Introduced
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To require the person responsible for the spill of any polluting material in excess a certain quantity specified in administrative rules to immediately report the release to the Department of Environmental Quality and to the local health department. Within 10 days the person would be required to report the cause of the release, the amount released, the time the release began and ended, response measures taken or to be taken, the amount of polluting material recovered, and measures undertaken to prevent the recurrence of similar releases.
Referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Tourism
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-6) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that still contains the proposed reporting requirements, but does not have the fines for failing to properly report spills, because these are in Senate Bill 977, to which this bill was tie-barred.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To insert the contents of House Bill 5734, which repeals a ten-year adjustment to the commercial forest reserve "specific tax" levied in lieu of general property taxation on land placed in the state commercial forest reserve.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add city, village, or township emergency management coordinators to the list of contacts that a county emergency management coordinator is required to contact in developing and overseeing a plan to provide timely notification of a hazardous materials release.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)
To require the person responsible for the spill of any polluting material in excess a certain quantity specified in administrative rules to immediately report the release to the local 9-1-1 dispatch center and to the local health department. If the state police or another state agency receives a spill notice from another state, Canada, or Ontario, they would also report it to to the local 9-1-1 dispatch center. Within 10 days the person responsible for the spill would be required to report to the Department of Environmental Quality the cause of the release, the amount released, the time the release began and ended, response measures taken or to be taken, the amount of polluting material recovered, and measures undertaken to prevent the recurrence of similar releases. Noncompliance would be a felony punishable by a fine proposed by Senate Bill 977.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that also requires the DEQ to report to the legislature on how the new requirements are working, and to recommend any changes if needed.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To require the person responsible for the spill of any polluting material in excess a certain quantity specified in administrative rules to immediately report the release to the local 9-1-1 dispatch center and to the local health department. If the state police or another state agency receives a spill notice from another state, Canada, or Ontario, they would also report it to to the local 9-1-1 dispatch center. Within 10 days the person responsible for the spill would be required to report to the Department of Environmental Quality the cause of the release, the amount released, the time the release began and ended, response measures taken or to be taken, the amount of polluting material recovered, and measures undertaken to prevent the recurrence of similar releases. Noncompliance would be a felony punishable by a fine proposed by Senate Bill 977.
Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
