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ORR # 1995-020
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION RESPONSE ACTIVITY
Filed with the Secretary of State on December 13, 2002 These rules take effect 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
MCL 24.257(1) states:
Sec. 57. (1) The office of regulatory reform may omit from the Michigan register, the Michigan Administrative Code, and the Michigan Administrative Code's annual supplement any rule, the publication of which would be unreasonably expensive or lengthy if the rule in printed or reproduced form is made available on application to the promulgating agency, if the Michigan Administrative Code publication and the Michigan register contain a notice stating the general subject of the omitted rule and how a copy of the rule may be obtained.
Pursuant to MCL 24.257(1), Office of Regulatory Reform has decided to omit from the Michigan Register the Environmental Response Division Proposed Administrative Rules promulgated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under the identifying number #1995-020. ORR has determined that publication of the rule would be unreasonably expensive or lengthy.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has revised the administrative rules promulgated pursuant to Part 201, Environmental Remediation, of Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended. The rules were filed with the Secretary of State on December 13, 2002, and took effect on December 21, 2002. The rules provide for full implementation of land use-based cleanup criteria; set forth algorithms for calculation of generic cleanup criteria, along with the generic cleanup criteria and the toxicological, chemical, and physical property values used to derive all cleanup criteria; explain requirements for remedial action plans and other stages of response activity; clarify which types of response activity require DEQ approval; describe the conditions that must be satisfied for response activity to be considered complete; clarify affirmative obligations of liable persons; and update rules that deal with program administration, such as the inventory of contaminated sites, public funding for the cleanup program, and alternate water service.
Copies of the rules are available for inspection at all Department of Environmental Quality, Remediation and Redevelopment Division offices. The rules can be viewed and downloaded from the Internet through www.michigan.gov/deq. Navigate to the rules by selecting “Land,” then the Quick Link to “New Part 201 Rules.” Copies of the rules may also be obtained by contacting the Lansing office of the Remediation and Redevelopment Division, P.O. Box 30426, Lansing, Michigan 48909- 7926, telephone number 517-373-9838.
Copies of the rules can also be viewed and reprinted from the Internet through the Office of Regulatory Reform website: www.michigan.gov/orr.
