MI Comp L § 324.12102 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-3 - Chapter 3 Waste Management (324.11101...324.12118)|451-1994-II-3-121 - Part 121 Liquid Industrial By-Products (324.12101...324.12118)|Section 324.12102 - Definitions; O to V.

324.12102 Definitions; O to V.Sec. 12102.  As used in this part:  (a) "On-site" means on the same geographically contiguous property, which may be divided by a public or private right-of-way if access is by crossing rather than going along the right-of-way. On-site includes noncontiguous pieces of property owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way that the owner controls and to which the public does not have access.  (b) "Peace officer" means any law enforcement officer who is trained and licensed or certified under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615, or an officer appointed by the director of the department of state police under section 6d of 1935 PA 59, MCL 28.6d.  (c) "Publicly owned treatment works" means any entity that treats municipal sewage or industrial waste or liquid industrial by-product that is owned by the state or a municipality, as that term is defined in 33 USC 1362. Publicly owned treatment works include sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a publicly owned treatment works providing treatment.  (d) "Reclamation" means either processing to recover a usable product or regeneration.  (e) "Reclamation facility" means a facility or part of a facility where liquid industrial by-product reclamation is conducted.  (f) "Shipping document" means a log, an invoice, a bill of lading, or other record, in either written or electronic form, that includes all of the following information:  (i) The name and address of the generator.  (ii) The name of the transporter.  (iii) The type and volume of liquid industrial by-product in the shipment.  (iv) The date the by-product was shipped off-site from the generator.  (v) The name, address, and site identification number of the designated facility.  (g) "Site identification number" means a number that is assigned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the department to a transporter or facility.   (h) "Storage" means the containment of liquid industrial by-product, on a temporary basis, in a manner that does not constitute disposal of the by-product.  (i) "Storage facility" means a facility or part of a facility where liquid industrial by-product is stored.  (j) "Surface impoundment" means a treatment facility, storage facility, or disposal facility or part of a treatment, storage, or disposal facility that is either a natural topographic depression, a human-made excavation, or a diked area formed primarily of earthen materials. A surface impoundment may be lined with human-made materials designed to hold an accumulation of liquid industrial by-product. Surface impoundments include, but are not limited to, holding, storage, settling, and aeration pits, ponds, and lagoons. Surface impoundment does not include an injection well.  (k) "Tank" means a stationary device designed to contain an accumulation of liquid industrial by-product that is constructed primarily of nonearthen materials such as wood, concrete, steel, or plastic to provide structural support.  (l) "Transportation" means the movement of liquid industrial by-product by air, rail, public or private roadway, or water.  (m) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of liquid industrial by-product by air, rail, public roadway, or water.  (n) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any liquid industrial by-product, to neutralize the by-product, or to render the by-product safer to transport, store, or dispose of, amenable to recovery, amenable to storage, or reduced in volume.  (o) "Treatment facility" means a facility or part of a facility at which liquid industrial by-product undergoes treatment.  (p) "Used oil" means any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and that, as a result of the use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.  (q) "Vehicle" means a transport vehicle as defined by 49 CFR 171.8. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 61, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 140, Eff. Sept. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 2001 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 2008 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 16, 2016 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 294, Eff. Jan. 2, 2017 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Waste Management Division to the Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, see E.R.O. No. 1995-16, compiled at MCL 324.99903 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA