Bill Text: MI HB4806 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; sewage; alert system for discharge of sewage; create. Amends sec. 3112b of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.3112b).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-12 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/20/2017 [HB4806 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4806-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4806

 

 

June 20, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 3112b (MCL 324.3112b), as added by 1998 PA 4.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3112b. (1) When a permit for a discharge from a combined

 

sewer system is issued or renewed under this part, the department

 

shall require both of the following as a condition conditions of

 

the permit: that

 

     (a) That eaves troughs and roof downspouts for the collection

 

of storm water stormwater throughout the tributary service area are

 

not directly connected to the sewer system. The department may

 

allow the permittee up to 1 year to comply with this provision

 

subdivision for residential property and up to 5 years for

commercial and industrial properties.

 

     (b) That the permittee implement a notification system,

 

approved by the department, for all users of the combined sewer

 

system to alert the users that atmospheric conditions pose a threat

 

of a sewage discharge and that a reduction in water usage could

 

prevent or minimize the threat. The notification system may provide

 

for different alerts based upon the magnitude of the threat.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) (1)(a) does not apply if the permittee

 

demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the

 

disconnection of downspouts and eaves troughs is not a cost-

 

effective means of reducing the frequency or duration of combined

 

sewer overflows or of maintaining compliance with discharge

 

requirements.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "combined sewer system" means a

 

sewer designed and used to convey both storm water stormwater

 

runoff and sanitary sewage, and which contains lawfully installed

 

regulators and control devices that allow for delivery of sanitary

 

flow to treatment during dry weather periods and divert storm water

 

stormwater and sanitary sewage to surface waters during storm flow

 

periods.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.