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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection § 324.19110

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 19110. (1) The department shall establish a solid waste transfer station grant program. The program shall provide funding to municipalities, nonprofit private entities, and private entities for the cost of transfer station construction. The department shall make the grants described in this section.

(2) The department shall not make a solid waste transfer station grant unless both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The proposed transfer station is located in a county that has an approved solid waste management plan.

(b) The proposed solid waste transfer station is consistent with the approved solid waste management plans of all of the affected counties.

(3) The department shall consider the following factors in selecting recipients for solid waste transfer station grants:

(a) The potential for providing to the municipality resource recovery alternatives otherwise not available to the municipality without the proposed transfer station.

(b) The willingness of the municipality to form or participate in a joint solid waste management system with adjacent municipalities.

(c) The applicant demonstrates that the proposed transfer station replaces a sanitary landfill or open dump closed according to the standards contained in part 115.  1

(4) The department shall not dispense a solid waste transfer station grant unless all permits that are required by state law and that are specifically applicable to the nature of the proposed project have been obtained.

(5) The department shall not expend more than 25% of the total amount in the fund in any state fiscal year on the solid waste transfer station grant program. The department shall not expend more than $300,000.00 for any single transfer station grant made under this section.

1 M.C.L.A. § 324.11501 et seq.
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