Bill Text: MI HB4072 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; gas and oil; use of flowback water from hydraulic fracturing process on dirt roads as a dust suppression tool; prohibit. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 61528.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-24 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/23/2019 [HB4072 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4072-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4072

 

 

January 23, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Hope, Brixie, Pohutsky, Kennedy, Stone, Shannon, Bolden, Hood, Cherry, Hammoud, Whitsett, Cynthia Johnson, Love, Chirkun and Peterson and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 61528.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 61528. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

 

act or the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall

 

not authorize the use of flowback water from hydraulic fracturing

 

as a dust suppressant on highways, roads, or streets.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "hydraulic fracturing" means the

 

process of injecting foam or fluid in a well under pressure to

 

create fractures in a formation and thereby enhance production of

 

hydrocarbons.