HOUSE BILL No. 4047

 

January 22, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Ebli, Angerer, Hopgood, Byrum, Corriveau, Kathleen Law, Valentine, Simpson, Byrnes, Alma Smith, Vagnozzi, Espinoza, Brown, Hammel, Bauer, McDowell, Hammon, Condino, Hood, Griffin, Spade, Dean, Melton, Sheltrown, Gonzales, Donigan and Young and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 11511c; and to repeal

 

acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11511c. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

 

part, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the

 

department shall reject any application for a permit to construct a

 

landfill submitted after December 31, 2005 and before the effective

 

date of the amendatory act that added this section, and shall not

 

accept an application for a permit to construct a landfill

 

submitted on or after that effective date and before January 1,

 

2012.

 

     (2) The department may issue a permit for a design


 

modification to an existing landfill if the modification does not

 

result in a net increase in remaining disposal capacity calculated

 

as provided under section 11507a.

 

     (3) The department may issue a permit to construct an

 

expansion to an existing landfill if the applicant demonstrates

 

that the landfill has less than 3 years of remaining disposal

 

capacity calculated as provided under section 11507a and the

 

application otherwise meets the requirements of this part. A permit

 

issued under this subsection shall provide not more than a total of

 

8 years of remaining disposal capacity when added to the remaining

 

disposal capacity existing prior to issuance of the permit. The

 

amount of time of remaining disposal capacity shall be calculated

 

based on the average of the 3 prior years of waste receipt as

 

reported under section 11507a.

 

     (4) The department may issue a permit to construct a type III

 

landfill that is a captive facility if the application otherwise

 

meets the requirements of this part.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "captive facility" means that

 

term as defined in section 11525a.

 

     (6) This section is repealed effective January 1, 2012.