Michigan · 2025-2026
SB 479
Environmental protection: permits; denial of or imposition of additional conditions on; provide for when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities, and repeal environmental permit review commission provisions. Amends secs. 1301, 1305, 1307 & 1311 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1301 et seq.); designates secs. 1301 - 1311 as subpt. 1; adds subpt. 2 to pt. 13 & repeals secs. 1313 - 1317 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1313 - 324.1317).
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Summary AI-generated
Michigan SB 479 amends sections of the 1994 PA 451 to establish provisions for denying or imposing additional conditions on environmental permits when projects are located in environmentally overburdened communities. The bill designates existing sections as a new subpart, adds a second subpart to Part 13, and repeals sections 1313 through 1317 regarding the environmental permit review commission.
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Sponsors + 5 cosponsors
- Stephanie Chang Democratic lead
- Erika Geiss Democratic
- Jeff Irwin Democratic
- Mary Cavanagh Democratic
- Rosemary Bayer Democratic
- Sue Shink Democratic