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HOUSE BILL NO. 5812
May 28, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Howell, Tate, Sowerby, O'Malley, VanSingel and Rabhi and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation.
by amending sections 11502, 11503, 11504, 11505, 11506, 11507, 11507a, and 11508 (MCL 324.11502, 324.11503, 324.11504, 324.11505, 324.11506, 324.11507, 324.11507a, and 324.11508), and by designating sections 11502 to 11508 as subpart 1.
SUBPART 1 GENERAL AND DEFINITIONS
Sec. 11502. (1) "Agreement" means a written contract.
(2) (1) "Agronomic rate" means a rate that meets both of the following requirements:
(3) "Anaerobic digester" means a facility that uses microorganisms to break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen, producing methane and an organic product.
(4) "Animal bedding" means a mixture of manure and wood chips, sawdust, shredded paper or cardboard, hay, straw, or other similar fibrous materials normally used for bedding animals.
(5) (2) "Ashes" means the residue from the burning of wood, scrap wood, tires, biomass, wastewater sludge, fossil fuels including coal or coke, or other combustible materials.
(6) "Benchmark recycling standards" means all of the following requirements:
(a) By January 1, 2022, at least 90% of single-family dwellings in urban areas as identified by the most recent federal decennial census and, by January 1, 2025, at least 90% of single-family dwellings in municipalities with more than 5,000 residents have access to curbside recycling that meets all of the following criteria:
(i) One or more recyclable materials, as determined by the county's material management plan, that are typically collected through curbside recycling programs, are collected at least twice per month.
(ii) If recyclable materials are not collected separately, the mixed load is delivered to a solid waste processing and transfer facility and the recyclable materials are separated from material to be sent to a solid waste disposal area.
(iii) Recyclable materials collected are delivered to a materials recovery facility that complies with part 115 or are managed appropriately at an out-of-state recycling facility.
(iv) The curbside recycling is provided by the municipality or the resident has access to curbside recycling by the resident's chosen hauler.
(b) By January 1, 2028, the following additional criteria:
(i) In counties with a population of less than 100,000, there is at least 1 drop-off location for each 10,000 residents without access to curbside recycling at their dwelling, and the drop-off location is available at least 24 hours per month.
(ii) In counties with a population of 100,000 or more, there is at least 1 drop-off location for each 50,000 residents without access to curbside recycling at their dwelling, and the drop-off location is available at least 24 hours per month.
(7) (3) "Beneficial use 1" means use as aggregate, road material, or building material that in ultimate use is or will be bonded or encapsulated by cement, limes, or asphalt.
(8) (4) "Beneficial use 2" means use as any of the following:
(9) (5) "Beneficial use 3" means applied to land as a fertilizer or soil conditioner under part 85 or a liming material under 1955 PA 162, MCL 290.531 to 290.538, if all of the following requirements are met:
(ii) Cause groundwater to no longer be fit for 1 or more protected uses as defined in R 323.2202 of the Michigan administrative code. Administrative Code.
(10) (6) "Beneficial use 4" means any of the following uses:
(e) As alternate daily cover at a licensed landfill in compliance with an operational plan approved pursuant to R 299.4429 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(11) (7) "Beneficial use 5" means blended with inert materials or with compost and used to manufacture soil.
(12) (8) "Beneficial use by-product" means the following materials if the materials are stored for beneficial use or are used beneficially as specified and the requirements of section 11551(1) are met:
(13) (9) "Beverage container" means an airtight metal, glass, paper, or plastic container, or a container composed of a combination of these materials, which, at the time of sale, contains 1 gallon or less of any of the following:
(14) "Biosolids" means a solid, semisolid, or liquid that has been treated to meet the requirements of R 323.2414 of the Michigan Administrative Code. Biosolids includes, but is not limited to, scum or solids removed in a primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment process and a derivative of the removed scum or solids.
(15) (10) "Bond" means a financial instrument guaranteeing performance, executed on a form approved by the department, including a surety bond from a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, a certificate of deposit, a cash bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, an insurance policy, a trust fund, an escrow account, or a combination of any of these instruments in favor of the department. The owner or operator of a disposal area who is required to establish a bond under another state statute or a federal statute may petition the department to allow such a bond to meet the requirements of this part. The department shall approve a bond established under another state statute or a federal statute if the bond provides equivalent funds and access by the department as other financial instruments allowed by this subsection.
(16) (11) "Captive facility" means a landfill or coal ash impoundment that accepts for disposal, and accepted for disposal during the previous calendar year, only nonhazardous industrial waste generated only by the owner of the landfill or coal ash impoundment.
(17) "Captive type III landfill" means a type III landfill that meets either of the following requirements:
(a) Accepts for disposal only nonhazardous industrial waste generated only by the owner of the landfill.
(b) Is a nonhazardous industrial waste landfill described in section 11525(4)(a), (b), or (c).
(18) (12) "Cement kiln dust" means particulate matter collected in air emission control devices serving Portland cement kilns.
(19) (13) "Certificate of deposit" means a negotiable certificate of deposit that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is negotiable.
(b) Is held by a bank or other financial institution regulated and examined by a state or federal agency. , the value of which is
(c) Is fully insured by an agency of the United States government. A certificate of deposit used to fulfill the requirements of this part shall be
(d) Is in the sole name of the department. with
(e) Has a maturity date of not less than 1 year. and shall be
(f) Is renewed not less later than 60 days before the maturity date. An applicant who uses a certificate of deposit as a bond shall receive any accrued interest on that certificate of deposit upon release of the bond by the department.
(20) (14) "Certified health department" means a city, county, or district department of health that is specifically delegated authority by the department to perform designated activities as prescribed by this part.certified under section 11507a.
(21) "Class 1 compostable material" means any of the following:
(a) Yard waste.
(c) Food waste.
(e) Manure or animal bedding.
(f) Anaerobic digester digestate that does not contain free liquids.
(g) Compostable products.
(h) Dead animals unless infectious or managed under 1982 PA 239, MCL 287.651 to 287.683.
(i) Spent grain from breweries.
(j) Paunch.
(k) Food processing residuals.
(l) Aquatic plants.
(m) Any other material, including, but not limited to, fat, oil, or grease, that the department classifies as class 1 compostable material under section 11562.
(n) A mixture of any of these materials.
(22) "Class 1 composting facility" means a composting facility where only class 1 compostable material is composted.
(23) "Class 2 compostable material" means mixed municipal solid waste, biosolids, state or federal controlled substances, and all other compostable material that is not listed or approved as a class 1 compostable material.
(24) "Class 2 composting facility" means a composting facility where class 2 compostable material or a combination of class 2 compostable material and class 1 compostable material is composted.
(25) (15) "Coal ash", subject to subsection (16), (27), means any of the following:
(26) (16) For beneficial use 2, coal ash does not include coal fly ash except for the following if used at nonresidential property:
(a) Class C fly ash under ASTM standard C618-12A.C618, "Standard Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete", by ASTM International.
(b) Class F fly ash under ASTM standard C618-12A, "Standard Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete", by ASTM International if that fly ash forms a pozzolanic-stabilized mixture by being blended with lime, Portland cement, or cement kiln dust.
(c) A combination of class C fly ash and class F fly ash under ASTM standard C618-12A if that combination forms a pozzolanic-stabilized mixture by being blended with lime, Portland cement, or cement kiln dust and is used as a road base, soil stabilizer, or road shoulder material under subsection (4)(b) or (c).beneficial use 2.
(27) (17) "Coal ash impoundment" means a natural topographic depression, man-made excavation, or diked area that is not a landfill and that is designed to hold and, after October 14, 2015, accepted an accumulation of coal ash and liquids or other materials approved by the department for treatment, storage, or disposal and did not receive department approval of its closure. A coal ash impoundment in existence before October 14, 2015 that receives waste after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, December 28, 2018, and that does not have a permit pursuant to part 31, is considered an open dump beginning 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection December 28, 2020 unless the owner or operator has completed closure of the coal ash impoundment under section 11519b or obtained an operating license for the coal ash impoundment.
(28) (18) "Coal ash landfill" means a landfill that is used for the disposal of coal ash and may also be used for the disposal of inert materials and construction material used for purposes of meeting the definition of beneficial use 4, or other materials approved by the department.
(29) (19) "Coal bottom ash" means ash particles from the combustion of coal that are too large to be carried in flue gases and that collect on furnace walls or at the bottom of the furnace.
(30) (20) "Collection center" means a tract of land, building, unit, or appurtenance or combination thereof that is used to collect junk motor vehicles and farm implements under section 11530.
(31) "Commercial waste", subject to subsection (32), means solid waste generated by nonmanufacturing activities, including, but not limited to, solid waste from any of the following:
(a) Stores.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Warehouses.
(e) Multifamily dwellings.
(f) Hotels and motels.
(g) Bunkhouses.
(h) Ranger stations.
(i) Crew quarters.
(j) Campgrounds.
(k) Picnic grounds.
(l) Day use recreation areas.
(m) Hospitals.
(n) Schools.
(32) Commercial waste does not include household waste from single-family dwellings, hazardous waste, or industrial waste.
(33) "Compost additive" means any of the following materials if added to finished compost to improve the quality of the finished compost:
(a) Products designed to enhance finished compost.
(b) Sugar beet limes.
(c) Wood ash.
(d) Drywall.
(e) Synthetic gypsum.
(f) Other materials approved by the department.
(34) "Compostable material" means organic material that can be converted to finished compost. Compostable material comprises class 1 compostable material and class 2 compostable material.
(35) "Compostable products" means utensils, food service containers, and other packaging and products that are biodegradable and satisfy any of the following requirements:
(a) Are certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute.
(b) Meet ASTM D6400-19, "Standard Specification for Labeling of Plastics Designed to Be Aerobically Composted in Municipal or Industrial Facilities", by ASTM International.
(c) Meet ASTM D6868-19, "Standard Specification for Labeling of End Items that Incorporate Plastics and Polymers as Coatings or Additives with Paper and Other Substrates Designed to Be Aerobically Composted in Municipal or Industrial Facilities", by ASTM International.
(d) Are made from wood, fabric, or paper and without coatings or polymeric additives unless compliant with ASTM D6868-19 or approved by the department.
(36) "Composting" means a process of biological decomposition of class 1 compostable material or class 2 compostable material that meets the following requirements:
(a) Is carried out as provided in either of the following:
(i) In a system using vermiculture.
(ii) Under controlled aerobic conditions using mechanical handling techniques such as physical turning, windrowing, or aeration or using other management techniques approved by the department. For the purposes of this subparagraph, aerobic conditions may include the presence of insignificant anaerobic zones within the composting material.
(b) Stabilizes the organic fraction into a material that can be stored, handled, and used easily, safely, and in an environmentally acceptable manner.
(37) (21) "Composting facility" means a facility where composting of yard clippings or other organic materials occurs using mechanical handling techniques such as physical turning, windrowing, or aeration or using other management techniques approved by the director.occurs. However, composting facility does not include a site where only composting described in section 11555(1)(a), (b), or (e) occurs.
(38) (22) "Consistency review" means evaluation of the administrative and technical components of an application for a permit or license or evaluation of operating conditions in the course of inspection, for the purpose of determining consistency with the requirements of this part, rules promulgated under this part , 115 and approved plans and specifications.
(39) "Contaminant of emerging concern" means a chemical that has not previously been detected in the environment or has previously been detected only at very low concentrations, that is determined to pose a risk to human health or the environment, and the impacts of which are not yet fully understood. If the EPA, the department, or the department of agriculture and rural development identify a contaminant of emerging concern, the department may add that contaminant to the list of constituents required to be monitored at facilities regulated under this part.
(40) (23) "Corrective action" means the investigation, assessment, cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, treatment, or monitoring of constituents, as defined in a materials management facility's approved hydrogeological monitoring plan, released into the environment from a disposal area, materials management facility, or the taking of other actions related to the release as may be necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate injury to the public health, safety, or welfare, the environment, or natural resources that is consistent with subtitle D of the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6941 to 6949a and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(41) "County approval agency" or "CAA" means the county board of commissioners, the municipalities in the county, or the regional planning agency, whichever submits a notice of intent to prepare a materials management plan under section 11571.
(42) "County board of commissioners" means the county board of commissioners or the elected county executive, as appropriate.
(43) "Custodial care" includes all of the following:
(a) Preventing deep-rooted vegetation from establishing on the final cover.
(b) Repairing erosion damage on the final cover.
(c) Maintaining stormwater controls.
(d) Maintaining limited access to the site.
Sec. 11503. (1) "De minimis" refers to a small amount of material or number of items, as applicable, incidentally commingled with inert material for beneficial use by-products , or with source separated material or incidentally disposed of with other solid waste.
(3) "Designated planning agency" or "DPA" means the planning agency designated under section 11571(10). Designated planning agency does not mean a regional planning agency unless the county approval agency identifies the regional planning agency as the DPA.
(4) (3) "Director" means the director of the department.
(5) (4) "Discharge" includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a substance into the environment that is or may become injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment.
(6) (5) "Disposal area", subject to section 11555(5), means 1 or more of the following that accepts solid waste at a location as defined by the boundary identified in its construction permit, or in engineering plans approved by the department, or in a notification or registration:
(a) A solid waste processing and transfer facility.
(d) (e) A coal ash impoundment.
(e) (f) Any other solid waste handling or disposal facility utilized in the disposal of solid waste, as determined by the department. However, a waste diversion center is not a disposal area.
(7) (6) "Diverted waste" means waste that meets all of the following requirements:
(x) Other wastes material approved by the department that can be readily separated from solid waste for diversion to preferred methods of management and disposal.
(8) (7) "Enforceable mechanism" means a legal method whereby that authorizes this state, a county, a municipality, or another person is authorized to take action to guarantee compliance with an approved county solid waste a materials management plan. Enforceable mechanisms include contracts, intergovernmental agreements, laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
(10) (8) "Escrow account" means an account that is managed by a bank or other financial institution whose account operations are regulated and examined by a federal or state agency and that complies with section 11523b.
(11) (9) "Existing coal ash impoundment" means a coal ash impoundment that received coal ash before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, December 28, 2018, and that, as of that date, has had not initiated elements of closure that include dewatering, stabilizing residuals, or placement of an engineered cover or otherwise closed pursuant to its part 31 permit or pursuant to R 299.4309 of the part 115 rules and, therefore, is capable of receiving coal ash in the future. A coal ash impoundment that has initiated closure is considered an open dump unless the owner or operator has completed closure of the coal ash impoundment under section 11519b or obtained an operating license for the coal ash impoundment within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.by December 28, 2020.
(12) "Existing coal ash landfill" means a coal ash landfill to which either of the following applies:
(13) (10) "Existing disposal area" means any of the following:
(14) (11) "Existing landfill unit" or "existing unit" means any landfill unit that received solid waste on or before October 9, 1993.
(15) (12) "Farm" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.
(16) (13) "Farm operation" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.
(17) "Fats, oils, or greases" means organic polar compounds that meet all of the following requirements:
(a) Contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules.
(b) Are derived from animal or plant sources.
(c) Are generated at food manufacturing and food service establishments.
(d) Are generated by-products from food preparation activities.
(18) (14) "Financial assurance" means the mechanisms used to demonstrate that the funds necessary to meet the cost of closure, postclosure maintenance and monitoring, and corrective action will be available to the department whenever they are needed for those purposes.
(19) (15) "Financial test" means a corporate or local government financial test or guarantee approved for type II landfills under subtitle D of the solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6941 to 6949a, and regulations promulgated thereunder. An owner or operator may use a single financial test for more than 1 facility. Information submitted to the department to document compliance with the financial test shall include a list showing the name and address of each facility and the amount of funds assured by the financial test for each facility. For purposes of the financial test, the owner or operator shall aggregate the sum of the closure, postclosure, and corrective action costs it seeks to assure with any other environmental obligations assured by a financial test under state or federal law.
(20) "Finished compost" means organic matter that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Has undergone biological decomposition and has been stabilized to a degree that is beneficial to plant growth without creating a nuisance.
(b) Is used or sold for use as a soil amendment, fertilizer, topsoil blend, or growing medium amendment or for other similar uses.
(c) With any compost additives, does not contain more than 1%, by weight, of foreign matter that will remain on a 4-millimeter screen or more than a de minimis amount of viable weed seeds.
(21) (16) "Flue gas desulfurization material" means the material recovered from air pollution control systems that capture sulfur dioxide from the combustion of wood, coal, or fossil fuels, or other combustible materials, if the other combustible materials constitute less than 50% by weight of the total material combusted and the department determines in writing that the other combustible materials do not materially affect the character of the residue. Flue gas desulfurization material includes synthetic gypsum.
(22) (17) "Food processing residuals" means any of the following:
(a) Residuals of fruits, vegetables, aquatic plants, or field crops, including those generated by a brewery or distillery.
(b) Otherwise unusable parts of fruits, vegetables, aquatic plants, or field crops from the processing thereof, including those generated by a brewery or distillery.
(23) "Food waste" means an accumulation of animal or vegetable matter that was used or intended for human or animal food or that results from the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of animal or vegetable matter if the accumulation is or is intended to be discarded. Food waste does not include fats, oils, or greases.
(24) "Foreign matter" means organic and inorganic constituents, other than sticks and stones, that will not readily decompose during composting and do not aid in producing compost, including glass, textiles, rubber, metal, ceramics, noncompostable plastic, and painted, laminated, or treated wood.
(25) (18) "Foundry sand" means silica sand used in the metal casting process, including binding material or carbonaceous additives, from ferrous or nonferrous foundries.
(26) "Functional stability" means the stage at which a landfill does not pose a significant risk to human health and the environment at a point of exposure, in the absence of active control systems.
(27) (19) "GAAMPS" means the generally accepted agricultural and management practices under the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.
(20) "Garbage" means rejected food wastes including waste accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter used or intended for food or that results from the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetable matter.
(28) "Gasification" means a process through which materials are heated, without combustion, in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere and converted to synthesis gas, which can be further converted into chemicals, chemical feedstocks, or fuels, such as ethanol. If source separated material is the feedstock, gasification is not considered to be incineration, disposal, or processing of solid waste.
(29) "General permit" means a permit that does both of the following:
(a) Covers a category of activities that the department determines will not negatively impact human health and will not have more than minimal short-term adverse impacts on the natural resources and environment.
(b) Includes requirements for a site plan, an operations plan, a facility final closure plan, and financial assurance.
(30) "General use compost" means finished compost that is produced from 1 of the following:
(a) Class 1 compostable material.
(b) Class 2 compostable material, including any combination of class 1 compostable material and class 2 compostable material, that meets the requirements listed in section 11553(5).
Sec. 11504. (1) "Health officer" means a full-time administrative officer of a certified health department."Host community approval" means an agreement, resolution, letter, or other document indicating that the governing body of the municipality where the materials management facility is proposed to be located has reviewed and approved the development of that specific facility.
(2) "Household waste" means solid waste that is generated by single-family households. Household waste does not include commercial waste, industrial waste, hazardous waste, or construction and demolition waste.
(3) (2) "Industrial waste" means solid waste that is generated by manufacturing or industrial processes at an industrial site and that is not a hazardous waste regulated under part 111.
(4) (3) "Industrial waste landfill" means a landfill that is used for the disposal of any of the following, as applicable:
(5) (4) "Inert material" means any of the following:
(c) Uncontaminated excavated soil or dredged sediment. Excavated soil or dredged sediment is considered uncontaminated if it does not contain more than de minimis amounts of solid waste and 1 any of the following applies:apply:
(ii) For any hazardous substance that could reasonably be expected to be present as a result of past land use and human activity, the soil or sediment does not exceed the background concentration, as that term is defined in part 201.section 20101.
(d) Excavated soil from a site of environmental contamination, corrective action, or response activity if the soil is not a listed hazardous waste under part 111 and if hazardous substances in the soil do not exceed generic soil cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use as defined in part 201 section 20101 or background concentration as defined in part 201, section 20101, as applicable.
(ii) The material is not materially contaminated. Typical surface oil staining on pavement and or concrete from driveways, roadways, and or parking lots is not material contamination. Material covered in whole or in part with lead-based paint that contains more than 0.5% lead is materially contaminated.
(6) "Innovative technology facility" means a materials management facility that converts solid waste into energy or a usable product and that is not a materials recovery facility, a composting facility, or an anaerobic digester.
(7) (5) "Insurance" means insurance that conforms to the requirements of 40 CFR 258.74(d) and is provided by an insurer who that has a certificate of authority from the director of insurance and financial services to sell this line of coverage. An applicant for an operating license or general permit shall submit evidence of the required coverage by submitting both of the following to the department:
(8) (6) "Landfill" means a disposal area that is a sanitary landfill.type of disposal area consisting of 1 or more landfill units and the active work areas associated with those units. Landfills are classified as 1 of the following:
(a) A type II landfill, which is a municipal solid waste landfill and includes a municipal solid waste incinerator ash landfill.
(b) A type III landfill, which is any landfill that is not a municipal solid waste landfill or hazardous waste landfill and includes all of the following:
(i) A construction and demolition waste landfill.
(ii) An industrial waste landfill.
(iii) A landfill that accepts waste other than household waste, municipal solid waste incinerator ash, or hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
(iv) A coal ash landfill.
(v) An existing coal ash impoundment that is closed or is actively being closed as a landfill pursuant to R 299.4309 of the part 115 rules.
(9) "Landfill care fund" means a trust or escrow account or landfill care fund bond required by section 11525d.
(10) "Landfill care fund bond" means a surety bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a combination of these instruments in favor of the department by which a landfill care fund is established.
(11) "Large", in reference to a composting facility, means a composting facility to which both of the following apply:
(a) The site at any time contains more than 500 cubic yards of compostable material.
(b) The site does not qualify as a small or medium composting facility.
(12) (7) "Lateral expansion" means a horizontal expansion of the solid waste boundary of any of the following:
(13) (8) "Letter of credit" means an irrevocable letter of credit that complies with 40 CFR 258.74(c).
(14) "License" means an operating license.
(15) (9) "Lime kiln dust" means particulate matter collected in air emission control devices serving lime kilns.
(16) "Local health officer" means a local health officer as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1105, to which the department delegates certain duties under part 115.
(17) (10) "Low-hazard industrial waste" means industrial material that has a low potential for groundwater contamination when managed in accordance compliance with this part 115. The All of the following materials are low-hazard industrial wastes:
(18) (11) "Low-hazard-potential coal ash impoundment" means a coal ash impoundment that is a diked surface impoundment, the failure or misoperation of which is expected to result in no loss of human life and low economic or environmental losses principally limited to the impoundment owner's property.
(19) "Managed material" means solid waste, diverted waste, or recyclable material. Managed material does not include a material or product that contains iron, steel, or nonferrous metals and that is directed to or received by a person subject to the scrap metal regulatory act, 2008 PA 429, MCL 445.421 to 445.443, or by a reuser of these metals.
(20) "Materials management facility" or, unless the context implies a different meaning, "facility" means any of the following, subject to subsection (21):
(a) A disposal area.
(b) A materials utilization facility.
(c) A waste diversion center.
(21) Materials management facility or facility does not include a person, utilizing machinery and equipment and operating from a fixed location, whose principal business is the processing and manufacturing of iron, steel, or nonferrous metals into prepared grades of products suitable for consumption, reuse, or additional processing.
(22) "Materials management plan" or "MMP" means a plan required under section 11571.
(23) "Materials recovery facility", subject to subsection (24), means a facility that meets both of the following requirements:
(a) Receives primarily source separated material and sorts, bales, or processes the source separated material for reuse, recycling, or utilization as a raw material or new product.
(b) On an annual basis, does not receive an amount of solid waste equal to or more than 15% of the total weight of material received by the facility unless the materials recovery facility is making reasonable effort and has an education program to reduce the amount of solid waste. Material disposed as a result of recycling market fluctuations is not included in the 15% calculation.
(24) Materials recovery facility does not include any of the following:
(a) A retail, commercial, or industrial establishment that bales for off-site shipment managed material that it generates.
(b) A retail establishment that collects returnable beverage containers under 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to 445.576.
(c) A beverage distributor, or its agent, that manages returnable beverage containers under 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to 445.576.
(d) A facility or area used for reuse, recycling, or storage of recyclable materials solely generated by an industrial facility.
(e) A facility that is an end user or secondary processor and that uses, processes, stores, or uses as fuel material generated by industrial facilities.
(f) A facility that manages material that was previously sorted or processed.
(25) "Materials utilization" means recycling, composting, or converting material into energy rather than disposing the material.
(26) "Materials utilization facility" means a facility that is any of the following:
(a) A materials recovery facility.
(b) A composting facility.
(c) An anaerobic digester, except at a manufacturing facility that generates its own feedstock.
(d) An innovative technology facility.
(27) "Materials management goals" means goals identified in the MMP pursuant to section 11578(a).
(28) (12) "Medical waste" means that term as it is defined in section 13805 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13805.
(29) "Medium", in reference to a composting facility, means a composting facility to which all of the following apply:
(b) The site does not qualify as a small composting facility.
(c) The site does not at any time contain more than 10,000 cubic yards of compostable material.
(d) The site does not at any time contain more than 10% by volume of class 1 compostable material other than yard waste.
(e) Unless approved by the department, the site does not at any time on any acre contain more than 5,000 cubic yards of compostable material, finished product, compost additives, or screening rejects.
(30) (13) "Mixed wood ash" means the material recovered from air pollution control systems for, or the noncombusted residue remaining after, the combustion of any combination of wood, scrap wood, railroad ties, or tires, if railroad ties composed less than 35% by weight of the total combusted material and tires composed less than 10% by weight of the total combusted material.
(31) "Municipal solid waste" means household waste, commercial waste, waste generated by other nonindustrial locations, waste that has characteristics similar to that generated at a household or commercial business, or any combination thereof. Municipal solid waste does not include municipal wastewater treatment sludges, industrial process wastes, automobile bodies, combustion ash, or construction and demolition debris.
(32) (14) "Municipal solid waste incinerator" means an incinerator that is owned or operated by any person, and that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) The incinerator receives solid waste from off site and burns only household waste from single family and multiple multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and other residential sources, or this such household waste together with solid waste from commercial, institutional, municipal, county, or industrial sources that, if disposed of, would not be required to be placed in a disposal facility licensed under part 111.
(c) The incinerator meets the requirements of this part and the rules promulgated under this part 115.
(33) (15) "Municipal solid waste incinerator ash" means the substances remaining after combustion in a municipal solid waste incinerator.
(34) "Municipal solid waste recycling rate" means the amount of municipal solid waste recycled or composted, divided by the amount of municipal solid waste recycled, composted, landfilled, or incinerated.
(35) (16) "New coal ash impoundment" means a coal ash impoundment that first receives coal ash after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.December 28, 2018.
(36) (17) "New disposal area" means a disposal area that requires a construction permit under this part and includes all of the following:
(37) (18) "Nonresidential property" means property not used or intended to be used for any of the following:
(38) "Operate" includes, but is not limited to, conducting, managing, and maintaining.
(39) "Part 115" means this part and rules promulgated under this part.
(40) (19) "Part 115 rules" means R 299.4101 to R 299.4922 of the Michigan Administrative Code including any amendments to or replacements of those rules.
(41) (20) "Perpetual care fund" means a trust or escrow account or perpetual care fund bond provided for in section 11525.
(42) (21) "Perpetual care fund bond" means a surety bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a combination of these instruments in favor of and on a form approved by the department by which a perpetual care fund is established.
(43) "Planning area" means the geographic area to which a materials management plan applies.
(44) "Planning committee" means a committee appointed under section 11572.
(45) "Preexisting unit" means a landfill unit that is or was licensed under part 115 but has not received waste after October 9, 1993.
(46) (22) "Pulp and paper mill ash" means the material recovered from air pollution control systems for, or the noncombusted residue remaining after, the combustion of any combination of coal, wood, pulp and paper mill material, wood or biomass fuel pellets, scrap wood, railroad ties, or tires, from in a boiler, power plant, or furnace at a pulp and paper mill, if railroad ties composed less than 35% by weight of the total combusted material and tires composed less than 10% by weight of the total combusted material.
(47) (23) "Pulp and paper mill material" means all of the following materials if generated at a facility that produces pulp or paper:
(48) "Pyrolysis" means a process that does not involve combustion and through which materials are heated in the absence of oxygen until melted and thermally decomposed, and then are cooled, condensed, and converted into other intermediate or final products. If source separated materials are used as the feedstock, pyrolysis is not considered to be incineration, disposal, or processing of solid waste.
Sec. 11505. (1) "RDDP" means a research, development, and demonstration project for a new or existing type II landfill unit or for a lateral expansion of a type II landfill unit.
(2) (1) "Recyclable materials" means source separated materials, site separated materials, high grade paper, glass, metal, plastic, aluminum, newspaper, corrugated plastics, paper products, wood, rubber, textiles, food waste, yard clippings, and other materials that may be recycled or composted.
(3) "Recycling" means any process applied to materials that are no longer being used and that would have otherwise been disposed as waste, for the purpose of converting the materials into raw materials or intermediate or new products.
(4) (2) "Regional solid waste management planning agency" means the regional solid waste planning agency designated by the governor pursuant to 42 USC 6946.
(5) (3) "Resource recovery facility" means machinery, equipment, structures, or any parts or accessories of machinery, equipment, or structures, installed or acquired for the primary purpose of recovering materials or energy from the waste stream.
(6) (4) "Response activity" means an activity that is necessary to protect the public health, safety, welfare, or the environment, and includes, but is not limited to, evaluation, cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, treatment, monitoring, maintenance, replacement of water supplies, and temporary relocation of people.
(7) "Restricted use compost" means compost that is produced from class 2 compostable material, including any combination of class 1 compostable material and class 2 compostable material, that is not approved as inert under section 11553(5).
(8) "Reuse" means to remanufacture, use again, use in a different manner, or use after reclamation.
(9) (5) "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste, excluding ashes, consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste, including paper, cardboard, metal containers, yard clippings, waste, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, demolished building materials, or litter of any kind that may be a detriment to the public health and safety.
(10) (6) "Salvaging" means the lawful and controlled removal of reusable materials from solid waste.
(7) "Sanitary landfill" means a type of disposal area consisting of 1 or more landfill units and the active work areas associated with those units. Sanitary landfills are classified as 1 of the following types of landfills:
(11) (8) "Scrap wood" means wood or wood product that is 1 or more of the following:
(a) Plywood, particle board, pressed board, oriented strand board, fiberboard, resonated wood, or any other wood or wood product mixed with glue, resins, or filler.
(c) Any wood or wood product designated as scrap wood in rules promulgated by the department.
(12) (9) "Sharps" means that term as defined in section 13807 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13807.
(10) "Site separated material" means glass, metal, wood, paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, garbage, or any other material approved by the department that is separated from solid waste for the purpose of recycling or conversion into raw materials or new products.
(13) (11) "Slag" means the nonmetallic product resulting from melting or smelting operations for iron or steel.
(14) "Small", in reference to a composting facility, means a composting facility to which both of the following apply:
(a) The site at any time contains more than 500 cubic yards of compostable material but does not at any time contain 1,000 or more cubic yards of compostable material.
(b) The site does not at any time contain 5% or more by volume of class 1 compostable material other than yard waste.
Sec. 11506. (1) "Solid waste" means garbage, food waste, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, solid commercial waste, solid industrial waste, and animal waste. However, solid waste does not include any of the following:
(c) Organic waste Manure or animal bedding generated in the production of livestock and poultry, if managed in compliance with the appropriate GAAMPS.
(i) Food processing residuals and garbage.food waste.
(iv) Lime from kraft pulping processes generated prior to before bleaching.
(k) (l) Coal ash, when used under any of the following circumstances:
(l) (m) Inert material.
(m) (n) Soil that is washed or otherwise removed from sugar beets, has not more than 55% moisture content, and is registered as a soil conditioner under part 85. Any testing required to become registered under part 85 is the responsibility of the generator.
(n) (o) Soil that is relocated under section 20120c.
(o) (p) Diverted waste that is managed through a waste diversion center.
(p) (q) Beneficial use by-products.
(q) (r) Coal bottom ash, if substantially free of fly ash or economizer ash, when used as cold weather road abrasive.
(r) (s) Stamp sands when used as cold weather road abrasive in the Upper Peninsula by any of the following:
(s) (t) Any material that is reclaimed or reused in the process that generated it.
(t) (u) Any secondary material that, as specified in or determined pursuant to 40 CFR part 241, is not a solid waste when combusted.
(u) (v) Other wastes regulated by statute.
(3) "Solid waste management fund" means the solid waste management fund created in section 11550.
(4) (3) "Solid waste processing plant" and transfer facility" means a tract of land, a building , or unit , or appurtenance and any appurtenances of a building or unit, a container, or a any combination of land, buildings, and units these that is used or intended for use for in the handling, storage, transfer, or processing of solid waste, or the separation of material for salvage or disposal, or both, but does not include a plant engaged primarily in the acquisition, processing, and shipment of ferrous or nonferrous metal scrap, or a plant engaged primarily in the acquisition, processing, and shipment of slag or slag products.and is not located at the site of generation or the site of disposal of the solid waste. Solid waste processing and transfer facility includes a pyrolysis facility or gasification plant that uses solid waste as a feedstock.
(5) (4) "Solid waste transporting unit" means a container, which may be an integral part of a truck or other piece of equipment used for the transportation of solid waste.
(6) "Source reduction" means any practice that reduces or eliminates the generation of waste at the source.
(7) (6) "Source separated material" means any of the following materials if separated at the source of generation or at a materials management facility that complies with part 115 and if not speculatively accumulated:
(a) Glass, metal, wood, paper products, plastics, rubber, textiles, garbage, food waste, electronics, latex paint, yard waste, or any other material approved by the department that is used for conversion into raw materials or intermediate or new products. For the purposes of this subdivision, raw materials or intermediate or new products include, but are not limited to, compost, biogas from anaerobic digestion, synthesis gas from gasification or pyrolysis, or other fuel. This subdivision does not prohibit material from being classified as a renewable energy resource as defined in section 11 of the clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1011.
(c) Chipped or whole tires used to fuel an industrial boiler, kiln, power plant, or furnace, subject to part 55, or for other uses approved by the department. This subdivision does not prohibit material from being classified as a renewable energy resource as defined in section 11 of the clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1011.
(d) Recovered paint solids if used to fuel an industrial boiler, kiln, power plant, gasification facility, or furnace, subject to part 55; , if bonded with cement or asphalt; or if used for other uses approved by the department.
(g) Asphalt shingles that do meet both of the following requirements:
(i) Do not contain asbestos, rolled roofing, wood, nails, or tar paper.
(ii) Are used as described in any of the following:
(A) As a component in hot mix asphalt, warm mix asphalt, or used to cold patch asphalt.
(B) To fuel an industrial boiler, kiln, power plant, or furnace, subject to part 55. , or for other
(C) Mixed with recycled asphalt pavement at a maximum of 1 to 1 ratio by volume to produce a base that is covered by concrete or asphalt paving.
(D) Other uses approved by the department.
(h) Municipal solid waste incinerator ash that meets criteria specified by the department and that is used as daily cover at a disposal facility licensed pursuant to this part 115.
(l) Leaves that are ground or mixed with ground wood and sold as mulch for landscaping purposes if the volumes so managed are reported to the department in the manner provided in section 11560.
(m) (l) Any material determined by the department in writing before September 16, 2014 to be a source separated material.
(n) Yard waste that is land applied on a farm in a manner consistent with GAAMPS.
(o) Yard waste, class 1 compostable material, and class 2 compostable material that are delivered to an anaerobic digester authorized under part 115 by the department to receive the material.
(p) Recyclable materials.
(8) (7) "Stamp sands" means finely grained crushed rock resulting from mining, milling, or smelting of copper ore and includes native substances contained within the crushed rock and any ancillary material associated with the crushed rock.
(9) (8) "Treated wood" means wood or wood product that has been treated with 1 or more of the following:
(10) (9) "Trust fund" means a fund held by a trustee who has the authority to act as a trustee and whose trust operations are regulated and examined by a federal or state agency.
(11) (10) "Type I public water supply", "type IIa public water supply", "type IIb public water supply", and "type III public water supply" mean those terms, respectively, as described in R 325.10502 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(12) "Type II landfill" means a landfill that receives household waste or municipal solid waste incinerator ash, or both, and that may also receive other types of solid waste, such as any of the following:
(a) Construction and demolition waste.
(b) Sewage sludge.
(c) Commercial waste.
(d) Nonhazardous sludge.
(e) Hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
(f) Industrial waste.
(13) "Type III landfill" means a landfill that is not a type II landfill or hazardous waste landfill and includes all of the following:
(a) A construction and demolition waste landfill.
(b) An industrial waste landfill.
(c) A low hazard industrial waste landfill.
(d) A surface impoundment authorized as an industrial waste landfill.
(e) A landfill that accepts only waste other than household waste, municipal solid waste incinerator ash, or hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
(14) "Vermiculture" means the controlled and managed process by which live worms degrade organic materials into worm castings or worm humus.
(15) (11) "Waste diversion center" means property or a building, or a portion of property or a building, designated for the purpose of receiving or collecting diverted wastes and not used for residential purposes.
(16) (12) "Wood" means trees, branches and associated leaves, bark, lumber, pallets, wood chips, sawdust, or other wood or wood product but does not include scrap wood, treated wood, painted wood or painted wood product, or any wood or wood product that has been contaminated during manufacture or use.
(17) (13) "Wood ash" means any type of ash or slag resulting from the burning of wood.
(18) (14) "Yard clippings" waste" means leaves, grass clippings, vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, that can be converted to compost. Yard clippings do waste does not include stumps, agricultural wastes, animal waste, roots, sewage sludge, or garbage.Christmas trees or wreaths, food waste, or screened finished compost made from yard waste.
Sec. 11507. (1) Optimizing recycling opportunities, including electronics recycling opportunities, and the reuse of materials are a principal objective of this state's solid waste management plan. Recycling and reuse of materials, including the reuse of materials from electronic devices, are in the best interest of the public health and welfare. This state should develop policies, practices, and goals that promote recycling and reuse of materials, waste reduction, and pollution prevention and that, to the extent practical, minimize the use of landfilling and municipal solid waste incineration as methods for disposal of waste. Policies and practices that promote recycling and reuse of materials, including materials from electronic devices, result in conservation of raw materials and landfill space and avoid the contamination of soil and groundwater from heavy metals and other pollutants.
(2) It is the goal of this state to achieve a 45% municipal solid waste recycling rate, and, as an interim step, a 30% municipal solid waste recycling rate by 2025, through the benchmark recycling standards.
(3) (1) The department and a local health officer shall assist in developing and encouraging methods for the disposal of solid waste that are environmentally sound, that maximize the utilization of valuable resources, and that encourage resource conservation including source reduction and source separation.
(4) (2) This part Part 115 shall be construed and administered to encourage and facilitate the effort of all persons to engage in source separation and site separation of material from solid waste, and other environmentally sound measures to prevent materials from entering the waste stream or which encourage the removal of to remove materials from the waste stream.
(5) A person shall not dispose, store, or transport solid waste in this state unless the person complies with part 115.
(6) (3) The department may exempt from regulation under this part solid waste that is determined by the department to be inert material for uses and in a manner approved by the department.Part 115 is intended to encourage the continuation of the private sector in materials management, disposal, and transportation in compliance with part 115. Part 115 is not intended to prohibit salvaging.
Sec. 11507a. (1) The owner or operator of a landfill shall annually submit a report to the state and the county and municipality in which the landfill is located that contains information on the amount of solid waste received by the landfill during the year itemized, to the extent possible, by county, state, or country of origin and the amount of remaining disposal capacity at the landfill. Remaining disposal capacity shall be calculated as the permitted capacity less waste in place for any area that has been constructed and is not yet closed plus the permitted capacity for each area that has a permit for construction under this part but has not yet been constructed. The report shall be submitted on a form provided by the department within 45 days following the end of each state fiscal year.
(2) By January 31 of each year, the department shall submit to the legislature a report summarizing the information obtained under subsection (1).Under rules promulgated by the department, the department may certify a city, county, or district health department to perform a solid waste management program or designated activities as prescribed in part 115. The department may rescind certification under either of the following circumstances:
(a) Upon request of the certified health department.
(b) After reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing if the department finds that the certified health department is not performing the program or designated activities as required.
Sec. 11508. (1) A city, county, or district health department may be certified by the department to perform a solid waste management program. Certification procedures shall be established by the department by rule. The department may rescind certification upon request of the certified health department or after reasonable notice and hearing if the department finds that a certified health department is not performing the program as required.A person shall not operate a materials management facility unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The owner or operator has complied with any applicable requirement of part 115 to notify the department, register with the department, obtain an approval from the department under a general permit, or obtain a construction permit and operating license from the department.
(b) The operation is in compliance with the terms of any registration, general permit, construction permit, or operating license issued for the materials management facility under part 115.
(c) The facility is consistent with the MMP. This subdivision does not apply to a disposal area described in section 11509(1)(b) or 11513(2).
(2) The department shall deny an application for a registration, for approval under a general permit, or for a construction permit or operating license for a materials management facility unless the department has, under section 11575(9), approved an MMP for the planning area where the facility is located or proposed to be located and the facility is consistent with the MMP, as determined under section 11585. However, all of the following apply:
(a) Before an MMP is initially approved by the department under section 11575(9), the department may issue a construction permit for a solid waste processing and transfer facility or an approval under a general permit or a registration for a materials utilization facility if the county approval agency and the legislative body of the municipality in which the facility is or is proposed to be located have each notified the department in writing that they approve the issuance.
(b) Proposed landfill expansions shall follow the siting process of the existing solid waste management plan until an MMP for the planning area is approved by the department.
(c) Before an MMP for the planning area has been approved by the department, materials utilization facilities that are required to provide a notification or registration to the department under part 115 may be sited under local zoning ordinances.
(3) A notification or application under part 115 for a construction permit, operating license, approval under a general permit, or registration required to operate a materials management facility; a notice of intent to prepare a materials management plan; a bond; a risk pooling financial mechanism; evidence of financial assurance; a request for the reduction of the amount of a financial assurance mechanism; an agreement governing the operation of a perpetual care fund trust or escrow account; an application for a grant or loan; or a report or other information required to be submitted to the department under part 115 shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a) Be on a form and in a medium provided or approved by the department.
(b) Contain relevant information required by the department.
(c) If an application, be accompanied by any applicable application fee provided for by this part.
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5813 (request no. 06085'20 *).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5814 (request no. 06086'20 *).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5815 (request no. 06087'20 *).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5616 (request no. 06088'20 *).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5817 (request no. 06127'20 *).