Bill Text: MI HB5594 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Environmental protection; air pollution; asbestos emissions; require annual report on sufficiency of number of inspectors. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 5519.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-11-28 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5594 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5594-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5594
February 20, 2018, Introduced by Reps. VanSingel, Chang, Maturen, Sowerby, Inman, Rabhi, Garrett, Cambensy, Peterson, Geiss, Wittenberg, Crawford, Wentworth, Marino, VanderWall, Pagan, Faris and Bellino and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 5519.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5519. (1) Subject to subsection (3), by March 1 annually,
the department shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report
that includes the following related to the department's asbestos
program:
(a) For the previous calendar year, all of the following:
(i) The number of inspectors employed by the department.
(ii) The number of inspections conducted.
(iii) The percentage of inspections conducted per
notifications received.
(iv) The number of enforcement actions taken.
(b) An assessment and recommendation of whether the department
has a sufficient number of inspectors to carry out the asbestos
national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants program
under section 112 of title I of the clean air act, 42 USC 7412. The
evaluation of sufficiency under this subdivision shall be based
upon metrics established by the department for the percentage of
inspections conducted each year per initial notices of intent to
renovate or demolish that are received that year. The minimum
percentage set by the department for a determination of sufficiency
shall be at least 15%.
(2) Prior to finalizing the report under subsection (1), the
department shall hold a public hearing to outline its assessment
and to take testimony on its proposed recommendations. The public
hearing shall be held in compliance with the open meetings act,
1976 PA 275, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(3) The report prepared under subsection (1) shall be posted
on the department's website and published in the Michigan Register.
(4) The report required under subsection (1) may be combined
with the report required under section 5522.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
