Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection § 324.11511a

Sec. 11511a. (1) A new coal ash landfill, a new coal ash impoundment, or a new lateral expansion of a coal ash landfill or coal ash impoundment shall comply with the requirements of R 299.4304, R 299.4305, and R 299.4307 to R 299.4317 of the MAC, except that the minimum design standard for a new coal ash landfill, a new coal ash impoundment, or a new lateral expansion of a coal ash landfill or coal ash impoundment pursuant to R 299.4307(4) of the MAC is solely R 299.4307(4)(b) of the MAC and not R 299.4307(4)(a), (c), or (d) of the MAC.

(2) A new coal ash landfill,a new coal ash impoundment, or a new lateral expansion of a coal ash landfill or coal ash impoundment shall comply with the location requirements of R 299.4411 to R 299.4413 and R 299.4415 to R 299.4418 of the MAC, except that a new coal ash landfill or coal ash impoundment or a new lateral expansion of a coal ash landfill or coal ash impoundment shall maintain a permanent minimum clearance from the bottom of the primary liner of not less than 5 feet to the natural groundwater level.

(3) The department shall not issue a construction permit for a new coal ash landfill or new coal ash impoundment or a new lateral expansion of a coal ash landfill or coal ash impoundment unless all of the following apply:

(4) The constituents listed in this section shall be analyzed by methods identified in “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th Edition,” (jointly published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Environment Federation) or “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,” EPA publication SW-846, Third Edition, Final Updates I (1993), II (1995), IIA (1994), IIB (1995), III (1997), IIIA (1999), IIIB (2005), IV (2008), and V (2015) or by other methods approved by the director or his or her designee.