Michigan Laws 324.1411 – Duties of facility
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.1411
- Clean corporate citizen: means a facility that has demonstrated environmental stewardship and a strong environmental ethic by meeting the criteria in this part. See Michigan Laws 324.1401
- Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.1401
- Environmental policy: means a policy, signed by an authorized official of the facility, that does all of the following:
(i) Articulates the facility's environmental mission and values. See Michigan Laws 324.1401Facility: means any of the following that is situated in this state and is subject to an applicable state environmental requirement or applicable federal environmental requirement:
(i) A source as defined in section 5501. See Michigan Laws 324.1401Pollution prevention: means eliminating or minimizing the initial generation of waste at the source, reuse of waste, or utilizing environmentally sound on-site or off-site recycling. See Michigan Laws 324.1403
(1) To qualify for a clean corporate citizen designation, a facility shall do all of the following:
(a) Adopt and maintain a written environmental policy.
(b) Establish and maintain a program specific for that facility under which the operator does all of the following:
(i) Posts at the facility the environmental policy required in subdivision (a).
(ii) Conducts periodic assessments that identify opportunities for pollution prevention.
(iii) Establishes goals for reducing or preventing pollution, indicating the types of pollution; whether each pollutant would affect the air, water, or land; the pollution prevention measures to be undertaken; and the projected time frames.
(iv) Prepares and maintains reports to demonstrate progress toward attaining the goals established under subparagraph (iii).
(2) Facilities are encouraged, as part of the program under subsection (1)(b), to do all of the following:
(a) Initiate community-based activities.
(b) Provide for the exchange of information concerning pollution prevention activities, such as the following:
(i) Attend or sponsor workshops.
(ii) Assist in developing and disseminating case studies.
(iii) Establish pollution prevention supplier networks.
(iv) Provide the department with pollution prevention information for possible publication.
(v) Provide the department with access to electronic copies of the facility’s emergency response plan, pollution incident plan, stormwater pollution prevention plan, and other plans as appropriate.