Introduced
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To give any “interested persons” the ability to submit a petition to the director of Department of Environmental Quality if they believe that adverse resource impacts are occurring or are likely to occur as a result of a commercial and industrial facility using groundwater, and require the DEQ to investigate the petition. The bill would also give local governments the authority to regulate large quantity commercial and industrial groundwater withdrawals. The bill is part of a legislative package consisting of House Bills 5065 to 5073 that would restrict and subject to extensive regulation the use of groundwater by industrial and commercial businesses.
Referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not contain the provisions described for the introduced version, but instead revises the composition "water users committees" required under law to adopt "voluntary" use restrictions.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that not allow a local government official on a water users committee to create an "ad hoc subcommittee" of residents to provide information and advice, and does not allow a local government to recommend that the DEQ review a proposed water withdrawal it opposes.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 62 to 45 (details)
To revise the composition of large groundwater user committees "encouraged" under a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-SB-854">2006 law</a> to adopt "voluntary" water use restrictions (which the Department of Environmental Quality has the discretion to impose anyway). The bill would allow a local government official on one of these committees to create an "ad hoc subcommittee" of residents to provide information and advice. It also increases notice requirements for large water withdrawals, and allow a local government to recommend that the DEQ review a proposed water withdrawal it opposes.
Motion
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To give the bill immediate effect.
The motion failed 61 to 46 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
