Title 324, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Sec. 17502. A recycling establishment shall annually register with the department on a form provided by the department and containing the recycling establishment's name, location, postal mailing address, electronic mail address, and telephone number and the name of the recycling …

Sec. 17503. (1) A recycling establishment in this state shall report to the department the amount of each category of reportable recyclable material received by and the amount shipped from the recycling establishment. For each state fiscal year, the recycling establishment shall,…

Sec. 17504. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), information contained in a report from a recycling establishment under this part is confidential, shall not be disclosed by the department, and is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 1…

Sec. 17505. (1) The department shall annually post on its website all of the following: (a) The aggregated amount of reportable recyclable materials by category listed in section 17501(g) that were recycled during the preceding state fiscal year. (b) The total aggregated amount o…

Sec. 1801. As used in this part: (a) "Reciprocating jurisdiction" means a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United States of America that has enacted a law identical to this part o…

Sec. 1802. An action or other proceeding for injury or threatened injury to property or person in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this state may be brought in this state.

Sec. 1803. A person who suffers, or is threatened with, injury to his or her person or property in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this state has the same rights to relief with respect to the injury or threatened injury, and…

Sec. 1804. The law to be applied in an action or other proceeding brought pursuant to this part, including what constitutes "pollution," is the law of this state, excluding choice of law rules.

Sec. 1805. This part does not accord a person injured or threatened with injury in a jurisdiction outside of this state any rights superior to those that the person would have if injured or threatened with injury in this state.

Sec. 1806. Any right provided in this part is in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights.

Sec. 1807. The defense of sovereign immunity is applicable in any action or other proceeding brought pursuant to this part only to the extent that it would apply to a person injured or threatened with injury in this state.

Sec. 1808. This part shall be applied and construed to carry out its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this part among jurisdictions enacting it.

Sec. 1901. As used in this part: (a) "Board" means the Michigan natural resources trust fund board established in section 1905. (b) "Local unit of government or public authority" means a county, city, township, village, school district, recreational authority, the Huron-Clinton m…

Sec. 1902. (1) In accordance with section 35 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, the Michigan natural resources trust fund is established in the state treasury. Subject to section 1904, the trust fund shall consist of all bonuses, rentals, delayed rentals, and royalt…

Sec. 1903. (1) Subject to the limitations of this part and of section 35 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, the interest and earnings of the trust fund in any 1 state fiscal year may be expended in subsequent state fiscal years only for the following purposes: (a) A…

Sec. 1904. Until the Michigan state parks endowment fund reaches an accumulated principal of $800,000,000.00, the amount accumulated in the trust fund shall not exceed $500,000,000.00, exclusive of interest and earnings and amounts authorized for expenditure under this part. Any …

Sec. 1905. (1) The Michigan natural resources trust fund board is established within the department. The board shall have the powers and duties of an agency transferred under a type I transfer pursuant to section 3 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.10…

Sec. 1906. (1) The board shall elect a chairperson and establish its administrative procedures. The business which the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, bein…

Sec. 1907. (1) The board shall determine which lands and rights in land within this state should be acquired for recreational uses or protection of land because of its environmental importance or its scenic beauty and which public recreation facilities should be developed, renova…

Sec. 1907a. (1) If within 2 years after a parcel of property that is approved for acquisition or development, renovation, or redevelopment by the legislature has not been acquired or developed, renovated, or redeveloped in the manner determined by the board and is not open for pu…

Sec. 19101. For purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 19102 and 19103 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 19102. (1) "Approved solid waste management plan" means a solid waste management plan submitted and approved under part 115. (2) "Capital costs" means those allowable costs, as determined by the department, of constructing or equipping, or both, a solid waste transfer facili…

Sec. 19103. (1) "Private entity" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, or association that is not a local unit of government. (2) "Recycling project" means a project in which materials that otherwise would become solid waste are collected, separated,…

Sec. 19104. The clean Michigan fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations from the general fund or any other fund, as provided by law, and any gifts and donations to the fund. The fund shall be expended only for the programs described in this …

Sec. 19105. (1) The department may make a grant to a county having a population of less than 12,000 enabling the county to establish a revolving loan fund with money received from the department. The initial grant shall be used by the county to establish a revolving loan fund tha…

Sec. 19106. (1) The department shall cause to be conducted a series of waste stream assessments in representative areas of the state. The assessments shall determine the characteristics of the waste stream and document seasonal fluctuations in the volume of waste. (2) The departm…

Sec. 19107. (1) The department shall cause to be conducted a series of recycling and composting feasibility studies. A study shall establish a basis upon which a decision to commit financial resources to a proposed recycling or composting project can be made. The department shall…

Sec. 19108. (1) The department shall cause to be conducted a series of waste-to-energy feasibility studies. A study shall establish a basis upon which a decision to commit financial resources to a proposed waste-to-energy project can be made. The department shall prescribe the el…

Sec. 19109. (1) The department shall establish an educational program with respect to resource recovery to accomplish the following: (a) To promote on a statewide basis the purchase of recycled products and materials. (b) To develop promotional materials for distribution by munic…

Sec. 1911. (1) The local public recreation facilities fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the local public recreation facilities fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment…

Sec. 19110. (1) The department shall establish a solid waste transfer station grant program. The program shall provide funding to municipalities, nonprofit private entities, and private entities for the cost of transfer station construction. The department shall make the grants d…

Sec. 19111. (1) The department shall establish a recycling and composting capital grant program. The program shall provide funding for the capital costs of recycling and composting programs undertaken by municipalities, nonprofit private entities, or private entities. The departm…

Sec. 19112. (1) The department shall establish a waste-to-energy capital grant program. The program shall provide funding for the capital costs of waste-to-energy programs undertaken by municipalities, nonprofit private entities, or private entities. The department shall make the…

Sec. 19113. (1) The department shall establish a recycling operational grant program. The program shall provide temporary operating subsidies to assist municipalities, nonprofit private entities, and private entities in recapturing the difference between the cost of collection, p…

Sec. 19114. (1) The department shall establish a composting operational grant program. The program shall provide temporary operating subsidies to assist municipalities, nonprofit private entities, and private entities in undertaking composting projects. The department shall make …

Sec. 19115. (1) The department shall establish a household hazardous waste disposal grant program. The program shall assist municipalities in projects that educate citizens as to methods of household hazardous waste reduction and disposal option, promote the safe handling of hous…

Sec. 19116. (1) The department shall cause to be conducted a statewide market development research study to assess the current markets and the potential for and the means for expansion of markets for recycled materials in this state. The department shall not expend more than 2.5%…

Sec. 19117. (1) The department shall establish a program to perform hydrogeological monitoring studies on open and closed sanitary landfills and open dumps owned by municipalities. The program shall determine the extent of groundwater contamination associated with the sanitary la…

Sec. 19118. (1) The department shall establish a sanitary landfill and open dump closure or reclosure matching grant program. The program shall provide up to 75% of the funding for the closure or reclosure of sanitary landfills and open dumps owned or operated by municipalities. …

Sec. 19119. Any project of the type for which a grant may be available under section 19111, which produces site separated materials, and for which the licenses or permits required by this part and otherwise required by law have been obtained, is eligible to receive a grant under …

Sec. 19120. (1) The department shall administer the studies, assessments, and programs described in this part according to the following: (a) Within 60 days after enactment of the general appropriations bill for the department of natural resources for a state fiscal year, the dep…

Sec. 19121. (1) Not later than March 31 of each year, the department shall report the following information regarding the projects financed under this part for that fiscal year to the governor, the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that primarily …

Sec. 19301. The state shall borrow a sum not to exceed $660,000,000.00 and issue the general obligation bonds of this state, pledging the full faith and credit of the state for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, to finance environmental protection programs that w…

Sec. 19302. Bonds shall be issued in accordance with conditions, methods, and procedures to be established by law.

Sec. 19303. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds or any series of the bonds, any premium and accrued interest received on the delivery of the bonds, and any interest earned on the proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the environmental pr…

Sec. 19304. The question of borrowing a sum not to exceed $660,000,000.00 and the issuance of the general obligation bonds of the state for the purposes set forth in this part shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the state qualified to vote on the question in accordanc…