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.