Bill Text: MI SB1206 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Environmental protection; solid waste; bulk biosolids of exceptional quality used for landscaping; exempt from certain rules concerning cumulative loading, management practices, and reporting. Amends sec. 3131 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.3131).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-31 - Assigned Pa 0563'12 With Immediate Effect 2012 Addenda [SB1206 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB1206-Chaptered.html
Act No. 563
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
January 2, 2013
Filed with the Secretary of State
January 2, 2013
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 2013
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Senator Casperson
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1206
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 3131 (MCL 324.3131), as added by 1997 PA 29.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 3131. (1) By October 1, 1997, the department of environmental quality in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development shall promulgate rules to manage the land application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge derivatives. The rules shall be consistent with the minimum requirements of 40 CFR part 503 but may impose requirements in addition to or more stringent than 40 CFR part 503 to protect public health or the environment from any adverse effect from a pollutant in sewage sludge or in a sewage sludge derivative. However, the rules shall require that if monitoring of sewage sludge or a sewage sludge derivative indicates a pollutant concentration in excess of that provided in table 3 of 40 CFR 503.13, monitoring frequency shall be increased to not less than twice that provided in table 1 of 40 CFR 503.16, until pollutant concentrations are at or below those provided in table 3 of 40 CFR 503.13. The rules shall require a sewage sludge generator or sewage sludge distributor to deliver to a county, city, village, or township a copy of any record required to be created under the rules pertaining to sewage sludge or a sewage sludge derivative applied to land in that local unit. The copy shall be delivered free of charge promptly after the record is created.
(2) Notwithstanding R 323.2407(3) of the Michigan administrative code, the requirements of R 323.2408 and R 323.2410 of the Michigan administrative code in effect on the effective date of the 2012 amendatory act that added this subsection, or subsequent revisions of those requirements, do not apply to bulk biosolids or a bulk derivative that is sold or given away if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The material is finished compost or other material that has been demonstrated to be mature and stable and to present minimal vector attraction and potential to generate a nuisance.
(b) The material is of exceptional quality.
(c) The generator or distributor provides to the person receiving the material a written record that contains all of the following information:
(i) The name and address of the person who prepared the material.
(ii) General handling guidelines and recommended application rates.
(iii) A current monitoring summary of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations.
(d) The material is used beneficially for its nutrient value in accordance with the generator’s approved residuals management program.
(e) The material is utilized only for landscaping uses at 1 or more of the following locations:
(i) A public park.
(ii) An athletic field.
(iii) A cemetery.
(iv) A plant nursery.
(v) A turf farm.
(vi) A golf course.
(vii) A lawn.
(viii) A home garden.
(ix) Any other location approved by the director of the department or his or her designee.
(3) The requirements of R 323.2413(2)(a) through (c) and (e) through (i) of the Michigan administrative code in effect on the effective date of the 2012 amendatory act that added this subsection do not apply to bulk biosolids or a bulk derivative of exceptional quality utilized for landscaping purposes.
(4) A person who generates bulk biosolids or a bulk derivative of exceptional quality for landscaping uses shall keep a record of quantities in excess of 20 cubic yards sold or given away in a single transaction and make the record available to the department for inspection and copying. The record shall include all of the following information:
(a) The name and address of the recipient.
(b) The quantity received.
(c) The signature or initials of the recipient.
(d) A general description of the intended use consistent with subsection (2)(e).
(5) As used in this section:
(a) All of the following mean those terms as defined in R 324.2402 of the Michigan administrative code:
(i) “Bulk biosolids”.
(ii) “Derivative”.
(iii) “Exceptional quality”.
(iv) “Generator”.
(v) “Residuals management program”.
(b) “Bulk derivative” means a derivative that is not sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to a lawn or home garden.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
