HOUSE BILL No. 5286

February 2, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Chang, Irwin, Moss, Darany, LaVoy, Gay-Dagnogo, Banks, Pagan, Yanez, Plawecki, Sarah Roberts, Wittenberg, Greig, Cochran, Garrett, Hovey-Wright, Love, Talabi, Hoadley and Lucido 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 section 5506a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5506a. (1) An application for a new or renewal permit

 

under this part and a permit for which an application was filed on

 

or after the effective date of this section shall include a plan

 

for the appropriate reduction of emissions to protect air quality

 

on winter thermal inversion action days declared under section 5543

 

for the geographic area where the emissions source is located. When

 

a winter thermal inversion action day is declared for the

 

geographic area where the emissions source is located, the

 

permittee shall comply with the plan and promptly report to the

 

department, in the manner required by the department, the steps

 

taken for compliance.


     (2) If a new or renewal permit issued under this part after

 

the effective date of this section provides for an emissions

 

averaging period, the emissions averaging period for the months of

 

November through March shall not exceed 8 hours and exceedances of

 

the required average during that season shall not total more than 1

 

hour.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "thermal inversion" means that

 

term as defined in section 5543.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5287 (request no.

 

03698'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.