324.16903b Bond; exemptions; noncompliance; notice; compliance with subsection (1).

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Sec. 16903b.

(1)Subject to subsection (2), the owner and operator of a collection site are exempt from the requirement to obtain a bond under section 16903(4) if all of the following requirements are met:

(a)The owner or operator of the collection site is a scrap tire processor.

(b)Not less than 75% of the scrap tires, by weight or volume, that are stored at the collection site each calendar year are recycled or used for resource recovery during that year.

(c)The collection site has been in compliance with storage requirements for at least 1 year.

(d)The owner or operator annually certifies compliance with the requirements of this subsection on a form approved by the department.

(2)If the department determines that the owner or operator of a collection site is not in compliance with subsection (1), the department shall deliver to the collection site owner or operator, or both, a notice of noncompliance. If, within 60 days after receipt of that notice, the owner or operator who received the notice does not bring the collection site into compliance with subsection (1), the owner or operator shall comply with section 16903(4). Once an owner or operator is required to obtain a bond under section 16903(4), the bond shall be maintained unless the owner or operator brings the collection site into compliance with subsection (1).

(3)If a scrap tire processor has maintained its collection site in compliance with subsection

(1)for 5 years, the scrap tire processor may move its operation to a new collection site location and remains exempt from the requirement to maintain a bond under section 16903(4) as long as the scrap tire processor continues to comply with subsection (1).

History: Add. 2002, Act 496 , Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 523 , Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 543 , Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015

Popular Name: Act 451

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