Bill Text: MI HB4016 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; other; NREPA programs; require peer review or benchmark analysis. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding pt. 27.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-21 - Referred To Committee On Economic Development [HB4016 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4016-Engrossed.html

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HB-4016, As Passed House, June 16, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding part 27.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 27 PROGRAM REVIEW

 

     Sec. 2701. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (b) "Program" means a permit program or regulatory program

 

administered by the department under this act.

 

     Sec. 2703. (1) The department shall complete process

 

improvement of 1 major program by February 1, 2012 and 2 major

 

programs each year thereafter until the department has completed

 

process improvement for all major programs. This subsection does

 

not require the department to repeat process improvement for a

 

program if process improvement for that program was completed

 

before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this

 

section.

 

     (2) Process improvement under subsection (1) shall meet all of

 

the following requirements:

 

     (a) Utilize process mapping.

 

     (b) Be conducted by a team that includes at least all of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Two certified facilitators, who shall administer the

 

process improvement.

 

     (ii) A representative of persons regulated by the program.

 

     (iii) A representative of members of the general public affected

 

by the program.

 

     (3) The department shall consider using peer reviews by other

 

EPA region 5 states and benchmark analyses as part of process

 

improvement under subsection (1).

 

     (4) The department shall post on its website a description of

 

the process improvements made for each major program.

 

     Sec. 2705. (1) The department shall develop metrics for all of

 

the following:

 

     (a) Environmental impacts.

 

     (b) Process performance. For a permit program, process

 

performance shall include all of the following:

 

     (i) A calculation of the department's per-permit cost to

 

administer the program.

 

     (ii) A review of the timeliness of the permit process from

 

receipt to approval or denial of a permit application.

 

     (c) A review of service practices affecting regulated persons

 

and the general public.

 

     (2) The department shall post on its website the metrics

 

developed for the purposes of subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 2707. For each division of the department, the department

 

shall survey persons regulated by that division and the general

 

public concerning the division's service practices. By February 1,

 

2012, the department shall complete the surveys and post the

 

results on its website. The department shall not post on its

 

website survey information identifying a survey respondent, and

 

such information is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of

 

information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.