Bill Text: MI HB6604 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; air pollution; permit to increase air pollution emissions; require permittee to plant trees and vegetation to mitigate effects of the pollution. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding secs. 5506b & 5506d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-12-19 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/19/2018 [HB6604 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6604-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6604

 

 

December 19, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Hammoud 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 sections 5506b and 5506d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5506b. (1) The department shall not issue a permit under

 

this part unless the department has considered cumulative pollution

 

levels and effects. The department may deny or place conditions on

 

the permit based on cumulative pollution levels and effects.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "cumulative pollution levels and

 

effects" means both of the following:

 

     (i) Cumulative levels of past and current environmental

 

pollution from all origins and in all media in the geographic area

 

likely to be affected by the source's air emissions.

 

     (ii) The effects of that cumulative environmental pollution on

 

the health of residents of that area.

 

     Sec. 5506d. (1) The department shall not issue a permit that

 

authorizes new or increased emissions in an area of high population

 

density unless the permit requires the planting of trees or other

 

vegetation. The permit shall specify the types and amount of

 

vegetation to be planted. The permit shall also specify the maximum

 

distance from the source where the vegetation shall be planted so

 

that the benefits from heat reduction and particulate matter

 

mitigation are localized in the area most affected by the

 

emissions.

 

     (2) By 1 year after the effective date of the 2018 amendatory

 

act that added this section, the department shall promulgate rules

 

to implement this section, including a definition of areas of high

 

population density.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.