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 Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that also requires spills to be reported to the local public safety agency and only applies the penalties to a person who should know that he or she is required to report a release.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 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 of $2,500 to $25,000, plus an additional fine of up to $25,000 for each day release is not reported. Penalties would only apply to a person who should know that he or she is required to report a release.
Referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Tourism
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that only has the fines for failing to properly report spills, and is tie-barred to House Bill 5586, which contains the actual reporting requirements contained in the Senate-passed version of this bill.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)
To aurhorize fines for failing to properly report hazardous material spills as proposed by House Bill 5586.
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
