HAZARDOUS WASTE USER CHARGES H.B. 6613:
FLOOR SUMMARY
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House Bill 6613 (as discharged)
Sponsor: Representative Doug Bennett
House Committee: Great Lakes and Environment
Senate Committee: Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
CONTENT
The bill would amend Part 111 (Hazardous Waste Management) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to do the following:
-- Change from February 28 to March 30 the deadline by which the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) must send forms for the payment of annual hazardous waste manifest processing user charges and hazardous waste management program user charges.
-- Require the form for the 2009 billing cycle for the manifest processing charges to specify the number of manifests prepared and processed during the months of October, November, and December 2007 and calendar year 2008.
-- Require the form for subsequent billing cycles to specify the number of manifests prepared and processed during the previous calendar year, rather than the previous fiscal year.
-- Delete a requirement that the handler charges assessed on hazardous waste program users be based on each of the activities engaged in by the handler during the previous calendar year, but retain a requirement that a handler pay the specified charge for each of the activities it conducted during that year.
Under Part 111, hazardous waste transporters must prepare a manifest for each load of hazardous waste transported to property that is not the site where it was generated. Until October 1, 2011, a person required to prepare a manifest must submit to the DEQ a manifest processing user charge on a form provided by the Department. Part 111 also requires the DEQ, until October 1, 2011, to assess a handler waste management program user charge on generators; owners and operators of treatment, storage, or disposal facilities; and used oil processors and rerefiners, used oil burners, and used oil fuel marketers.
MCL 324.11135 & 324.11153 Legislative Analyst: Julie Cassidy
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 12-17-08 Fiscal Analyst: Jessica Runnels
floor\hb6613 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb6613/0708