Michigan Laws 324.14303 – Pollution prevention; duties of department; emphasis on in-plant pollution prevention and reduction of hazardous waste
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(1) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify opportunities to encourage pollution prevention through the department’s regulatory programs.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.14303
- Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.14301
- Environmental wastes: means all environmental pollutants, wastes, discharges, and emissions, regardless of how they are regulated and regardless of whether they are released to the general environment or the workplace environment. See Michigan Laws 324.14301
- Pollution prevention: means all of the following:
(i) "Source reduction" as defined in the pollution prevention act of 1990, subtitle G of title VI of the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1990, Public Law 101-508, 42 U. See Michigan Laws 324.14301Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(b) Identify opportunities to encourage pollution prevention through the department’s permit programs.
(c) Identify how pollution prevention efforts should be documented in environmental impact statements.
(d) Analyze and make recommendations on the value of imposing statewide goals or goals for particular environmental wastes, or both, for pollution prevention, minimum recycling standards, and environmental waste treatment standards.
(e) Publish an annual analysis of pollution prevention efforts and potentials in the state.
(2) In performing its responsibilities under subsection (1), the department shall place a particular emphasis on in-plant pollution prevention.
(3) Consistent with the congressional declaration in section 1003(b) of subtitle A of the solid waste disposal act, title II of Public Law 89-272, 42 U.S.C. § 6902, that it is the national policy of the United States that, wherever feasible, hazardous waste is to be reduced or eliminated as expeditiously as possible, the department shall place a particular emphasis on the prevention of an environmental waste that is a hazardous waste as defined in section 11103.