HOUSE BILL No. 4946

 

September 4, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Geiss and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1941 PA 207, entitled

 

"Fire prevention code,"

 

by amending section 5c (MCL 29.5c), as amended by 2006 PA 189.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5c. (1) A person shall not establish or maintain 1 or

 

more of the following without obtaining a certificate from the

 

department of environmental quality:bureau:

 

     (a) A flammable compressed gas or liquefied petroleum gas

 

container filling location.

 

     (b) An aboveground flammable compressed gas or liquefied

 

petroleum gas storage location that has a tank with a water

 

capacity of more than 2,000 gallons or has 2 or more tanks with an

 

aggregate water capacity of more than 4,000 gallons.

 

     (c) An aboveground storage location for a flammable liquid or

 

combustible liquid that has an individual tank storage capacity of


 

more than 1,100 gallons. Crude petroleum collection tanks that

 

receive crude petroleum directly from a wellhead and are certified

 

by the department of environmental quality bureau may be maintained

 

without further inspection by the department of environmental

 

quality, bureau, except as the department of environmental quality

 

bureau considers necessary to assure ensure compliance with this

 

act.

 

     (2) The department of environmental quality bureau may require

 

that a person obtain approval from the department of environmental

 

quality bureau before the installation of an aboveground storage

 

tank for flammable or combustible liquids that has an individual

 

tank storage capacity of 1,100 gallons or less. However, this

 

requirement does not apply to farm location storage tanks of 1,100

 

gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for

 

noncommercial purposes or heating oil for consumptive use on the

 

premises where stored.

 

     (3) A person shall not store a container that holds 2 pounds

 

or more, by weight, of flammable compressed gas or liquefied

 

petroleum gas for sale in or within 50 feet of a building that is

 

open to the public.