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MI Comp L § 324.1305 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-13 - Part 13 Permits (324.1301...324.1317)|Section 324.1305 - Receipt of Permit Application; Notice of Incomplete Application; Time Period; Request for New or Additional Information.

324.1305 Receipt of permit application; notice of incomplete application; time period; request for new or additional information.Sec. 1305.  (1) After a department receives an application for a permit, the department shall determine whether the application is administratively complete. Unless the department proceeds as provided under subsection (2), the application shall be considered to be administratively complete when the department makes that determination or 30 days after the state receives the application, whichever is first.  (2) If, before the expiration of the 30-day period under subsection (1), the department notifies the applicant that the application is not administratively complete, specifying the information necessary to make the application administratively complete, or notifies the applicant that a fee required to accompany the application has not been paid, specifying the amount due, the running of the 30-day period under subsection (1) is tolled until the applicant submits to the department the specified information or fee amount due. The notice shall be given in writing or by electronic notification.  (3) Subject to subsection (4), after an application for a permit is considered to be administratively complete under this section, the department shall not request from the applicant any new or additional information that is not specified in the list required under section 1303(2)(a) unless the request includes a detailed explanation of why the information is needed. The applicant is not required to provide the requested information as a condition for approval of the permit.  (4) After an application for a permit is considered to be administratively complete under this section, the department may request the applicant to clarify, amplify, or correct the information required for the application. The applicant shall provide the requested information. History: Add. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 246, Imd. Eff. Dec. 8, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1309 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-13 - Part 13 Permits (324.1301...324.1317)|Section 324.1309 - Submissions of Applications for More Than 1 Type of Permit.

324.1309 Submissions of applications for more than 1 type of permit. Sec. 1309.  If a person submits applications for more than 1 type of permit for a particular development or project, the department or departments shall process the applications in a coordinated fashion to the extent feasible given procedural requirements applicable to individual permits and, at the request of an applicant, appoint a primary contact person to assist in communications with the department or departments. History: Add. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1311 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-13 - Part 13 Permits (324.1301...324.1317)|Section 324.1311 - Report; Information.

324.1311 Report; information.Sec. 1311.  By December 1 each year, the director shall submit a report to the standing committees and appropriations subcommittees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for issues under the jurisdiction of that department. The department shall post the current report on its website. The report shall include all of the following information for each type of permit for the preceding fiscal year:  (a) The number of applications for permits the department received.  (b) The number of applications approved, the number of applications approved by the processing deadline, the number of applications approved after the processing deadline, and the average times for the department to determine administrative completeness and to approve or disapprove applications.  (c) The number of applications denied, the number of applications denied by the processing deadline, and the number of applications denied after the processing deadline.  (d) The number of applications approved or denied after the processing deadline that, based on the director's determination of the public interest, were not processed in sequence as otherwise required by section 1307(9).  (e) The number of applications that were not administratively complete when received.  (f) The amount of money refunded and discounts granted under section 1307.  (g) The number of applications processed as provided in section 1309.  (h) If a department failed to satisfy the requirements of section 1307(1) with respect to 10% or more of the applications for a particular type of permit received during a quarter of the state fiscal year, the type of permit and percentage of applications for which the requirements were not met, how the department attempted to eliminate any backlog and satisfy the requirements of section 1307(1) with respect to new applications for that type of permit within the next fiscal quarter, and whether the department was successful. History: Add. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 246, Imd. Eff. Dec. 8, 2011 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 98, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2013 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 268, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1317 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-13 - Part 13 Permits (324.1301...324.1317)|Section 324.1317 - Contested Case for Permit; Petition for Review; Environmental Permit Panel; Staffing; Written Opinion; Final Decision and Order.

324.1317 Contested case for permit; petition for review; environmental permit panel; staffing; written opinion; final decision and order.Sec. 1317.  (1) In a contested case regarding a permit, an administrative law judge shall preside, make the final decision, and issue the final decision and order for the department. Any party to the contested case, including the department, may, within 21 days after receiving the final decision and order, seek review of the final decision and order by an environmental permit panel by submitting a request to the director and a notice to the hearing officer.  (2) On petition for review of a final decision under subsection (1), the director shall convene an environmental permit panel in the same manner as provided under section 1315(2), except that the director shall not select as a member of the panel an individual who was a member of a panel that previously reviewed any dispute regarding the permit. The panel shall meet and conduct business in the same manner as provided under section 1315(2) and (3). The panel's review of the final decision must be limited to the record established by the administrative law judge.  (3) After an environmental permit panel is convened under subsection (2), a member of the panel shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, in connection with any issue of fact, with any party or other person, or, in connection with any issue of law, with any party or the party's representative, except on notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.  (4) An environmental permit panel may adopt, remand, modify, or reverse, in whole or in part, a final decision and order described in subsection (1). The panel shall issue an opinion that becomes the final decision of the department and is subject to judicial review as provided under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, and other applicable law.  (5) The Michigan administrative hearing system shall provide an environmental permit panel with all staff necessary for the panel to perform its duties under this section.  (6) An opinion issued by an environmental permit panel must be in writing and clearly define the legal and technical principles being applied.  (7) If no party timely appeals a final decision and order described in subsection (1) to an environmental permit panel, the final decision and order is the final agency action for purposes of any applicable judicial review. History: Add. 2018, Act 268, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1403 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1403 - Definitions; I to W.

324.1403 Definitions; I to W.Sec. 1403.  As used in this part:  (a) "ISO 14001:2004" means the standard adopted by the international organization for standardization in 2004 to prescribe uniform requirements for the purpose of certification or registration of an environmental management system.  (b) "Pollution prevention" means eliminating or minimizing the initial generation of waste at the source, reuse of waste, or utilizing environmentally sound on-site or off-site recycling. Waste treatment, release, or disposal is not pollution prevention.  (c) "RC 2008" means the responsible care program adopted by the American chemistry council in 2008 to provide uniform requirements for the purpose of certification or registration of an environmental management system.   (d) "Supplemental environmental project" means an environmentally beneficial project that an alleged violator agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action, but which the alleged violator is not otherwise legally required to undertake.  (e) "Violation notice" means a written notice or formal enforcement action by the department, the United States environmental protection agency, or the enforcing agency of a local unit of government in response to a violation of an applicable environmental requirement. A voluntary disclosure made under part 148 does not constitute a violation notice.   (f) "Waste" means any environmental pollutant, waste, discharge, or emission, regardless of how it is regulated and regardless of whether it is released to the general environment or the workplace environment. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1405 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1405 - Clean Corporate Citizen Designation and Benefits; Qualifications; Application.

324.1405 Clean corporate citizen designation and benefits; qualifications; application.Sec. 1405.  To obtain a clean corporate citizen designation and the benefits described in section 1421, a facility shall meet the qualifications set forth in sections 1407 to 1411 and submit an application under section 1413. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1407 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1407 - Clean Corporate Citizen Designation; Disqualification; Conduct.

324.1407 Clean corporate citizen designation; disqualification; conduct.Sec. 1407.  (1) To qualify for a clean corporate citizen designation, a facility shall not have been the subject of any of the following at any time within the preceding 3 years:  (a) A conviction for a criminal violation of an applicable state environmental requirement.  (b) An assessment by a court of appropriate jurisdiction, of a civil fine, penalty, or damages of $10,000.00 or more for violation of an applicable state environmental requirement.  (c) A determination, by a court of appropriate jurisdiction, of responsibility for an illegal action that substantially endangered the public health, safety, or welfare or the environment.  (d) A departmental assessment, a judicial consent decree, or an administrative consent order, imposing a fine or damages of $32,500.00 or more, excluding the cost of any supplemental environmental project used to offset a fine, for a violation of an applicable state environmental requirement.  (2) A facility does not qualify for a clean corporate citizen designation if the department determines that the facility was responsible for a pattern of illegal actions, at any time within the preceding 3 years, that endangered the public health, safety, or welfare or the environment.  (3) To qualify for a clean corporate citizen designation, a facility shall address any outstanding violation that is cited in a violation notice that, as determined by the department, substantially endangers the public health, safety, or welfare or the environment, by doing 1 or more of the following:  (a) Promptly resolving the violation.  (b) Demonstrating to the department, the United States environmental protection agency, or the local enforcing agency that issued the violation notice that the violation did not occur.  (c) Adhering to a compliance schedule that is acceptable to the department, the United States environmental protection agency, or the local enforcing agency that issued the violation notice, to correct the violation. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1409 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1409 - Clean Corporate Citizen Designation; Requirements.

324.1409 Clean corporate citizen designation; requirements.Sec. 1409.  To qualify for a clean corporate citizen designation, a facility shall meet 1 of the following requirements:  (a) Obtain and operate in accordance with requirements for registration or certification under an environmental management standard, such as ISO 14001:2004, or, for the chemical industry, RC 2008, that is approved by the director.  (b) Adopt and maintain an environmental management system that is set forth in writing and is consistent with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004, or, for the chemical industry, RC 2008, and appropriate for the nature, scale, and potential environmental impact of the operation at the facility.  (c) Adopt and maintain an environmental management system that is set forth in writing, approved by the director, and applicable to a specific group or classification of facilities including that facility. The environmental management system shall be consistent with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004, or, for the chemical industry, RC 2008, and be appropriate for the nature, scale, and potential environmental impact of the operation.  (d) For a facility with 100 or fewer employees, adopt and maintain the following elements of an environmental management system, which shall be set forth in writing:  (i) An environmental policy.  (ii) The environmental aspects.  (iii) The objectives and targets of operations.  (iv) The roles and responsibilities.  (v) The procedures for internal and external communication. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1411 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1411 - Duties of Facility.

324.1411 Duties of facility.Sec. 1411.  (1) To qualify for a clean corporate citizen designation, a facility shall do all of the following:  (a) Adopt and maintain a written environmental policy.  (b) Establish and maintain a program specific for that facility under which the operator does all of the following:  (i) Posts at the facility the environmental policy required in subdivision (a).  (ii) Conducts periodic assessments that identify opportunities for pollution prevention.  (iii) Establishes goals for reducing or preventing pollution, indicating the types of pollution; whether each pollutant would affect the air, water, or land; the pollution prevention measures to be undertaken; and the projected time frames.  (iv) Prepares and maintains reports to demonstrate progress toward attaining the goals established under subparagraph (iii).  (2) Facilities are encouraged, as part of the program under subsection (1)(b), to do all of the following:  (a) Initiate community-based activities.  (b) Provide for the exchange of information concerning pollution prevention activities, such as the following:  (i) Attend or sponsor workshops.  (ii) Assist in developing and disseminating case studies.  (iii) Establish pollution prevention supplier networks.  (iv) Provide the department with pollution prevention information for possible publication.  (v) Provide the department with access to electronic copies of the facility's emergency response plan, pollution incident plan, stormwater pollution prevention plan, and other plans as appropriate. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1415 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1415 - Clean Corporate Citizen Designation; Term.

324.1415 Clean corporate citizen designation; term.Sec. 1415.  The term of a clean corporate citizen designation is 5 years. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1417 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1417 - Clean Corporate Citizen Designation; Termination.

324.1417 Clean corporate citizen designation; termination.Sec. 1417.  (1) The director shall terminate a clean corporate citizen designation if the director determines that the facility does not meet applicable requirements of section 1407, 1409, or 1411.  (2) The director shall notify a facility of the director's intent to terminate the facility's clean corporate citizen designation and the specific reason for the termination not less than 30 days before terminating the designation.  (3) A facility whose designation is terminated may reapply for a clean corporate citizen designation at any time. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1419 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1419 - Annual Report.

324.1419 Annual report.Sec. 1419.  A clean corporate citizen shall submit an annual report not later than 60 days before the annual anniversary date of the current clean corporate citizen designation. The annual report shall do all of the following:  (a) Summarize the activities undertaken over the past year to do the following:  (i) Identify and report on implementation of standardized pollution prevention measures consistent with the program established under section 1411, on a form provided by the department.  (ii) Set, revise, and attain objectives and implement measures in the clean corporate citizen's environmental management system and pollution prevention programs.   (b) Include a certified statement that the clean corporate citizen is in compliance with sections 1407, 1409, and 1411. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.1421 (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 I - General Provisions (324.101...324.2707)|451-1994-I-14 - Part 14 Clean Corporate Citizens (324.1401...324.1429)|Section 324.1421 - Benefits.

324.1421 Benefits.Sec. 1421.  (1) Upon request, a clean corporate citizen is entitled to each of the following benefits:  (a) The department shall give the facility priority over persons that are not clean corporate citizens in all of the following:  (i) Compliance assistance programs applicable to the facility, such as the retired engineers technical assistance program created in section 14511.  (ii) Processing permit or operating license renewal applications for the facility.  (b) The department shall provide employees of the facility with free training on performing environmental audits under part 148.  (c) The term of a permit issued by the department for the facility shall be twice the term that would otherwise apply.  (d) The facility shall receive a preference for state purchases as provided in section 261 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1261.  (e) The facility qualifies for any additional clean corporate citizen benefits for the facilty set forth in rules promulgated under any of the following:  (i) Article II or chapter 1 or 3 of article III.  (ii) The safe drinking water act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023.  (iii) Part 135 or 138 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13501 to 333.13536 and 333.13801 to 333.13831.  (f) The department shall conduct routine inspections of the facilty half as frequently as the inspections would be conducted if the facility were not a clean corporate citizen.  (g) The department shall give the operator of the facility at least 72 hours' advance notice of any routine inspection of the facility.  (h) Subject to subsection (2), the facility is not subject to a civil fine for a violation of applicable state environmental requirements if all of the following conditions are met:  (i) The facility acted promptly to correct the violation after discovery.  (ii) The facility reported the violation to the department within 24 hours after the discovery or within any shorter time period otherwise required by law.  (2) Subsection (1)(h) does not apply if 1 or more of the following are established by clear and convincing evidence:  (a) The actions of the facility pose or posed a substantial endangerment to the public health, safety, or welfare.  (b) The violation was intentional or occurred as the result of the operator's gross negligence. History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA