MI Comp L § 324.21325 (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-8 - Chapter 8 Underground Storage Tanks (324.21101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-8-213 - Part 213 Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (324.21301...324.21334)|Section 324.21325 - Qualified Underground Tank Consultant; Requirements.

324.21325 Qualified underground tank consultant; requirements.Sec. 21325.  A person shall be considered a qualified underground storage tank consultant if the person meets all of the following requirements:  (a) Has experience in all phases of underground storage tank work, including RBCA, tank removal oversight, site assessment, soil removal, feasibility, design, remedial system installation, remediation management activities, and site closure and possesses or employs at least 1 of the following:  (i) A professional engineer license with 3 or more years of relevant corrective action experience, preferably involving underground storage tanks.  (ii) A professional geologist certification or a similar approved designation such as a professional hydrologist or a certified groundwater professional, with 3 or more years of relevant corrective action experience, preferably involving underground storage tanks.  (iii) A person with a master's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a discipline of engineering or science and 8 years of full-time relevant experience or a person with a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a discipline of engineering or science and 10 years of full-time relevant experience. This experience shall be documented with professional and personal references, past employment references and histories, and documentation that all requirements of the occupational safety and health act of 1970, Public Law 91-596, 84 Stat 1590, and regulations promulgated under that act, and the Michigan occupational safety and health act, 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1001 to 408.1094, and rules promulgated under that act have been met.  (iv) A person that was certified by the department as an underground storage tank professional pursuant to section 21543 on May 1, 2012.  (b) Has all of the following insurance policies written by carriers authorized to write such business, or approved as an eligible surplus lines insurer, by this state and which are placed with an insurer listed in a.m. best's with a rating of no less than B+ VII:  (i) Worker's compensation insurance.  (ii) Professional liability errors and omissions insurance. This policy may not exclude bodily injury, property damage, or claims arising out of pollution for environmental work and shall be issued with a limit of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence.  (iii) Contractor pollution liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, if not included under the professional liability errors and omissions insurance required under subparagraph (ii). The insurance requirement under this subparagraph is not required for consultants who do not perform contracting functions.  (iv) Commercial general liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence and $2,000,000.00 aggregate.   (v) Automobile liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence.  (c) Has demonstrated compliance with the occupational safety and health act of 1970, Public Law 91-596, 84 Stat 1590, and the regulations promulgated under that act, and the Michigan occupational safety and health act, 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1001 to 408.1094, and the rules promulgated under that act, and is able to demonstrate that all such rules and regulations have been complied with during the person's previous corrective action activity. History: Add. 2012, Act 108, Imd. Eff. May 1, 2012 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 381, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017 Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 324.21325, which pertained to rewards, was repealed by Act 22 of 1995, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1995.Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA