Bill Text: MI HB5166 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Agriculture; aquaculture; Michigan aquaculture development act; expand to allow aquaculture facilities within the waters of the state. Amends secs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9 of 1996 PA 199 (MCL 286.872 et seq.) & adds sec. 7a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5167'15, HB 5168'15

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Printed Bill Filed 12/17/2015 [HB5166 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5166-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5166

December 16, 2015, Introduced by Reps. McBroom, Cole, Lauwers and Brett Roberts and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 

      A bill to amend 1996 PA 199, entitled

 

"Michigan aquaculture development act,"

 

by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 (MCL 286.872, 286.873,

 

286.874, 286.875, 286.876, 286.877, and 286.879), sections 2 and 4

 

as amended by 2003 PA 272, and by adding section 7a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

 2        (a) "Aquacultural products" means any products, coproducts, or

 

 3  by-products of aquaculture species.

 

 4        (b) "Aquaculture" means the commercial husbandry of

 

 5  aquaculture species on the approved list of aquaculture species,

 

 6  including, but not limited to, propagation and rearing of

 

 1  aquaculture species in controlled or selected environments.

 

 2  Aquaculture includes, but is not limited to, the culturing,

 

 3  producing, growing, using, propagating, harvesting, transporting,

 

 4  importing, exporting, or marketing of aquacultural products under

 

 5  an appropriate permit or registration.

 

 6        (c) "Aquaculture facility" means a farm or farm operation

 

 7  engaged in any aspect of aquaculture. in privately controlled

 

 8  waters capable of holding all life stages of aquaculture species

 

 9  with a barrier or enclosure to prevent their escape into waters of

 

10  the state.Aquaculture facility includes both of the following:

 

11        (i) A land-based aquaculture facility.

 

12        (ii) A water-based aquaculture facility.

 

13        (d) "Aquaculture facility registration" or "registration"

 

14  means a registration issued by the director allowing a authorizing

 

15  the operation of an aquaculture facility. to engage in aquaculture.

 

16        (e) "Aquaculture research permit" or, unless the context

 

17  implies otherwise, "permit" means a permit issued by the director

 

18  to researchers authorizing the operation of a confinement research

 

19  facility to study and culture aquaculture species not included on

 

20  the approved list of aquaculture species for the evaluation of

 

21  aquacultural potential and to provide a scientific basis for

 

22  including the aquaculture species on the approved list.

 

23        (f) "Aquaculture species" means aquatic animal organisms,

 

24  including, but not limited to, fish, crustaceans, mollusks,

 

25  reptiles, or amphibians, that are reared or cultured under

 

26  controlled conditions in an aquaculture facility and that are on

 

27  the list of approved species as provided for in section 5.

 1        (g) "Aquaculturist" means a person involved in or engaged in

 

 2  any aspect of aquaculture.

 

 3        (h) "Aquarium" means any park, building, cage, enclosure, or

 

 4  other structure or premises in which aquaculture species are kept

 

 5  for public exhibition or viewing, regardless of whether

 

 6  compensation is received.

 

 7        (i) "Confinement research facility" means a facility holding

 

 8  an aquaculture research permit, enclosed in a secure structure, and

 

 9  separated from other aquaculture facilities and in which

 

10  aquaculture species are isolated and maintained in complete and

 

11  continuous confinement to prevent their escape into the environment

 

12  and to prevent the release of any possible pathogens into the

 

13  environment.

 

14        (j) "Department" means the Michigan department of agriculture

 

15  and rural development.

 

16        (k) "Director" means the director of the Michigan department

 

17  of agriculture or his or her designee from the department's office

 

18  of aquaculture development established under section 3.

 

19        (l) "Farm" or "farm operation" means those terms as defined in

 

20  the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.

 

21        (m) "Genetically engineered" refers to an organism whose

 

22  genome, chromosomal or extrachromosomal, is modified permanently

 

23  and heritably using recombinant nucleic acid techniques, or the

 

24  progeny thereof.

 

25        (n) "Land-based aquaculture facility" means a facility

 

26  containing privately controlled waters capable of holding any life

 

27  stages of aquaculture species.

 1        (o) (n) "Law enforcement officer" means a person appointed by

 

 2  the this state or a local governmental unit who is responsible for

 

 3  the enforcement of the criminal laws of this state.

 

 4        (p) (o) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited

 

 5  liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or

 

 6  other legal entity.

 

 7        (q) (p) "Privately controlled waters" means waters controlled

 

 8  within ponds, vats, raceways, tanks, and any other indoor or

 

 9  outdoor structure wholly within or on land owned or leased by an

 

10  aquaculturist and used with by an aquaculture facility or a

 

11  confinement research facility. Privately controlled waters includes

 

12  those waters diverted for use in an aquaculture facility or a

 

13  confinement research facility by an aquaculturist exercising his or

 

14  her riparian rights.

 

15        (r) (q) "Recombinant nucleic acid techniques" means laboratory

 

16  techniques through which genetic material is isolated and

 

17  manipulated in vitro and then inserted into an organism.

 

18        (s) (r) "Retail bait outlet" means a facility that sells

 

19  directly to the consumer any live or dead organism, edible or

 

20  digestible material, organic or processed food, or scented material

 

21  each of which may be used to attract fish, including, but not

 

22  limited to, worms, leeches, aquatic insects, crayfish, amphibians,

 

23  fish eggs, minnows or other fish, marshmallows, cheese, pork rinds,

 

24  or any part thereof.

 

25        (t) (s) "Retail ornamental fish facility" means a facility in

 

26  which a person sells, imports or exports at wholesale or retail,

 

27  leases, or loans ornamental species of aquatic organisms that may

 1  live in fresh, brackish, or saltwater environments to the general

 

 2  public for home or public display purposes.

 

 3        (u) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the

 

 4  administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

 5  24.328.

 

 6        (v) "Water-based aquaculture facility" means floating or

 

 7  submersible enclosures, including peripheral docks and mooring

 

 8  anchorage points used for aquaculture, within waters of the state

 

 9  and privately controlled waters capable of holding any life stages

 

10  of aquaculture species.

 

11        (w) (t) "Waters of the state" means groundwaters, lakes,

 

12  rivers, and streams and all other watercourses and waters within

 

13  the jurisdiction of the this state and also the Great Lakes

 

14  bordering the this state.

 

15        (x) (u) "Zoo" means any park, building, cage, enclosure, or

 

16  other structure or premises in which a live animal is kept for

 

17  public exhibition or viewing, regardless of whether compensation is

 

18  received.

 

19        Sec. 3. (1) The department shall administer this act. In order

 

20  to carry out its responsibilities under this act, the department

 

21  shall establish an office of aquaculture development that includes

 

22  a program manager. The program manager shall collaborate with the

 

23  aquaculture industry and appropriate state agencies on growth

 

24  opportunities and regulatory issues related to aquaculture.

 

25        (2) The office of aquaculture development shall do all of the

 

26  following:

 

27        (a) Oversee the registration and permit procedures for

 1  aquaculture facilities and confinement research facilities.

 

 2        (b) If a preapplication meeting is requested by a person

 

 3  proposing to file an application for a registration or permit, meet

 

 4  with the person to review a proposed aquaculture facility or

 

 5  confinement research facility or the proposed application in its

 

 6  entirety.

 

 7        (c) Develop a joint application for a registration or permit

 

 8  under section 6 and all other relevant state permits that could

 

 9  apply to an aquaculture facility or confinement research facility,

 

10  including, but not limited to, any permit required under part 31,

 

11  301, 303, 305, 325, or 327 of the natural resources and

 

12  environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.3101 to

 

13  324.3134, 324.30101 to 324.30113, 324.30301 to 324.30328, 324.30501

 

14  to 324.30515, 324.32501 to 324.32515a, and 324.32701 to 324.32730.

 

15        (3) If, upon receipt of an application for registration or a

 

16  permit under this act, the department believes that the applicant

 

17  may need additional permits or authorizations to operate the

 

18  facility, the department shall coordinate the application process

 

19  for the applicant with other relevant state agencies.

 

20        (4) (2) The department may conduct activities designed to

 

21  develop and assist the aquaculture industry in the manner provided

 

22  for by law.

 

23        Sec. 4. (1) Aquaculture is an agricultural enterprise and is

 

24  part of the farming and agricultural industry of this state. The

 

25  director shall assure that aquaculture is afforded all rights,

 

26  privileges, opportunities, and responsibilities of other

 

27  agricultural enterprises.

 1        (2) Aquaculture is a form of agriculture. Aquaculture

 

 2  facilities and aquaculture uses are a form of agricultural

 

 3  facilities and uses.

 

 4        (3) Aquacultural products lawfully taken, produced, purchased,

 

 5  possessed, or acquired from within this state or imported into this

 

 6  state are the exclusive and private property of the aquaculturist.

 

 7        (4) This act does not prohibit an aquaculturist from

 

 8  exercising riparian rights for water diversion. If water is

 

 9  discharged back into the waters of the state, the discharge shall

 

10  be pursuant to any appropriate permit issued by the department of

 

11  environmental quality, if such a permit is required.

 

12        (5) An aquaculturist harvesting aquaculture species from a

 

13  registered aquaculture facility or a permitted confinement research

 

14  facility is exempt from size, catch, and possession limits, closed

 

15  seasons, and any other restriction imposed in parts 459 and 487 of

 

16  the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

17  451, MCL 324.45901 to 324.45908 and 324.48701 to 324.48740.

 

18        (6) This act does not give an aquaculturist authority to take

 

19  wild species from the waters of the state and held in trust, in

 

20  violation of the natural resources and environmental protection

 

21  act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106, unless under a permit

 

22  issued by the department of natural resources.

 

23        (7) This act does not give an aquaculturist authority to

 

24  release any aquaculture species into any waters of the state that

 

25  are not an aquaculture facility unless the aquaculturist first

 

26  obtains an appropriate permit from the director of the department

 

27  of natural resources. It is intended that the department of natural

 1  resources shall consider a registration issued under this act as

 

 2  the equivalent of a game fish breeders license issued under part

 

 3  459 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994

 

 4  PA 451, MCL 324.45901 to 324.45908.

 

 5        (8) Any movement, importing, or exporting of aquaculture

 

 6  species shall be in compliance with the animal industry act, 1988

 

 7  PA 466, MCL 287.701 to 287.745, 287.746, for purposes of obtaining

 

 8  a planting permit.

 

 9        (9) For the purposes of this act, each genetically engineered

 

10  variant of an aquaculture species shall be considered a distinct

 

11  aquaculture species. A genetically engineered variant of an

 

12  aquaculture species is not included on the list of approved

 

13  aquaculture species under section 5 unless specifically identified

 

14  on the list or specifically identified in a rule promulgated under

 

15  section 12 as being included on the list. A genetically engineered

 

16  organism that is a variant of an aquaculture species is not covered

 

17  by an aquaculture research permit under section 8 unless

 

18  specifically identified in the permit. An entry on the list of

 

19  approved aquaculture species under section 5, a rule promulgated

 

20  under section 12, or an aquaculture research permit under section 8

 

21  may be limited to a genetically engineered organism.

 

22        (10) Within 1 year after the effective date of the 2016

 

23  amendatory act that amended this section, the commission of

 

24  agriculture and rural development shall establish generally

 

25  accepted agricultural and management practices related to siting of

 

26  aquaculture facilities under the Michigan right to farm act, 1981

 

27  PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.

 1        Sec. 5. (1) There is established a list of approved species

 

 2  for aquaculture production as further described in this section.

 

 3  Only the aquaculture species on the approved list are allowed for

 

 4  purposes of aquaculture production. The following types of

 

 5  aquaculture species are qualified for inclusion on the list of

 

 6  approved species:

 

 7        (a) Aquaculture species that are naturally indigenous within

 

 8  the waters of the state.

 

 9        (b) Aquaculture species that have been naturalized within the

 

10  waters of the state.

 

11        (c) Aquaculture species that could not perpetuate in the

 

12  waters of the state.

 

13        (d) Aquaculture species that are held in a confinement

 

14  research facility for purposes of research that, on the basis of

 

15  that research, may be recommended to be included on the list of

 

16  approved aquaculture species.

 

17        (2) Approved freshwater species are as follows:

 

 

18      (a) Lake sturgeon                     (Acipenser fulvescens)

19      (b) Paddlefish                           (Polyodon spathula)

20      (c) Arctic grayling                     (Thymallus arcticus)

21      (d) Atlantic salmon                            (Salmo salar)

22      (e) Brown trout                               (Salmo trutta)

23      (f) Brook trout                      (Salvelinus fontinalis)

24      (g) Splake    (Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis)

25      (h) Lake trout                        (Salvelinus namaycush)

26      (i) Chinook salmon                (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

27      (j) Coho salmon                       (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

 1      (k) Pink salmon                     (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

 2      (l) Rainbow trout                      (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

 3      (m) Lake whitefish                  (Coregonus clupeaformis)

 4      (n) Lake herring                          (Coregonus artedi)

 5      (o) Muskellunge                           (Esox masquinongy)

 6      (p) Northern pike                              (Esox lucius)

 7      (q) Tiger muskie            (Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius)

 8      (r) Common carp                            (Cyprinus carpio)

 9      (s) Goldfish                             (Carassius auratus)

10      (t) Creek chub                     (Semotilus atromaculatus)

11      (u) Bowfin                                      (Amia calva)

12      (v) Redbelly dace                             (Phoxinus eos)

13      (w) Finescale dace                       (Phoxinus neogaeus)

14      (x) Common shiner                         (Luxilus cornutus)

15      (y) Golden shiner                  (Notemigonus crysoleucas)

16      (z) Emerald shiner                   (Notropis atherinoides)

17      (aa) Bluntnose minnow                   (Pimephales notatus)

18      (bb) Fathead minnow                    (Pimephales promelas)

19      (cc) Black bullhead                         (Ameiurus melas)

20      (dd) Yellow bullhead                      (Ameiurus natalis)

21      (ee) Brown bullhead                     (Ameiurus nebulosus)

22      (ff) Channel catfish                   (Ictalurus punctatus)

23      (gg) Flathead catfish                  (Pylodictis olivaris)

24      (hh) Burbot                                      (Lota lota)

25      (ii) Smallmouth bass                   (Micropterus dolmieu)

26      (jj) Largemouth bass                 (Micropterus salmoides)

27      (kk) White crappie                       (Pomoxis annularis)

 1      (ll) Black crappie                  (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)

 2      (mm) Hybrid crappie            (Pomoxis annularis x Pomoxis

 3                                      nigromaculatus)            

 4      (nn) Warmouth                              (Lepomis gulosus)

 5      (oo) Rock bass                       (Ambloplites rupestris)

 6      (pp) Green sunfish                       (Lepomis cyanellus)

 7      (qq) Bluegill                          (Lepomis macrochirus)

 8      (rr) Hybrid bluegill           (Lepomis cyanellus x Lepomis

 9                                      macrochirus)               

10      (ss) Pumpkinseed                          (Lepomis gibbosus)

11      (tt) Redear sunfish                    (Lepomis microlophus)

12      (uu) Sauger                         (Stizostedion canadense)

13      (vv) Walleye                  (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum)

14      (ww) Saugeye                  (Stizostedion canadense x    

15                                     Stizostedion vitreum vitreum)

16      (xx) Yellow perch                         (Perca flavescens)

17      (yy) Bigmouth buffalofish             (Ictiobus cyprinellus)

18      (zz) Black buffalofish                      (Ictiobus niger)

19      (aaa) White perch                         (Morone americana)

20      (bbb) White bass                           (Morone chrysops)

21      (ccc) Tilapia      (Genera of Tiliapia (except T. rondeliia),

22                          Oreochromis, Sarotheradom and hybrids

23                          thereof)

24      (ddd) Barramundi                           (Lates calcarifer)

 

 

25        (3) Approved other aquatic organisms are as follows:

 

 

26      (a) Prawn                        (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

 1      (b) Crayfish             (Orconectes immunus, O. propinquus,

 2                                O. virilis, Cambarus bartonii,

 3                                C. robustus)

 

 

 4        (4) Approved salt or brackish waters species are as follows:

 

 

 5      (a) Brine shrimp                               (Artemia sp.)

 6      (b) Shrimp                (All species of the genus Peneaus)

 7      (c) Mahi-mahi                          (Coryphaena hippurus)

 8      (d) Haddock                       (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

 9      (e) Cod                                          (Gadus sp.)

10      (f) Halibut                               (Hippoglossus sp.)

11      (g) Snapper            (Lutjanidae-Lutjanus sp. Ocyurus sp.)

12      (h) Grouper    (Serranidae-Epinephelus sp. Mycteroperca sp.)

13      (i) Red drum                           (Sciaenops ocellatus)

14      (j) Tuna                                   (Thunnus thynnus)

15      (k) Flounder                              (Paralichthys sp.)

16      (l) Pompano                                (Trachinoyus sp.)

17      (m) Snook                                  (Centropomus sp.)

18      (n) Mackerel                             (Scomberomorus sp.)

 

 

19        (5) Aquaculture species, possession of which is prohibited

 

20  under the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act

 

21  No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.101 to

 

22  324.90106 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101

 

23  to 324.90106, are prohibited for aquaculture or aquaculture

 

24  research under this act.

 

25        Sec. 6. (1) A Except as provided in subsection (2) or if

 

26  exempt by rule promulgated under this act, a person shall not

 1  engage in operate an aquaculture unless he or she obtains a

 

 2  facility without an aquaculture facility registration from the

 

 3  department as an aquaculture facility, obtains or a confinement

 

 4  research facility without an aquaculture research permit. , or

 

 5  unless otherwise exempt by rule or law. If the activity in which

 

 6  the aquaculture facility is engaged is required to be regulated

 

 7  under any act, Except as specifically provided in this act, a

 

 8  registration or permit under this act does not exempt the a person,

 

 9  or aquaculture facility, or confinement research facility from

 

10  requirements imposed under any local, state, or federal

 

11  regulation.law, including, but not limited to, the animal industry

 

12  act, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.701 to 287.746.

 

13        (2) The following are exempt from registration as an

 

14  aquaculture facility:

 

15        (a) Retail bait outlets.

 

16        (b) Retail ornamental fish facilities.

 

17        (c) Persons using privately controlled waters for

 

18  noncommercial purposes.

 

19        (d) Public aquariums or zoos.

 

20        (e) Portable retail fishing concessions.

 

21        (3) A person registered or permitted under this act The

 

22  operator of an aquaculture facility or a confinement research

 

23  facility shall keep and maintain records of production, purchases,

 

24  or imports in order to establish proof of ownership. A person

 

25  transporting aquaculture species shall produce documentation that

 

26  contains the origin of shipment, registration or permit copies or

 

27  documentation, documentation demonstrating shipping destination,

 1  and any other proof that may be required under the animal industry

 

 2  act, of 1987, Act No. 466 of the Public Acts of 1988, being

 

 3  sections 287.701 to 287.747 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 1988 PA

 

 4  466, MCL 287.701 to 287.746, upon demand of the director or a law

 

 5  enforcement officer.

 

 6        (4) An aquaculture facility in existence before January 1,

 

 7  1997 is required to obtain a registration or permit, or both, if

 

 8  applicable, by January 1, 1999 in order to continue to engage in

 

 9  aquaculture. Any person engaging in aquaculture beginning on or

 

10  after January 1, 1997 is required to obtain a registration or

 

11  permit under this act, or both, if applicable, in order to engage

 

12  in aquaculture.

 

13        Sec. 7. (1) A completed initial application for a registration

 

14  shall be submitted to the department not less than 60 days before

 

15  the proposed operation of the aquaculture facility.

 

16        (1) (2) The department shall not issue an initial aquaculture

 

17  facility registration or an aquaculture research permit unless an

 

18  applicant demonstrates all of the following conditions are met:

 

19        (a) The For an aquaculture facility or a confinement research

 

20  facility that was constructed before the effective date of the 2016

 

21  amendatory act that amended this section, the facility has been

 

22  inspected by the director and the director has determined that the

 

23  facility meets the standards and requirements prescribed by this

 

24  act. and that there are barriers in place to prevent the escape of

 

25  aquaculture species into the public waters.

 

26        (b) For an aquaculture facility or a confinement research

 

27  facility that is constructed on or after the effective date of the

 1  2016 amendatory act that amended this section, the director has

 

 2  determined the following:

 

 3        (i) Based on plans for the facility submitted with the

 

 4  application, the facility will meet the standards and requirements

 

 5  prescribed by this act.

 

 6        (ii) If the facility is a water-based aquaculture facility,

 

 7  the facility meets all of the following:

 

 8        (A) The location of the water-based aquaculture facility will

 

 9  not prevent reasonable navigation or recreational use of the water

 

10  body.

 

11        (B) The location of the water-based aquaculture facility will

 

12  be restricted to a relatively low-use area of the water body and is

 

13  located outside of harbors and channels.

 

14        (C) The water-based aquaculture facility is otherwise in

 

15  compliance with law.

 

16        (c) (b) The For an aquaculture facility, the applicant

 

17  demonstrates that aquaculture species involved to be contained in

 

18  the aquaculture facility is are on the list of approved aquaculture

 

19  species.

 

20        (c) The owner or his or her agent has received from the

 

21  director a current copy of the "Great Lakes fish disease control

 

22  policy and model program", published by the Great Lakes fishery

 

23  commission.

 

24        (3) Within 30 days after receipt of an initial registration or

 

25  permit application, the director shall inspect the aquaculture

 

26  facility. If the director determines that the facility to be

 

27  utilized under a registration or permit conforms to standards

 1  prescribed by this act, verifies that unlisted aquaculture species

 

 2  are not in the facility, and reviews and approves research

 

 3  protocols in the case of a proposed aquaculture research permit,

 

 4  the director shall issue a registration or permit within 60 days of

 

 5  receipt of a registration or permit application.

 

 6        (2) Upon completion of construction of an aquaculture facility

 

 7  constructed after the effective date of the 2016 amendatory act

 

 8  that amended this section, the owner or operator of the facility

 

 9  shall notify the department. Within 30 days after the department

 

10  receives this notification, the director shall inspect the facility

 

11  to determine whether the facility is in compliance with this act.

 

12        (3) To obtain an aquaculture facility registration or an

 

13  aquaculture research permit required under section 6, a person

 

14  shall submit to the department an application developed under

 

15  section 3. The department shall grant or deny an application for a

 

16  registration within 60 business days or for a permit within 90

 

17  business days after the application is submitted. Within 15

 

18  business days after the application is submitted, the department

 

19  shall notify the applicant if the application is incomplete or if

 

20  the department has any questions about the application. The running

 

21  of the 60- or 90-business-day period is tolled from the date the

 

22  department so notifies the applicant until the applicant completes

 

23  the application or answers the department's questions, as

 

24  applicable.

 

25        (4) The application for a registration or permit may be denied

 

26  only for failure to comply with the requirements of this act except

 

27  that until 5 years after the effective date of the 2016 amendatory

 1  act that amended this section, the department shall not approve

 

 2  registrations for more than 10 water-based aquaculture facilities

 

 3  in the Great Lakes.

 

 4        (5) The department shall promptly notify an applicant of the

 

 5  reasons for a registration or permit denial. within 60 days after

 

 6  receipt of an application. The notice shall specify the

 

 7  deficiencies to be corrected in order for a registration or permit

 

 8  to be issued.

 

 9        (6) (5) Without filing a second application under this

 

10  section, an applicant may request a second inspection after the

 

11  specified deficiencies have been corrected. The department shall

 

12  not make more than 2 preregistration or prepermitting inspections

 

13  of the same facility per application.

 

14        (7) (6) The applicant may request a hearing pursuant to the

 

15  administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public

 

16  Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan

 

17  Compiled Laws, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, on a denial of a

 

18  registration or permit.

 

19        (8) (7) The department shall not return a registration or

 

20  permit fee or a portion of a registration or permit fee to an

 

21  applicant if a registration or permit is denied.

 

22        (9) (8) A registration and or permit issued by the department

 

23  shall contain the following information:

 

24        (a) The registration or permit number and expiration date.

 

25        (b) The complete name, business name, business address, and

 

26  telephone number of the aquaculture facility registration holder or

 

27  aquaculture research permit holder.

 1        (c) The complete address of the aquaculture facility or

 

 2  confinement research facility location.

 

 3        (d) The list of aquaculture species approved for the

 

 4  registered or permitted facility.

 

 5        (e) The complete name, address, and telephone number of the

 

 6  department contact person regarding aquaculture.

 

 7        (10) Requirements for an aquaculture facility registration or

 

 8  an aquaculture research permit shall be modeled after generally

 

 9  accepted agriculture and management practices developed by the

 

10  commission of agriculture and rural development under the Michigan

 

11  right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.

 

12        (11) (9) Applications for an aquaculture facility registration

 

13  or an aquaculture research permit shall be accompanied by the

 

14  following fees:

 

15        (a) Aquaculture facility registration Registration - initial

 

16  application, $100.00.

 

17        (b) Aquaculture facility registration Registration - renewal

 

18  application, $75.00.

 

19        (c) Aquaculture research permit Permit - initial application,

 

20  $250.00.

 

21        (d) Aquaculture research permit Permit - renewal application,

 

22  $100.00.

 

23        (12) A registration or a permit issued or renewed under this

 

24  act is valid for 5 years.

 

25        (13) The owner or operator of an aquaculture facility or

 

26  confinement research facility shall pay the department an annual

 

27  fee of $75.00 except for a year in which an application or renewal

 1  fee is paid under subsection (11). The fees under this subsection

 

 2  for a 4-year period may be paid in advance when the registration or

 

 3  permit application is filed.

 

 4        (14) (10) Application An application for renewal of an

 

 5  aquaculture facility registration or an aquaculture research permit

 

 6  shall be submitted not later than October 1 of each the year prior

 

 7  to the expiration of the existing registration or permit. Each

 

 8  registration and permit issued shall be for a period of 1 year

 

 9  commencing October 1 and ending the following September 30.

 

10        (11) A renewal submitted later than October 31 shall require

 

11  submission of an initial application and initial license fee.

 

12        (15) (12) An aquaculturist A person who holds an aquaculture

 

13  facility registration or aquaculture research permit may apply on a

 

14  form provided by the department for a modification of the

 

15  aquaculture facility registration or a confinement research permit

 

16  to add or remove aquaculture species.

 

17        Sec. 7a. An aquaculture facility registration or aquaculture

 

18  research permit shall be combined, as a single authorization, with

 

19  all other relevant state permits that apply to the aquaculture

 

20  facility or confinement research facility, including, but not

 

21  limited to, any permit required under part 31, 301, 303, 305, 325,

 

22  or 327 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

23  1994 PA 451, MCL 324.3101 to 324.3134, 324.30101 to 324.30113,

 

24  324.30301 to 324.30328, 324.30501 to 324.30515, 324.32501 to

 

25  324.32515a, and 324.32701 to 324.32730. Those other relevant

 

26  permits are subject to the requirements of section 7(2), (4), (9),

 

27  and (11).

 1        Sec. 9. (1) The department or its duly authorized agent

 

 2  director shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any

 

 3  aquaculture facility or confinement research facility to inspect

 

 4  and to determine if this act is being violated and to secure

 

 5  samples or specimens of any aquaculture species after paying or

 

 6  offering to pay fair market value for such sample or specimen. the

 

 7  samples or specimens. An inspection shall be conducted under

 

 8  generally recognized practices designed not to jeopardize the

 

 9  health of the aquaculture species.

 

10        (2) The director may periodically inspect a registered

 

11  aquaculture facility and or a permitted confinement research

 

12  facility for the following:

 

13        (a) For registered and permitted facilities, confirmation

 

14  Confirmation that there are in place procedures or barriers

 

15  designed to prevent the escape of aquaculture species into waters

 

16  of the state and confirmation of compliance with other requirements

 

17  as set forth in this act or as required by law.

 

18        (b) For registered aquaculture facilities, confirmation that

 

19  the aquaculture species are on the approved list.

 

20        (c) For permitted confinement research facilities,

 

21  confirmation that the facility is following approved protocols and

 

22  all specimens are accounted for.

 

23        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

24  after the date it is enacted into law.

 

25        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

26  unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are

 

27  enacted into law:

 1        (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5167 (request no.

 

 2  01714'15).

 

 3        (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5168 (request no.

 

 4  04725'15).