Bill Text: MI HB6185 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; hazardous substances; firefighting foam containing PFAS; require reports on use of and require department of environmental quality to accept for disposal. Amends heading of subpt. 1 of pt. 147 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) & adds secs. 14701, 14703, 14705 & 14707.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/12/2018 [HB6185 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6185-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6185

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Allor, Yaroch, Cochran, Yanez, Sabo and Afendoulis and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by amending the heading of subpart 1 of

 

part 147 and by adding sections 14701, 14703, 14705, and 14707.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

SUBPART 1 PCB COMPOUNDS PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL

 

SUBSTANCES

 

     Sec. 14701. As used in this subpart:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (b) "Fire chief" means that term as defined in section 1 of

 

the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1.

 

     (c) "Organized fire department" means that term as defined in

 

section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1.

 

     (d) "PFAS" means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl

 

substance. PFAS includes, but is not limited to, PFOA and PFOS.

 

     (e) "PFOA" means perfluorooctanoic acid (Chemical Abstract

 

Service no. 335-6T-1).

 

     (f) "PFOS" means perfluorooctane sulfonate (Chemical Abstract

 

Service no. 1763-23-1).

 

     Sec. 14703. (1) Within 48 hours after an organized fire

 

department uses firefighting foam containing PFAS, the fire chief

 

shall submit to the department of environmental quality a written

 

report that includes all of the following information:

 

     (a) The purpose for which the foam was used.

 

     (b) The physical address and the latitude and longitude of the

 

location at which the foam was used.

 

     (c) The quantity of foam concentrate used.

 

     (d) The quantity of water used to produce the foam or used in

 

conjunction with the foam.

 

     (e) The name brand and manufacturer of the foam.

 

     (f) The name of any water body potentially affected by the

 

foam or firewater through surface water runoff, groundwater, or a

 

storm sewer or combined sewer, its distance and direction from the

 

location at which the foam was used, and whether the foam or

 

firewater is known to have entered the water body.

 

     (g) Practices employed for cleanup and disposal of materials

 

contaminated by the foam or firewater.

 

     (2) The department may prescribe the format of the report

 

under subsection (1) and the means by which the report shall be

submitted.

 

     Sec. 14705. The department shall establish a collection

 

program for firefighting foam containing PFOA or PFOS with a carbon

 

chain of more than 6. Under the program, the department shall

 

accept the foam free of charge and properly dispose of the foam.

 

The program is contingent on legislative appropriations to cover

 

program costs.

 

     Sec. 14707. A person that violates section 14703 may be

 

ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00. A violation

 

of section 14703 may be prosecuted by the prosecutor of the county

 

in which the violation occurred or by the attorney general.