Bill Text: MI SB0078 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; pollution prevention; containment of petroleum coke piles; require. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 5525a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred To Committee On Natural Resources [SB0078 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0078-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 78

 

 

February 4, 2015, Introduced by Senators YOUNG and HERTEL 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 adding section 5525a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5525a. (1) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Accumulation" means any surface deposit of material

 

greater than 3 ounces in 1 square foot other than inside enclosed

 

storage or inside a conveyor, transport vehicle, coker pit, slurry

 

bin, water collection channel, or separation pond.

 

     (b) "Dry material" means any material that is not moist

 

material.

 

     (c) "Enclosed storage" means any completely roofed and walled

 

structure.

 

     (d) "Material" means any substance containing at least 50% by

 

weight of pet coke. The percent by weight shall be determined by at

 

least a 1-ounce sample taken at any random point.

 

     (e) "Moist material" means material that has a moisture

 

content that is at least 8.3% throughout.

 

     (f) "Pet coke" means a solid carbonaceous residue produced

 

from a coker after cracking and distillation from petroleum

 

refining operations.

 

     (g) "Pile" means any amount of material that attains a height

 

of 3 feet or more, or a total surface area of 150 square feet or

 

more.

 

     (h) "Transfer location" means the location in the storage,

 

handling, or transport process where material being moved, carried,

 

conveyed, or transported is dropped or deposited.

 

     (2) A person who stores pet coke for transfer or shipment

 

shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Maintain each pile and transfer location in enclosed

 

storage.

 

     (b) Ensure that each entrance or exit from enclosed storage

 

that allows passage of material or vehicles has overlapping flaps,

 

sliding doors, or other devices approved by the department that

 

remain closed except to allow material or vehicles to enter and

 

leave or when individuals are inside.

 

     (c) Maintain all areas of the pet coke storage operation free

 

of accumulation, unless the accumulation is any of the following:

 

     (i) Moist material.

 

     (ii) Dry material not higher than 3 inches.

 

     (iii) Completely covered material.

 

     (3) Not more than 45 days after the effective date of this

 

section, the department shall issue compliance orders setting forth

 

schedules of interim steps to ensure full compliance with

 

subsection (2) by 180 days after the effective date of this

 

section. The compliance orders shall require monitoring and

 

reporting of pile sizes.