Section 285.642.2. General department authority and compliance periods.

 (1)  Farm storage facilities that are placed in  service    after the effective date of this rule shall immediately  comply   with  this rule.Facilities that are in service before the effective date of this rule shall have 5 years to comply with all portions of this rule.

(2)     After the compliance period  has  been  reached,  a  person  shall not operate a farm storage facility in Michigan unless it has met all of the requirements of these rules, or has a plan approved by the  department, which includes a specified time frame.

(3)     The department may exempt any person  from   a    requirement    under these rules if compliance is not technically feasible, as determined by the department, and the department finds that alternative measures provide substantially similar protection against a discharge to  the environment.  All information which is required to prove that substantially similar protection is possible shall be provided to the department by the person  who  requests the exemption.

History: 2003 AACS.