June 30, 2005, Introduced by Senators BROWN, BIRKHOLZ, ALLEN, VAN WOERKOM, GILBERT, PATTERSON, CROPSEY, KUIPERS, BISHOP and GEORGE and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.
A bill to amend the Initiated Law of 1976, entitled
"A petition to initiate legislation to provide for the use of
returnable containers for soft drinks, soda water, carbonated
natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drink, and
for beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic content,
and for certain other beverage containers; to provide for the use
of unredeemed bottle deposits; to prescribe the powers and duties
of certain state agencies and officials; and to prescribe penalties
and provide remedies,"
by amending section 3f (MCL 445.573f), as added by 1996 PA 384.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3f. (1) The community pollution prevention fund is
created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from
any source for deposit into the community pollution prevention
fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the
community pollution prevention fund. The state treasurer shall
credit to the community pollution prevention fund interest and
earnings from fund investments.
(3) Money in the community pollution prevention fund at the
close of the fiscal year shall remain in the community pollution
prevention fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The department of environmental quality shall expend
$1,000,000.00 from the community pollution prevention fund as
follows:
(a) To develop and implement a program for statewide education
of the citizens of this state regarding recycling of waste
material. Money expended under this subdivision may be expended for
a program established under section 611a of the driver education
and training schools act, 1974 PA 369, MCL 256.611a.
(b) To fund the recycling advisory council created in section
17302 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,
1994 PA 451, MCL 324.17302.
(5) (4)
The After making the
expenditure under subsection
(4), the department of environmental quality shall expend interest
and earnings of the community pollution prevention fund only, upon
appropriation, for grants for the purpose of preventing pollution,
with an emphasis on the prevention of groundwater contamination and
resulting risks to the public health, ecological risks, and public
and private cleanup costs. The department of environmental quality
shall enter into contractual agreements with grant recipients, who
shall include county governments, local health departments,
municipalities, and regional planning agencies. Activities to be
performed by grant recipients and program objectives and
deliverables shall be specified in the contractual agreements.
Grant recipients shall provide a financial match of not less than
25% nor more than 50%. Not more than $100,000.00 may be granted in
any fiscal year to a single recipient. Eligible pollution
prevention activities include all of the following:
(a) Drinking water wellhead protection, including the
delineation of wellhead protection areas and implementation of
wellhead protection plans pursuant to the safe drinking water act,
Act
No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 325.1001 to
325.1023
of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1001
to 325.1023.
(b) The review of pollution incident prevention plans prepared
by, and the inspection of, facilities whose storage or handling of
hazardous materials may pose a risk to the groundwater.
(c) The identification and plugging of abandoned wells other
than oil and gas wells.
(d) Programs to educate the general public and businesses that
use or handle hazardous materials on pollution prevention methods,
technologies, and processes, with an emphasis on the direct
reduction of toxic material releases or disposal at the source.
(6) (5)
The department of environmental quality shall
annually
prepare a report summarizing the grants made under this
section
subsection (4), contractual commitments made and achieved,
and a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of this section
not later than September 30, 1997, and September 30 of each year
thereafter, and shall provide a copy of this report to the chairs
of the house and senate appropriations subcommittees for the
department of environmental quality.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 676.
(b) Senate Bill No. 681.