgated under this part.

 

 4        (ii) The landfill is used exclusively for the disposal of

 

 5  municipal solid waste incinerator ash.

 

 6        (iii) The landfill design includes all of the following in

 

 7  descending order according to their placement in the landfill:

 

 8        (A) A leachate collection system.

 

 9        (B) A synthetic liner at least 60 mils thick.

 

10        (C) A compacted clay liner of 5 feet or more with a maximum

 

11  hydraulic conductivity of 1 x 10-7 centimeters per second.

 

12        (D) A leak detection and leachate collection system.

 

13        (E) A compacted clay liner at least 3 feet thick with a

 

14  maximum hydraulic conductivity of 1 x 10-7 centimeters per second

 

15  or a synthetic liner at least 40 mils thick.

 

16        (b) A landfill that meets all of the following requirements:

 

17        (i) The landfill is in compliance with this part and the

 

18  rules promulgated under this part.

 

19        (ii) The landfill is used exclusively for the disposal of

 

20  municipal solid waste incinerator ash.

 

21        (iii) The landfill design includes all of the following in

 

22  descending order according to their placement in the landfill:

 

23        (A) A leachate collection system.

 

24        (B) A composite liner, as defined in R 299.4102 of the

 

25  Michigan administrative code.

 

26        (C) A leak detection and leachate collection system.

 

27        (D) A second composite liner.

 


 1        (iv) If contaminants that may threaten the public health,

 

 2  safety, or welfare, or the environment are found in the leachate

 

 3  collection system described in subparagraph (iii)(C), the owner or

 

 4  operator of the landfill shall determine the source and nature of

 

 5  the contaminants and make repairs, to the extent practicable,

 

 6  that will prevent the contaminants from entering the leachate

 

 7  collection system. If the department determines that the source

 

 8  of the contaminants is caused by a design failure of the

 

 9  landfill, the department, notwithstanding an approved

 

10  construction permit or operating license, may require landfill

 

11  cells at that landfill that will be used for the disposal of

 

12  municipal solid waste incinerator ash, which are under

 

13  construction or will be constructed in the future at the

 

14  landfill, to be constructed in conformance with improved design

 

15  standards approved by the department. However, this subparagraph

 

16  does not require the removal of liners or leak detection and

 

17  leachate collection systems that are already in place in a

 

18  landfill cell under construction.

 

19        (c) A landfill that is a monitorable unit, as defined in R

 

20  299.4104 of the Michigan administrative code, and that meets all

 

21  of the following requirements:

 

22        (i) The landfill is in compliance with this part and the

 

23  rules promulgated under this part.

 

24        (ii) The landfill is used exclusively for the disposal of

 

25  municipal solid waste incinerator ash.

 

26        (iii) The landfill design includes all of the following in

 

27  descending order according to their placement in the landfill:

 


 1        (A) A leachate collection system.

 

 2        (B) A synthetic liner at least 60 mils thick.

 

 3        (C) Immediately below the synthetic liner, either 2 feet of

 

 4  compacted clay with a maximum hydraulic conductivity of 1 x 10-7

 

 5  centimeters per second or a bentonite geocomposite liner, as

 

 6  specified in R 299.4914 of the Michigan administrative code.

 

 7        (D) At least 10 feet of either natural or compacted clay

 

 8  with a maximum hydraulic conductivity of 1 x 10-7 centimeters per

 

 9  second, or equivalent.

 

10        (d) A landfill with a design approved by the department that

 

11  will prevent the migration of any hazardous constituent into the

 

12  groundwater or surface water at least as effectively as the

 

13  design requirements of subdivisions (a) to (c).

 

14        (e) A type II landfill, as defined described in R 299.4105

 

15  of the Michigan administrative code, if both of the following

 

16  conditions apply:

 

17        (i) The ash was generated by a municipal solid waste

 

18  incinerator that is designed to burn at a temperature in excess

 

19  of 2500 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

20        (ii) The ash from any individual municipal solid waste

 

21  incinerator is disposed of pursuant to this subdivision for a

 

22  period not to exceed 60 days.

 

23        (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a landfill that is

 

24  constructed pursuant to the design described in subsection (1)

 

25  shall be capped following its closure by all of the following in

 

26  descending order:

 

27        (a) Six inches of top soil with a vegetative cover.

 


 1        (b) Two feet of soil to protect against animal burrowing,

 

 2  temperature, erosion, and rooted vegetation.

 

 3        (c) An infiltration collection system.

 

 4        (d) A synthetic liner at least 30 mils thick.

 

 5        (e) Two feet of compacted clay with a maximum hydraulic

 

 6  conductivity of 1 x 10-7 centimeters per second.

 

 7        (3) A landfill that receives municipal solid waste

 

 8  incinerator ash under this section may be capped with a design

 

 9  approved by the department that will prevent the migration of any

 

10  hazardous constituent into the groundwater or surface water at

 

11  least as effectively as the design requirements of subsection

 

12  (2).

 

13        (4) If leachate is collected from a landfill under this

 

14  section, the leachate shall be monitored and tested in accordance

 

15  with this part and the rules promulgated under this part.

 

16        (5) As an alternative to disposal described in subsection

 

17  (1), the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste incinerator

 

18  may process municipal solid waste incinerator ash through

 

19  mechanical or chemical methods, or both, to substantially

 

20  diminish the toxicity of the ash or its constituents or limit the

 

21  leachability of the ash or its constituents to minimize threats

 

22  to human health and the environment, if processing is performed

 

23  on the site of the municipal solid waste incinerator or at the

 

24  site of a landfill described in subsection (1), if the process

 

25  has been approved by the department as provided by rule, and if

 

26  the ash is tested after processing in accordance with a protocol

 

27  approved by the department as provided by rule. The department

 


 1  shall approve the process and testing protocol under this

 

 2  subsection only if the process and testing protocol will protect

 

 3  human health and the environment. In making this determination,

 

 4  the department shall consider all potential pathways of human and

 

 5  environmental exposure, including both short-term and long-term,

 

 6  to constituents of the ash that may be released during the reuse

 

 7  or recycling of the ash. The department shall consider requiring

 

 8  methods to determine the leaching, total chemical analysis,

 

 9  respirability, and toxicity of reused or recycled ash. A leaching

 

10  procedure shall include testing under both acidic and native

 

11  conditions. If municipal solid waste incinerator ash is processed

 

12  in accordance with the requirements of this subsection and the

 

13  processed ash satisfies the testing protocol approved by the

 

14  department as provided by rule, the ash may be disposed of in a

 

15  municipal solid waste landfill, as defined by R 299.4104 of the

 

16  Michigan administrative code, licensed under this part or may be

 

17  used in any manner approved by the department. If municipal solid

 

18  waste incinerator ash is processed as provided in this

 

19  subsection, but does not satisfy the testing protocol approved by

 

20  the department as provided by rule, the ash shall be disposed of

 

21  in accordance with subsection (1).

 

22        (6) The disposal of municipal solid waste incinerator ash

 

23  within a landfill that is in compliance with subsection (1) does

 

24  not constitute a new proposal for which a new construction permit

 

25  is required under section 11510, 11509, if a construction permit

 

26  has previously been issued under section 11509 for the landfill

 

27  and the owner or operator of the landfill submits 6 copies of an

 


 1  operating license amendment application to the department for

 

 2  approval pursuant to part 13. The operating license amendment

 

 3  application shall include revised plans and specifications for

 

 4  all facility modifications including a leachate disposal plan, an

 

 5  erosion control plan, and a dust control plan which shall be part

 

 6  of the operating license amendment. The dust control plan shall

 

 7  contain sufficient detail to ensure that dust emissions are

 

 8  controlled by available control technologies that reduce dust

 

 9  emissions by a reasonably achievable amount to the extent

 

10  necessary to protect human health and the environment. The dust

 

11  control plan shall provide for the ash to be wet during all times

 

12  that the ash is exposed to the atmosphere at the landfill or

 

13  otherwise to be covered by daily cover material; for dust

 

14  emissions to be controlled during dumping, grading, loading, and

 

15  bulk transporting of the ash at the landfill; and for dust

 

16  emissions from access roads within the landfill to be controlled.

 

17  With the exception of a landfill that is in existence on June 12,

 

18  1989 that the department determines is otherwise in compliance

 

19  with this section, the owner or operator of the landfill shall

 

20  obtain the operating license amendment prior to initiating

 

21  construction. Prior to operation, the owner or operator of a

 

22  landfill shall submit to the department certification from a

 

23  licensed professional engineer that the landfill has been

 

24  constructed in accordance with the approved plan and

 

25  specifications. At the time When the copies are submitted to the

 

26  department, the owner or operator of the landfill shall send a

 

27  copy of the operating license amendment application to the

 


 1  municipality where the landfill is located. At least 30 days

 

 2  prior to making a final decision on the operating license

 

 3  amendment, the department shall hold at least 1 public meeting in

 

 4  the vicinity of the landfill to receive public comments. Prior to

 

 5  a public meeting, the department shall publish notice of the

 

 6  meeting in a newspaper serving the local area.

 

 7        (7) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste

 

 8  incinerator or a disposal area that receives municipal solid

 

 9  waste incinerator ash shall allow the department access to the

 

10  facility for the purpose of supervising the collection of samples

 

11  or obtaining samples of ash to test or to monitor air quality at

 

12  the facility.

 

13        (8) As used in subsection (1), "landfill" means a landfill

 

14  or a specific portion of a landfill.

 

15        Sec. 11551. (1) Except for a material that the department

 

16  approves as a beneficial use by-product under section 11553(3) or

 

17  (4), to qualify as a beneficial use by-product, a material or the

 

18  use of the material, as applicable, shall meet all of the

 

19  following requirements:

 

20        (a) The material is not a part 111 hazardous waste or mixed

 

21  with a hazardous waste.

 

22        (b) The material is not stored at the site of generation or

 

23  use for more than 3 years, or the amount that is transferred off

 

24  site for use during a 3-year period equals at least 75% by weight

 

25  or volume of the amount of that material stored on site for

 

26  beneficial use at the beginning of the 3-year period.

 

27        (c) The material is stored in a manner that maintains its

 


 1  usefulness, controls wind dispersal, and prevents loss of the

 

 2  material beyond the storage area.

 

 3        (d) The material is stored in a manner that does not cause

 

 4  groundwater to no longer be fit for 1 or more protected uses,

 

 5  does not cause a violation of a part 31 surface water quality

 

 6  standard, and otherwise does not violate part 31.

 

 7        (e) The material is transported in a manner that prevents

 

 8  accidental leakage, spillage, or wind dispersal.

 

 9        (f) The use of the material is for a legitimate beneficial

 

10  purpose other than a means to discard the material and the

 

11  material is used according to generally accepted engineering,

 

12  industrial, or commercial standards for that use.

 

13        (g) For beneficial use 2, the material, if specified below,

 

14  meets the following environmental standards using, at the option

 

15  of the generator of the by-product, EPA method 1311, 1312, or

 

16  ASTM test method 3987:

 

 

17 Constituent -      Coal      Pulp    Foundry Cement    Water Stamp       Spent

18 maximum            ash and   sand    kiln   softening sand  media

19 leachate mg/l      or  paper         dust,  limes,          from

20                    wood      mill           lime      dewatered             sand

21                    ash ash,          kiln   grinding        blasting

22                        mixed         dust   sludge         

23                        wood                                

24                        ash                                 

25 Arsenic – 0.2        X   X      X       X       X          

26 Boron – 10           X                                     

27 Cadmium – 0.1        X   X              X       X          


Chromium – 2.0       X                                          X

Lead – 0.08          X   X      X       X       X          

Mercury – 0.04       X   X              X       X          

Copper – 20              X                      X       X  

Nickel – 2.0             X      X               X               X

Selenium – 1.0       X                          X          

Thallium – 0.04      X                  X                  

Zinc – 48            X   X                      X          

 

 

 9        (h) For beneficial use 3, the material or use of the

 

10  material, as applicable, meets all of the following requirements:

 

11        (i) The material is coal bottom ash, wood ash, pulp and paper

 

12  mill material, pulp and paper mill ash, mixed wood ash, foundry

 

13  sand from ferrous or aluminum foundries, cement kiln dust, lime

 

14  kiln dust, lime water softening residuals, flue gas

 

15  desulfurization gypsum, soil washed or otherwise removed from

 

16  sugar beets, or dewatered concrete grinding slurry from public

 

17  transportation agency road projects.

 

18        (ii) The amount of any constituent listed below applied to an

 

19  area of land over any period of time does not exceed the

 

20  following:

 

 

21 CONSTITUENT            CUMULATIVE LOAD

22                        POUNDS PER ACRE

23 Arsenic                        37

24 Cadmium                        35

25 Copper                      1,335

26 Lead                          267


Mercury                        15

Nickel                        374

Selenium                       89

Zinc                        2,492

 

 

 5        (iii) If the department of agriculture and rural development

 

 6  determines, based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, that

 

 7  any other constituent is subject to a cumulative loading

 

 8  requirement, the amount of that constituent applied to an area of

 

 9  land over any period of time does not exceed that cumulative

 

10  loading requirement. The cumulative load for that constituent

 

11  shall be calculated as follows: constituent concentration (mg/kg

 

12  dry weight) x conversion factor of 0.002 (concentration to pounds

 

13  per dry ton) x the material application rate in dry tons per

 

14  acre.

 

15        (i) For beneficial use 5, the material is foundry sand from

 

16  ferrous or aluminum foundries and representative sampling of the

 

17  foundry sand using either a totals analysis, a leachate analysis

 

18  (using EPA method 1311, EPA method 1312, ASTM method 3987, or

 

19  other leaching protocol approved by the department), or any

 

20  combination of the 2 types of analyses demonstrates that none of

 

21  the following maximum concentrations are exceeded:

 

 

22 CONSTITUENT               TOTALS              LEACHATE

23                      ANALYSIS MG/KG        ANALYSIS MG/L

24 Antimony                     4.3               0.006

25 Cobalt                       0.8               0.04

26 Copper                   5,800                 1


Iron                    23,185                 2.0

Lead                       700                 0.004

Manganese                1,299                 0.86

Molybdenum                   5                 0.073

Nickel                     100                 0.1

Thallium                     2.3               0.002

Vanadium                    72                 0.0045

Zinc                     2,400                 2.4

Benzene                      0.1               0.005

10 Formaldehyde                26                 1.3

11 Phenol                      88                 4.4

12 Trichloroethylene            0.1               0.005

 

 

13        (2) The determination whether a material meets the

 

14  requirements of subsection (1)(a) or (g) shall be based on the

 

15  analysis of a representative sample of the material by the

 

16  initial generator. The initial generator shall maintain records

 

17  of the test results for not less than 10 years after the date the

 

18  material was sent off site and make the records available to the

 

19  department upon request. The generator shall resample and analyze

 

20  the material when raw materials or processes change in a way that

 

21  could reasonably be expected to materially affect analysis

 

22  results.

 

23        (3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, storage and

 

24  use of beneficial use by-products shall comply with all other

 

25  applicable provisions of this act.

 

26        (4) The storage of a material for beneficial use 3 that

 

27  complies with regulation no. 641, commercial fertilizer bulk

 


 1  storage, R 285.641.1 to R 285.641.18 of the Michigan

 

 2  administrative code, shall be considered to comply with the

 

 3  storage requirements of this part.

 

 4        (5) A person that actively manages and reuses a beneficial

 

 5  use by-product that has already been used in compliance with this

 

 6  part may rely on analytical data from the prior use.

 

 7        (6) All of the following apply to beneficial uses 1 and 2 at

 

 8  and along roadways:

 

 9        (a) Routine repair and replacement of roadways constructed

 

10  using beneficial use materials does not constitute generation of

 

11  beneficial use by-products triggering the requirements of this

 

12  section if the beneficial use by-products remain or are reused at

 

13  the same roadway and are used in a manner that meets the

 

14  definition of beneficial use 1 or beneficial use 2, as

 

15  appropriate. If the beneficial use by-products will be reused at

 

16  some place other than the same roadway, then the requirements

 

17  applicable to generators of beneficial use by-products must be

 

18  met, except as follows:

 

19        (i) As set forth in subsection (5).

 

20        (ii) The requirements of section 11552 apply only if the

 

21  category of beneficial use will change.

 

22        (b) For beneficial use 2, the requirement that beneficial

 

23  use materials be covered by concrete, asphalt, or 6 inches of

 

24  gravel applies at the time of placement and use. The development

 

25  of potholes, shoulder erosion, or similar deterioration does not

 

26  result in a violation of this part.

 

27        (c) If road materials containing beneficial use by-products

 


 1  are ground, reheated, or melted for reuse, the requirements of

 

 2  part 55 must be met.

 

 3        (d) This part does not prohibit the state transportation

 

 4  department from seeking additional data or information for road

 

 5  building materials or from requiring that road building materials

 

 6  meet state transportation department specifications and

 

 7  standards.

 

 8        (7) For beneficial use 3, the material that is offered for

 

 9  sale or use shall be annually registered or licensed under part

 

10  85 or 1955 PA 162, MCL 290.531 to 290.538. In addition to the

 

11  information required under part 85 or 1955 PA 162, MCL 290.531 to

 

12  290.538, the following information shall be submitted to the

 

13  department of agriculture and rural development with the license

 

14  or registration application:

 

15        (a) Directions for use to ensure that the material is

 

16  applied at an agronomic rate that has been reviewed by a

 

17  certified crop advisor.

 

18        (b) A laboratory analysis report that contains all of the

 

19  following:

 

20        (i) Sampling results that demonstrate that the material does

 

21  not pose harm to human health or the environment. One method by

 

22  which this demonstration can be made is by sampling results that

 

23  comply with both of the following:

 

24        (A) The levels established pursuant to the association of

 

25  American plant food control officials' statement of uniform

 

26  interpretation and policy #25, as follows:

 

27        (I) A fertilizer with a phosphorus or micronutrient

 


 1  guarantee shall apply the policy in its entirety.

 

 2        (II) A fertilizer with only a nitrogen, potassium, or

 

 3  secondary nutrient guarantee shall use the micronutrients column

 

 4  in the policy and apply a multiplier of 1 to determine the

 

 5  maximum allowable concentration of each metal.

 

 6        (III) A soil conditioner or liming material shall use the

 

 7  micronutrients column in the policy and apply a multiplier of 1

 

 8  to determine the maximum allowable concentration of each metal.

 

 9        (B) The part 201 generic residential soil direct contact

 

10  cleanup criteria for volatile organic compounds (as determined by

 

11  U.S. EPA method 8260), semivolatile organic compounds (as

 

12  determined by U.S. EPA method 8270c), and dioxins (as determined

 

13  by U.S. EPA method 1613b). Results for dioxins shall be reported

 

14  on a dry weight basis, and total dioxin equivalence shall be

 

15  calculated and reported utilizing the U.S. EPA toxic equivalency

 

16  factors (U.S. EPA/100/R10/005).

 

17        (ii) For a fertilizer, all of the following used by a

 

18  certified crop advisor to determine an agronomic rate consistent

 

19  with generally accepted agricultural and management practices:

 

20        (A) A demonstration that the material contains the minimum

 

21  percentage of each plant nutrient guaranteed or claimed to be

 

22  present.

 

23        (B) The percentage of dry solids, nitrogen, ammonium

 

24  nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in the

 

25  material.

 

26        (C) The levels of calcium, magnesium, acidity or basicity

 

27  measured by pH, sulfur, chromium, copper, silver, chlorine, and

 


 1  boron.

 

 2        (iii) For a soil conditioner or a liming material, all of the

 

 3  following used by a certified crop advisor to determine an

 

 4  agronomic rate consistent with generally accepted agricultural

 

 5  and management practices:

 

 6        (A) The percentage of dry solids in the material.

 

 7        (B) The levels of calcium, magnesium, acidity or basicity

 

 8  measured by pH, sulfur, chromium, copper, silver, chlorine, and

 

 9  boron.

 

10        (iv) For a soil conditioner, scientifically acceptable data

 

11  that give reasonable assurance that the material will improve the

 

12  physical nature of the soil by altering the soil structure by

 

13  making soil nutrients more available or otherwise enhancing the

 

14  soil media resulting in beneficial crop response or other plant

 

15  growth.

 

16        (v) For a liming material, scientifically acceptable data

 

17  demonstrating that the material will correct soil acidity.

 

18        (8) When a material is licensed or registered as described

 

19  in subsection (7), the laboratory analysis report and the

 

20  scientifically acceptable data submitted with a prior application

 

21  may be resubmitted for a subsequent application unless the raw

 

22  materials or processes used to generate the material change in a

 

23  way that could reasonably be expected to materially affect the

 

24  laboratory analysis report or scientifically acceptable data.

 

25        (9) This part does not authorize open dumping prohibited by

 

26  the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6901 to 6992k.

 

27        (10) If an owner of property has knowledge that a material

 


 1  has been used on the property for beneficial use 2, before

 

 2  transferring the property, the owner shall provide notice to a

 

 3  prospective transferee that the material was used for beneficial

 

 4  use 2, including the date and location of the use, if known. If a

 

 5  contractor, consultant, or agent of an owner of property uses a

 

 6  material on the property for beneficial use 2, the contractor,

 

 7  consultant, or agent shall provide notice to the owner that the

 

 8  material was used for beneficial use 2, including the date and

 

 9  location of the use.

 

10        Sec. 11551a. This part does not require the use of any

 

11  beneficial use by-product, including, but not limited to, the

 

12  uses and beneficial use by-products identified in sections 11502

 

13  to 11506, by any governmental entity or any other person.

 

14        Sec. 11552. (1) Written notice shall be submitted to the

 

15  department before a beneficial use by-product is used for

 

16  beneficial use 2 as construction fill at a particular site for

 

17  the first time, if the amount used will exceed 5,000 cubic yards.

 

18  The generator of the beneficial use by-product shall submit the

 

19  notice unless the generator transfers material to a broker, in

 

20  which case the broker shall submit the notice.

 

21        (2) By October 30 of each year, any generator or broker of

 

22  more than 1,000 cubic yards of material used as beneficial use

 

23  by-products for beneficial use 1, 2, or 4 in the immediately

 

24  preceding period of October 1 to September 30 or any person that

 

25  uses or reuses more than 1,000 cubic yards of a source separated

 

26  material in that period shall submit a report to the department

 

27  containing all of the following information, as applicable:

 


 1        (a) The business name, address, telephone number, and name

 

 2  of a contact person for the generator, broker, or other person.

 

 3        (b) The types and approximate amounts of beneficial use by-

 

 4  products generated, brokered, and stored during that period.

 

 5        (c) The approximate amount of beneficial use by-products

 

 6  shipped off site during that period and the uses and conditions

 

 7  of use.

 

 8        (d) The amount of source separated materials used or reused.

 

 9        (3) A generator or broker may designate the information

 

10  required in the report under subsection (2)(b) and (c) as

 

11  confidential business information. If the scope of a request for

 

12  public records under section 5 of the freedom of information act,

 

13  1976 PA 442, MCL 15.235, includes information designated by the

 

14  generator or broker as confidential, the department shall

 

15  promptly notify the generator or broker of the request, including

 

16  the date the request was received by the department and, pursuant

 

17  to that section, shall issue a notice extending for 10 business

 

18  days the period during which the department shall respond to the

 

19  request. The department shall grant the request for the

 

20  information unless, within 12 business days after the date the

 

21  request was received by the department, the generator or broker

 

22  demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the

 

23  information designated as confidential should not be disclosed

 

24  because the information constitutes a trade secret or secret

 

25  process or is production or commercial information the disclosure

 

26  of which would jeopardize the competitive position of the

 

27  generator or broker. If there is a dispute over the release of

 


 1  information between the generator or broker and the person

 

 2  requesting the information, the director shall grant or deny the

 

 3  request. The department shall notify the generator or broker of a

 

 4  decision to grant the request at least 2 days before the release

 

 5  of the requested information.

 

 6        Sec. 11553. (1) Consistent with the requirements of this

 

 7  part, the department shall apply this section so as to promote

 

 8  and foster the use of wastes and by-products for recycling or

 

 9  beneficial purposes.

 

10        (2) Any person may request the department, consistent with

 

11  the definitions and other terms of this part, to approve a

 

12  material, a use, or a material and use as a source separated

 

13  material; a beneficial use by-product for beneficial use 1, 2, 4,

 

14  or 5; an inert material; a low-hazard industrial waste; or

 

15  another material, use, or material and use that can be approved

 

16  under this part. Among other things, a person may request the

 

17  department to approve a use that does not qualify as beneficial

 

18  use 2 under section 11502(4)(a) because the property is not

 

19  nonresidential property or under section 11502(4)(a), (b), or (c)

 

20  because the material exceeds 4 feet in thickness. A request under

 

21  this subsection shall contain a description of the material

 

22  including the process generating it; results of analyses of

 

23  representative samples of the material for any hazardous

 

24  substances that the person has knowledge or reason to believe

 

25  could be present in the material, based on its source, its

 

26  composition, or the process that generated it; and, if

 

27  applicable, a description of the proposed use. The analysis and

 


 1  sampling of the material under this subsection shall be

 

 2  consistent with the methods contained in the EPA document

 

 3  entitled "test methods for the evaluation of solid waste,

 

 4  physical/chemical methods," SW 846 3rd edition; 1 or more peer-

 

 5  reviewed standards developed by a national or international

 

 6  organization, such as ASTM international; or 1 or more standards

 

 7  or methods approved by the department or the EPA. The department

 

 8  shall approve or deny the request within 150 days after the

 

 9  request is received, unless the parties agree to an extension. If

 

10  the department determines that the request does not include

 

11  sufficient information, the department shall, not more than 60

 

12  days after receipt of the request, notify the requester. The

 

13  notice shall specify the additional information that is required.

 

14  The 150-day period is tolled until the requestor submits the

 

15  information specified in the notice. If the department approves a

 

16  request under this subsection, the approval shall include the

 

17  following statement: "This approval does not require any use of

 

18  any beneficial use by-product by a governmental entity or any

 

19  other person." The department may impose conditions and other

 

20  requirements consistent with the purposes of this part on a

 

21  material, a use, or a material and use approved under this

 

22  section that are reasonably necessary for the use. If a request

 

23  is approved with conditions or other requirements, the approval

 

24  shall specifically state the conditions or other requirements. If

 

25  the request is denied, the department's denial shall, to the

 

26  extent practical, state with specificity all of the reasons for

 

27  denial. If the department fails to approve or deny the request

 


 1  within the 150-day period, the request is considered approved. A

 

 2  person requesting approval under this subsection may seek review

 

 3  of any final department decision pursuant to section 631 of the

 

 4  revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.631.

 

 5        (3) The department shall approve a material for a specified

 

 6  use as a beneficial use by-product if all of the following

 

 7  requirements are met:

 

 8        (a) The material is an industrial or commercial material

 

 9  that is or has the potential to be generated in high volumes.

 

10        (b) The proposed use serves a legitimate beneficial purpose

 

11  other than providing a means to discard the material.

 

12        (c) A market exists for the material or there is a

 

13  reasonable potential for the creation of a new market for the

 

14  material if it is approved as a beneficial use by-product.

 

15        (d) The material and use meet all federal and state consumer

 

16  protection and product safety laws and regulations.

 

17        (e) The material meets all of the following requirements:

 

18        (i) Hazardous substances in the material do not pose a direct

 

19  contact health hazard to humans.

 

20        (ii) The material does not leach, decompose, or dissolve in a

 

21  way that forms an unacceptably contaminated leachate. An

 

22  unacceptably contaminated leachate is one that exceeds either

 

23  part 201 generic residential groundwater drinking water criteria

 

24  or surface water quality standards established under part 31.

 

25        (iii) The material does not produce emissions that violate

 

26  part 55 or that create a nuisance.

 

27        (4) The department may approve a material for a specified

 


 1  use as a beneficial use by-product if the material meets the

 

 2  requirements of subsection (3)(a), (b), (c), and (d) but fails to

 

 3  meet the requirements of subsection (3)(e) and if the department

 

 4  determines that the material and use are protective of the public

 

 5  health and environment. In making the determination, the

 

 6  department shall consider the potential for exposure and risk to

 

 7  human health and the environment given the nature of the

 

 8  material, its proposed use, and the environmental fate and

 

 9  transport of any hazardous substances in the material in soil,

 

10  groundwater, or other relevant media.

 

11        (5) The department shall approve a material as inert if all

 

12  of the following requirements are met:

 

13        (a) The material is proposed to be used for a legitimate

 

14  purpose other than a means to dispose of the material.

 

15        (b) Hazardous substances in the material do not pose a

 

16  direct contact health hazard to humans.

 

17        (c) The material does not leach, decompose, or dissolve in a

 

18  way that forms an unacceptably contaminated leachate upon contact

 

19  with water or other liquids likely to be found at the area of

 

20  placement, disposal, or use. An unacceptably contaminated

 

21  leachate is leachate that exceeds part 201 generic residential

 

22  groundwater drinking water criteria or surface water quality

 

23  standards established under part 31.

 

24        (d) The material does not produce emissions that violate

 

25  part 55 or that create a nuisance.

 

26        (6) The department may approve a material as inert if the

 

27  material meets the requirements of subsection (5)(a) but fails to

 


 1  meet the requirements of subsection (5)(b), (c), or (d) and if

 

 2  the department determines that the material is protective of the

 

 3  public health and environment. In making the determination, the

 

 4  department shall consider the potential for exposure and risk to

 

 5  human health and the environment given the nature of the

 

 6  material, its proposed use, and the environmental fate and

 

 7  transport of any hazardous substances in the material in soil,

 

 8  groundwater, or other relevant media.

 

 9        (7) The department shall approve a material as a low-hazard

 

10  industrial waste if hazardous substances in representative

 

11  samples of the material do not leach, using, at the option of the

 

12  generator, EPA method 1311, 1312, or any other method approved by

 

13  the department that more accurately simulates mobility, above the

 

14  higher of the following:

 

15        (a) One-tenth the hazardous waste toxicity characteristic

 

16  threshold as set forth in rules promulgated under part 111.

 

17        (b) Ten times the generic residential groundwater drinking

 

18  water cleanup criteria as set forth in rules promulgated under

 

19  part 201.

 

20        (8) The department shall approve a material as a source

 

21  separated material if the person who seeks the designation

 

22  demonstrates that the material can be recycled or converted into

 

23  raw materials or new products by being returned to the original

 

24  process from which it was generated, by use or reuse as an

 

25  ingredient in an industrial process to make a product, or by use

 

26  or reuse as an effective substitute for a commercial product. To

 

27  qualify as a source separated material, the material, product, or

 


 1  reuse must meet all federal and state consumer protection and

 

 2  product safety laws and regulations and must not create a

 

 3  nuisance. If a material will be applied to or placed on the land,

 

 4  or will be used to produce products that are applied to or placed

 

 5  on the land, the material must qualify as an inert material or

 

 6  beneficial use by-product.

 

 7        (9) Any written determination by the department made prior

 

 8  to the effective date of the amendatory act that added this

 

 9  section designating a material as an inert material, an inert

 

10  material appropriate for general reuse, an inert material

 

11  appropriate for reuse at a specific location, an inert material

 

12  appropriate for specific reuse instead of virgin material, a

 

13  source separated material, a site separated material, a low-

 

14  hazard industrial waste, or a non-solid-waste material remains in

 

15  effect according to its terms or until forfeited in writing by

 

16  the person who received the determination. Upon termination,

 

17  expiration, or forfeiture of the written determination, the

 

18  current requirements of this part control. The amendments made to

 

19  this part by the amendatory act that added this section do not

 

20  rescind, invalidate, limit, or modify any such prior

 

21  determination in any way.

 

22        Sec. 11554. The department of agriculture and rural

 

23  development, and not the department of environmental quality,

 

24  shall administer and enforce this part in connection with any

 

25  material that is licensed or registered under part 85 or 1955 PA

 

26  162, MCL 290.531 to 290.538.

 

27        Sec. 20101. (1) As used in this part:

 


 1        (a) "Act of God" means an unanticipated grave natural

 

 2  disaster or other natural phenomenon of an exceptional,

 

 3  inevitable, and irresistible character, the effects of which

 

 4  could not have been prevented or avoided by the exercise of due

 

 5  care or foresight.

 

 6        (b) "Agricultural property" means real property used for

 

 7  farming in any of its branches, including cultivating of soil;

 

 8  growing and harvesting of any agricultural, horticultural, or

 

 9  floricultural commodity; dairying; raising of livestock, bees,

 

10  fish, fur-bearing animals, or poultry; turf and tree farming; and

 

11  performing any practices on a farm as an incident to, or in

 

12  conjunction with, these farming operations. Agricultural property

 

13  does not include property used for commercial storage,

 

14  processing, distribution, marketing, or shipping operations.

 

15        (c) "All appropriate inquiry" means an evaluation of

 

16  environmental conditions at a property at the time of purchase,

 

17  occupancy, or foreclosure that reasonably defines the existing

 

18  conditions and circumstances at the property in conformance with

 

19  40 CFR 312.

 

20        (d) "Attorney general" means the department of the attorney

 

21  general.

 

22        (e) "Background concentration" means the concentration or

 

23  level of a hazardous substance that exists in the environment at

 

24  or regionally proximate to a facility that is not attributable to

 

25  any release at or regionally proximate to the facility. A person

 

26  may demonstrate a that a hazardous substance is not present at a

 

27  level that exceeds background concentration for a hazardous

 


 1  substance by any of the following methods:

 

 2        (i) The hazardous substance complies with the statewide

 

 3  default background levels under R 299.5746 299.46 of the Michigan

 

 4  administrative code.

 

 5        (ii) The hazardous substance is listed in the department's

 

 6  2005 Michigan background soil survey and falls within the typical

 

 7  ranges published in that document.

 

 8        (iii) The hazardous substance is listed in any other study or

 

 9  survey conducted or approved by the department and is within the

 

10  concentrations or falls within the typical ranges published in

 

11  that study or survey.

 

12        (iv) A site-specific demonstration.

 

13        (f) "Baseline environmental assessment" means a written

 

14  document that describes the results of an all appropriate inquiry

 

15  and the sampling and analysis that confirm that the property is a

 

16  facility. However, for purposes of a baseline environmental

 

17  assessment, the all appropriate inquiry under 40 CFR 312.20(a)

 

18  may be conducted within 45 days after the date of acquisition of

 

19  a property and the components of an all appropriate inquiry under

 

20  40 CFR 312.20(b) and 40 CFR 312.20(c)(3) may be conducted or

 

21  updated within 45 days after the date of acquisition of a

 

22  property.

 

23        (g) "Board" means the brownfield redevelopment board created

 

24  in section 20104a.

 

25        (h) "Certificate of completion" means a written response

 

26  provided by the department confirming that a response activity

 

27  has been completed in accordance with the applicable requirements

 


 1  of this part and is approved by the department.

 

 2        (i) "Cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use"

 

 3  means either of the following:

 

 4        (i) Cleanup criteria that satisfy the requirements for the

 

 5  residential category in section 20120a(1)(a) or (16).

 

 6        (ii) Cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use under

 

 7  part 213.

 

 8        (j) "Department" means the director of the department of

 

 9  environmental quality or his or her designee to whom the director

 

10  delegates a power or duty by written instrument.

 

11        (k) "Director" means the director of the department of

 

12  environmental quality.

 

13        (l) "Directors" means the directors or their designees of the

 

14  departments of environmental quality, community health,

 

15  agriculture and rural development, and state police.

 

16        (m) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection,

 

17  dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous substance

 

18  into or on any land or water so that the hazardous substance or

 

19  any constituent of the hazardous substance may enter the

 

20  environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any

 

21  groundwater or surface water.

 

22        (n) "Enforcement costs" means court expenses, reasonable

 

23  attorney fees of the attorney general, and other reasonable

 

24  expenses of an executive department that are incurred in relation

 

25  to enforcement under this part.

 

26        (o) "Environment" or "natural resources" means land, surface

 

27  water, groundwater, subsurface strata, air, fish, wildlife, or

 


 1  biota within the state.

 

 2        (p) "Environmental contamination" means the release of a

 

 3  hazardous substance, or the potential release of a discarded

 

 4  hazardous substance, in a quantity which is or may become

 

 5  injurious to the environment or to the public health, safety, or

 

 6  welfare.

 

 7        (q) "Evaluation" means those activities including, but not

 

 8  limited to, investigation, studies, sampling, analysis,

 

 9  development of feasibility studies, and administrative efforts

 

10  that are needed to determine the nature, extent, and impact of a

 

11  release or threat of release and necessary response activities.

 

12        (r) "Exacerbation" means the occurrence of either of the

 

13  following caused by an activity undertaken by the person who owns

 

14  or operates the property, with respect to contamination for which

 

15  the person is not liable:

 

16        (i) Contamination that has migrated Migration of

 

17  contamination beyond the boundaries of the property which that is

 

18  the source of the release at levels above cleanup criteria for

 

19  unrestricted residential use unless a criterion is not relevant

 

20  because exposure is reliably restricted as otherwise provided in

 

21  this part.

 

22        (ii) A change in facility conditions that increases response

 

23  activity costs.

 

24        (s) "Facility" means any area, place, or property where a

 

25  hazardous substance in excess of the concentrations that satisfy

 

26  the cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use has been

 

27  released, deposited, disposed of, or otherwise comes to be

 


 1  located. Facility does not include any area, place, or property

 

 2  where any of the following conditions are satisfied:

 

 3        (i) Response activities have been completed under this part

 

 4  that satisfy the cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential

 

 5  use.

 

 6        (ii) Corrective action has been completed under part 213 that

 

 7  satisfies the cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use.

 

 8        (iii) Site-specific criteria that have been approved by the

 

 9  department for application at the area, place, or property are

 

10  met or satisfied and both of the following conditions are met:

 

11        (A) The site-specific criteria do not depend on any land use

 

12  or resource use restriction to ensure protection of the public

 

13  health, safety, or welfare or the environment.

 

14        (B) Hazardous substances at the area, place, or property

 

15  that are not addressed by site-specific criteria satisfy the

 

16  cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use.

 

17        (iv) Hazardous substances in concentrations above

 

18  unrestricted residential cleanup criteria are present due only to

 

19  the placement, storage, or use of beneficial use by-products or

 

20  inert materials at the area, place, or property in compliance

 

21  with part 115.

 

22        (t) "Feasibility study" means a process for developing,

 

23  evaluating, and selecting appropriate response activities.

 

24        (u) "Financial assurance" means a performance bond, escrow,

 

25  cash, certificate of deposit, irrevocable letter of credit,

 

26  corporate guarantee, or other equivalent security, or any

 

27  combination thereof.

 


 1        (v) "Foreclosure" means possession of a property by a lender

 

 2  on which it has foreclosed on a security interest or the

 

 3  expiration of a lawful redemption period, whichever occurs first.

 

 4        (w) "Free product" means a hazardous substance in a liquid

 

 5  phase equal to or greater than 1/8 inch of measurable thickness

 

 6  that is not dissolved in water and that has been released into

 

 7  the environment.

 

 8        (x) "Fund" means the cleanup and redevelopment fund

 

 9  established in section 20108.

 

10        (y) "Hazardous substance" means 1 or more of the following,

 

11  but does not include fruit, vegetable, or field crop residuals or

 

12  processing by-products, or aquatic plants, that are applied to

 

13  the land for an agricultural use or for use as an animal feed, if

 

14  the use is consistent with generally accepted agricultural

 

15  management practices at the time of the application:

 

16        (i) Any substance that the department demonstrates, on a case

 

17  by case basis, poses an unacceptable risk to the public health,

 

18  safety, or welfare, or the environment, considering the fate of

 

19  the material, dose-response, toxicity, or adverse impact on

 

20  natural resources.

 

21        (ii) Hazardous substance as defined in the comprehensive

 

22  environmental response, compensation, and liability act, 42 USC

 

23  9601 to 9675.

 

24        (iii) Hazardous waste as defined in part 111.

 

25        (iv) Petroleum as described in part 213.as a regulated

 

26  substance in section 21303.

 

27        (z) "Interim response activity" means the cleanup or removal

 


 1  of a released hazardous substance or the taking of other actions,

 

 2  prior to the implementation of a remedial action, as may be

 

 3  necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate injury to the public

 

 4  health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment. Interim

 

 5  response activity also includes, but is not limited to, measures

 

 6  to limit access, replacement of water supplies, and temporary

 

 7  relocation of people as determined to be necessary by the

 

 8  department. In addition, interim response activity means the

 

 9  taking of other actions as may be necessary to prevent, minimize,

 

10  or mitigate a threatened release.

 

11        (aa) "Lender" means any of the following:

 

12        (i) A state or nationally chartered bank.

 

13        (ii) A state or federally chartered savings and loan

 

14  association or savings bank.

 

15        (iii) A state or federally chartered credit union.

 

16        (iv) Any other state or federally chartered lending

 

17  institution. or

 

18        (v) Any state or federally regulated affiliate or regulated

 

19  subsidiary of any entity listed in this subparagraph or

 

20  subparagraphs (i) to (iii).(iv).

 

21        (vi) (v) An insurance company authorized to do business in

 

22  this state pursuant to the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218,

 

23  MCL 500.100 to 500.8302.

 

24        (vii) (vi) A motor vehicle sales finance company subject to

 

25  the motor vehicle finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL 492.101

 

26  to 492.141, with net assets in excess of $50,000,000.00.

 

27        (viii) (vii) A foreign bank.

 


 1        (ix) (viii) A retirement fund regulated pursuant to state law

 

 2  or a pension fund regulated pursuant to federal law with net

 

 3  assets in excess of $50,000,000.00.

 

 4        (x) (ix) A state or federal agency authorized by law to hold

 

 5  a security interest in real property or a local unit of

 

 6  government holding a reversionary interest in real property.

 

 7        (xi) (x) A nonprofit tax exempt organization created to

 

 8  promote economic development in which a majority of the

 

 9  organization's assets are held by a local unit of government.

 

10        (xii) (xi) Any other person who loans money for the purchase

 

11  of or improvement of real property.

 

12        (xiii) (xii) Any person who retains or receives a security

 

13  interest to service a debt or to secure a performance obligation.

 

14        (bb) "Local health department" means that term as defined in

 

15  section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

16  333.1105.

 

17        (cc) "Local unit of government" means a county, city,

 

18  township, or village, an agency of a local unit of government, an

 

19  authority or any other public body or entity created by or

 

20  pursuant to state law. Local unit of government does not include

 

21  the this state, or the federal government, or a state or federal

 

22  agency.

 

23        (dd) "Method detection limit" means the minimum

 

24  concentration of a hazardous substance which that can be measured

 

25  and reported with 99% confidence that the analyte concentration

 

26  is greater than zero and is determined from analysis of a sample

 

27  in a given matrix that contains the analyte.

 


 1        (ee) "No further action letter" means a written response

 

 2  provided by the department under section 20114d confirming that a

 

 3  no further action report has been approved after review by the

 

 4  department.

 

 5        (ff) "No further action report" means a report under section

 

 6  20114d detailing the completion of remedial actions and including

 

 7  a postclosure plan and a postclosure agreement, if appropriate.

 

 8        (gg) "Operator" means a person who is in control of or

 

 9  responsible for the operation of a facility. Operator does not

 

10  include either of the following:

 

11        (i) A person who holds indicia of ownership primarily to

 

12  protect the person's security interest in the facility, unless

 

13  that person participates in the management of the facility as

 

14  described in section 20101a.

 

15        (ii) A person who is acting as a fiduciary in compliance with

 

16  section 20101b.

 

17        (hh) "Owner" means a person who owns a facility. Owner does

 

18  not include either of the following:

 

19        (i) A person who holds indicia of ownership primarily to

 

20  protect the person's security interest in the facility,

 

21  including, but not limited to, a vendor's interest under a

 

22  recorded land contract, unless that person participates in the

 

23  management of the facility as described in section 20101a.

 

24        (ii) A person who is acting as a fiduciary in compliance with

 

25  section 20101b.

 

26        (ii) "Panel" means the response activity review panel

 

27  created in section 20114e.

 


 1        (jj) "Permitted release" means 1 or more of the following:

 

 2        (i) A release in compliance with an applicable, legally

 

 3  enforceable permit issued under state law.

 

 4        (ii) A lawful and authorized discharge into a permitted waste

 

 5  treatment facility.

 

 6        (iii) A federally permitted release as defined in the

 

 7  comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability

 

 8  act, 42 USC 9601 to 9675.

 

 9        (kk) "Postclosure agreement" means an agreement between the

 

10  department and a person who has submitted a no further action

 

11  report that prescribes, as appropriate, activities required to be

 

12  undertaken upon completion of remedial actions as provided for in

 

13  section 20114d.

 

14        (ll) "Postclosure plan" means a plan for land use or resource

 

15  use restrictions or permanent markers at a facility upon

 

16  completion of remedial actions as required under provided for in

 

17  section 20114c.

 

18        (mm) "Release" includes, but is not limited to, any

 

19  spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,

 

20  discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing

 

21  of a hazardous substance into the environment, or the abandonment

 

22  or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed

 

23  receptacles containing a hazardous substance. Release does not

 

24  include any of the following:

 

25        (i) A release that results in exposure to persons solely

 

26  within a workplace, with respect to a claim that these persons

 

27  may assert against their employers.

 


 1        (ii) Emissions from the engine exhaust of a motor vehicle,

 

 2  rolling stock, aircraft, or vessel.

 

 3        (iii) A release of source, by-product, or special nuclear

 

 4  material from a nuclear incident, as those terms are defined in

 

 5  the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 USC 2011 to 2297h-13, 2286i, if

 

 6  the release is subject to requirements with respect to financial

 

 7  protection established by the nuclear regulatory commission under

 

 8  42 USC 2210, or any release of source by-product or special

 

 9  nuclear material from any processing site designated under 42 USC

 

10  7912(a)(1) or 42 USC 7942(a).

 

11        (iv) If applied according to label directions and according

 

12  to generally accepted agricultural and management practices at

 

13  the time of the application, the application of a fertilizer,

 

14  soil conditioner, agronomically applied manure, or pesticide, or

 

15  fruit, vegetable, or field crop residuals or processing by-

 

16  products, aquatic plants, or a combination of these substances.

 

17  As used in this subparagraph, fertilizer and soil conditioner

 

18  have the meaning given to these terms in part 85, and pesticide

 

19  has the meaning given to that term in part 83.

 

20        (v) A release does not include Application of fruits,

 

21  vegetables, field crop processing by-products, or aquatic plants

 

22  , that are applied to the land for an agricultural use or for use

 

23  as an animal feed, if the use is consistent with generally

 

24  accepted agricultural and management practices at the time of the

 

25  application.

 

26        (vi) The relocation of soil under section 20120c.

 

27        (vii) The placement, storage, or use of beneficial use by-

 


 1  products or inert materials at the site of storage or use if in

 

 2  compliance with part 115.

 

 3        (nn) "Remedial action" includes, but is not limited to,

 

 4  cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, destruction, or

 

 5  treatment of a hazardous substance released or threatened to be

 

 6  released into the environment, monitoring, maintenance, or the

 

 7  taking of other actions that may be necessary to prevent,

 

 8  minimize, or mitigate injury to the public health, safety, or

 

 9  welfare, or to the environment.

 

10        (oo) "Remedial action plan" means a work plan for performing

 

11  remedial action under this part.

 

12        (pp) "Residential closure" means a property at which the

 

13  contamination has been addressed in a no further action report

 

14  that satisfies the limited residential cleanup criteria under

 

15  section 20120a(1)(c) or the site-specific residential cleanup

 

16  criteria under sections 20120a(2) and 20120b, that contains land

 

17  use or resource use restrictions, and that is approved by the

 

18  department or is considered approved by the department under

 

19  section 20120d.

 

20        (qq) "Response activity" means evaluation, interim response

 

21  activity, remedial action, demolition, providing an alternative

 

22  water supply, or the taking of other actions necessary to protect

 

23  the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment or the

 

24  natural resources. Response activity also includes health

 

25  assessments or health effect studies carried out under the

 

26  supervision, or with the approval of, the department of community

 

27  health and enforcement actions related to any response activity.

 


 1        (rr) "Response activity costs" or "costs of response

 

 2  activity" means all costs incurred in taking or conducting a

 

 3  response activity, including enforcement costs.

 

 4        (ss) "Response activity plan" means a plan for undertaking

 

 5  response activities. A response activity plan may include 1 or

 

 6  more of the following:

 

 7        (i) A plan to undertake interim response activities.

 

 8        (ii) A plan for evaluation activities.

 

 9        (iii) A feasibility study.

 

10        (iv) A remedial action plan.

 

11        (tt) "Security interest" means any interest, including a

 

12  reversionary interest, in real property created or established

 

13  for the purpose of securing a loan or other obligation. Security

 

14  interests include, but are not limited to, mortgages, deeds of

 

15  trusts, liens, and title pursuant to lease financing

 

16  transactions. Security interests may also arise from transactions

 

17  such as sale and leasebacks, conditional sales, installment

 

18  sales, trust receipt transactions, certain assignments, factoring

 

19  agreements, accounts receivable financing arrangements,

 

20  consignments, or any other transaction in which evidence of title

 

21  is created if the transaction creates or establishes an interest

 

22  in real property for the purpose of securing a loan or other

 

23  obligation.

 

24        (uu) "Target detection limit" means the detection limit for

 

25  a hazardous substance in a given environmental medium that is

 

26  specified by the department on a list that it publishes not more

 

27  than once a year. The department shall identify 1 or more

 


 1  analytical methods, when a method is available, that are judged

 

 2  to be capable of achieving the target detection limit for a

 

 3  hazardous substance in a given environmental medium. The target

 

 4  detection limit for a given hazardous substance is greater than

 

 5  or equal to the method detection limit for that hazardous

 

 6  substance. In establishing a target detection limit, the

 

 7  department shall consider the following factors:

 

 8        (i) The low level capabilities of methods published by

 

 9  government agencies.

 

10        (ii) Reported method detection limits published by state

 

11  laboratories.

 

12        (iii) Reported method detection limits published by commercial

 

13  laboratories.

 

14        (iv) The need to be able to measure a hazardous substance at

 

15  concentrations at or below cleanup criteria.

 

16        (vv) "Threatened release" or "threat of release" means any

 

17  circumstance that may reasonably be anticipated to cause a

 

18  release.

 

19        (ww) "Venting groundwater" means groundwater that is

 

20  entering a surface water of the this state from a facility.

 

21        (2) As used in this part:

 

22        (a) The phrase "a person who is liable" includes a person

 

23  who is described as being subject to liability in section 20126.

 

24  The phrase "a person who is liable" does not presume that

 

25  liability has been adjudicated.

 

26        (b) The phrase "this part" includes "rules promulgated under

 

27  this part".

 


 1        Sec. 20114e. (1) The director shall establish a response

 

 2  activity review panel to advise him or her on technical or

 

 3  scientific disputes, including disputes regarding assessment of

 

 4  risk, response activity plans, no further action reports,

 

 5  certificates of completion, and documentations of due care

 

 6  compliance under this part, and initial assessment reports, final

 

 7  assessment reports, closure reports, and documentations of due

 

 8  care compliance under part 213.

 

 9        (2) The panel shall consist of 15 individuals, appointed by

 

10  the director. Each member of the panel shall meet all of the

 

11  following minimum requirements:

 

12        (a) Meet 1 or more of the following:

 

13        (i) Hold a current professional engineer's or professional

 

14  geologist's license or registration from a state, tribe, or

 

15  United States territory, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and

 

16  have the equivalent of 6 years of full-time relevant experience.

 

17        (ii) Have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited

 

18  institution of higher education in a discipline of engineering or

 

19  science and the equivalent of 10 years of full-time relevant

 

20  experience.

 

21        (iii) Have a master's degree from an accredited institution of

 

22  higher education in a discipline of engineering or science and

 

23  the equivalent of 8 years of full-time relevant experience.

 

24        (b) Remain current in his or her field through participation

 

25  in continuing education or other activities.

 

26        (3) An individual is not eligible to be a member of the

 

27  panel if any 1 of the following is true:

 


 1        (a) The individual is a current employee of any office,

 

 2  department, or agency of the this state.

 

 3        (b) The individual is a party to 1 or more contracts with

 

 4  the department and the compensation paid under those contracts

 

 5  represented more than 5% of the individual's annual gross revenue

 

 6  in any of the preceding 3 years.

 

 7        (c) The individual is employed by an entity that is a party

 

 8  to 1 or more contracts with the department and the compensation

 

 9  paid to the individual's employer under these contracts

 

10  represented more than 5% of the employer's annual gross revenue

 

11  in any of the preceding 3 years.

 

12        (d) The individual was employed by the department within the

 

13  preceding 3 years.

 

14        (4) An individual appointed to the panel shall serve for a

 

15  term of 3 years and may be reappointed for 1 additional 3-year

 

16  term. After serving 2 consecutive terms, the individual shall not

 

17  be a member of the panel for a period of at least 2 years before

 

18  being eligible to be appointed to the panel again. The terms for

 

19  members first appointed shall be staggered so that not more than

 

20  5 vacancies are scheduled to occur in a single year. Individuals

 

21  appointed to the panel shall serve without compensation. However,

 

22  members of the panel may be reimbursed for their actual and

 

23  necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official

 

24  duties as members of the panel.

 

25        (5) A vacancy on the panel shall be filled in the same

 

26  manner as the original appointment.

 

27        (6) The business that the panel may perform shall be

 


 1  conducted at a public meeting of the panel held in compliance

 

 2  with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

 

 3        (7) A person who submitted a response activity plan; , a no

 

 4  further action report; , a request for certificate of completion

 

 5  , or documentation of due care compliance under this part; or an

 

 6  initial assessment report, final assessment report, closure

 

 7  report, or documentation of due care compliance under part 213

 

 8  may appeal a decision made by the department regarding a

 

 9  technical or scientific dispute, including a dispute regarding

 

10  assessment of risk, concerning the response activity plan, no

 

11  further action report, request for certificate of completion,

 

12  initial assessment report, final assessment report, closure

 

13  report, or documentation of due care compliance by submitting a

 

14  petition to the director. However, an issue that was addressed as

 

15  part of the final decision of the director under section 21332 or

 

16  that is the subject of a contested case hearing under section

 

17  21332 is not eligible for review by the panel. The petition shall

 

18  include the issues in dispute, the relevant facts upon which the

 

19  dispute is based, factual data, analysis, opinion, and supporting

 

20  documentation for the petitioner's position. The petitioner shall

 

21  also submit a fee of $3,500.00. If the director believes that the

 

22  dispute may be able to be resolved without convening the panel,

 

23  the director may contact the petitioner regarding the issues in

 

24  dispute and may negotiate a resolution of the dispute. This

 

25  negotiation period shall not exceed 45 days. If the dispute is

 

26  resolved without convening the panel, any fee that is submitted

 

27  with the petition shall be returned.

 


 1        (8) If a dispute is not resolved pursuant to subsection (7),

 

 2  the director shall schedule a meeting of 5 members of the panel,

 

 3  selected on the basis of their relevant expertise, within 45 days

 

 4  after receiving the original petition. If the dispute involves an

 

 5  underground storage tank system, at least 3 of the members

 

 6  selected shall have relevant experience in the American society

 

 7  for testing and materials risk-based corrective action processes

 

 8  described in part 213. A member selected for the dispute

 

 9  resolution process shall agree not to accept employment by the

 

10  person bringing the dispute before the panel, or to undertake any

 

11  employment concerning the facility in question for a period of 1

 

12  year after the decision has been rendered on the matter if that

 

13  employment would represent more than 5% of the member's gross

 

14  revenue in any of the preceding 3 years. The director shall

 

15  provide a copy of all supporting documentation to members of the

 

16  panel who will hear the dispute. An alternative member may be

 

17  selected by the director to replace a member who is unable to

 

18  participate in the dispute resolution process. Any action by the

 

19  members selected to hear the dispute shall require a majority of

 

20  the votes cast. The members selected for the dispute resolution

 

21  process shall elect a chairperson of the dispute resolution

 

22  process. At a meeting scheduled to hear the dispute,

 

23  representatives of the petitioner and the department shall each

 

24  be afforded an opportunity to present their positions to the

 

25  panel. The fee that is received by the director along with the

 

26  petition shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit

 

27  into the fund.

 


 1        (9) Within 45 days after hearing the dispute, the members of

 

 2  the panel who were selected for and participated in the dispute

 

 3  resolution process shall make a recommendation regarding the

 

 4  petition and provide written notice of the recommendation to the

 

 5  director of the department and the petitioner. The written

 

 6  recommendation shall include the specific scientific or technical

 

 7  rationale for the recommendation. The panel's recommendation

 

 8  regarding the petition may be to adopt, modify, or reverse, in

 

 9  whole or in part, the department's decision that is the subject

 

10  of the petition. If the panel does not make its recommendation

 

11  within this 45-day time period, the decision of the department is

 

12  the final decision of the director.

 

13        (10) Within 60 days after receiving written notice of the

 

14  panel's recommendation, the director shall issue a final

 

15  decision, in writing, regarding the petition. However, this time

 

16  period may be extended by written agreement between the director

 

17  and the petitioner. If the director agrees with the

 

18  recommendation of the panel, the department shall incorporate the

 

19  recommendation into its response to the response activity plan,

 

20  no further action report, request for certificate of completion,

 

21  initial assessment report, final assessment report, closure

 

22  report, or documentation of due care compliance. If the director

 

23  rejects the recommendation of the panel, the director shall issue

 

24  a written decision to the petitioner with a specific rationale

 

25  for rejecting the recommendation of the panel. If the director

 

26  fails to issue a final decision within the time period provided

 

27  for in this subsection, the recommendation of the panel shall be

 


 1  considered the final decision of the director. The final decision

 

 2  of the director under this subsection is subject to review

 

 3  pursuant to section 631 of the revised judicature act of 1961,

 

 4  1961 PA 236, MCL 600.631.

 

 5        (11) Upon request of the director, the panel shall make a

 

 6  recommendation to the department on whether a member should be

 

 7  removed from the panel. Prior to making this recommendation, the

 

 8  panel may convene a peer review panel to evaluate the conduct of

 

 9  the member with regard to compliance with this part.

 

10        (12) A member of the panel shall not participate in the

 

11  dispute resolution process for any appeal in which that member

 

12  has a conflict of interest. The director shall select a member of

 

13  the panel to replace a member who has a conflict of interest

 

14  under this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, a member

 

15  has a conflict of interest if a petitioner has hired that member

 

16  or the member's employer on any environmental matter within the

 

17  preceding 3 years.

 

18        (13) As used in this section, "relevant experience" means

 

19  active participation in the preparation, design, implementation,

 

20  and assessment of remedial investigations, feasibility studies,

 

21  interim response activities, and remedial actions under this part

 

22  or experience in the American society for testing and materials

 

23  risk-based corrective action processes described in part 213.

 

24  This experience must demonstrate the exercise of sound

 

25  professional judgment and knowledge of the requirements of this

 

26  part or part 213, or both.

 

27        Sec. 20115. (1) The department, upon confirmation of a

 


 1  release or threat of release of a substance that is regulated by

 

 2  the department of agriculture and rural development, shall notify

 

 3  the department of agriculture and rural development. The

 

 4  department of agriculture and rural development shall undertake

 

 5  or ensure the initiation of the necessary response activity to

 

 6  immediately stop or prevent further releases at the site. The

 

 7  department of agriculture and rural development shall consult

 

 8  with the department in the development of response activities if

 

 9  a release or threat of a release of a substance regulated by the

 

10  department of agriculture and rural development occurs. The

 

11  department of agriculture and rural development shall provide to

 

12  the department information necessary to identify substances

 

13  regulated by the department of agriculture and rural development.

 

14  This information shall include but is not limited to the list of

 

15  state registered pesticides.

 

16        (2) As used in this section, "substance regulated by the

 

17  department of agriculture and rural development" means a

 

18  fertilizer or soil conditioner as defined in part 85, or a any of

 

19  the following:

 

20        (a) A pesticide as defined in part 83.section 8305.

 

21        (b) A fertilizer as defined in section 8501.

 

22        (c) A soil conditioner as defined in section 8501a.

 

23        (d) A liming material as defined in section 1 of 1955 PA

 

24  162, MCL 290.531.

 

25        (3) Response activities conducted under this section shall

 

26  be consistent with the requirements of section 8714(2).

 

27        Enacting section 1. R 299.4113 to R 299.4116, R299.4118, R

 


 1  299.4119, and R 299.4122 to R 299.4127 of the Michigan

 

 2  administrative code are rescinded.

 

 3        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect upon

 

 4  the expiration of 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

 

 5        Enacting section 3. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

 6  unless House Bill No. 5401 of the 97th Legislature is enacted

 

 7  into law.