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- Introduced by Rep. Pam Byrnes (D) on February 17, 2009, to prohibit the disposal of products containing mercury in Michigan landfills or incinerators.
- Referred to the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee on February 17, 2009.
- Reported in the House on April 2, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on April 22, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on April 22, 2009.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Arlan Meekhof (R) on April 22, 2009, no exempt a person who dumps mercury in a landfil or incinerator from the penalties for improper dumping if the person did not know there was mercury in the garbage. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on April 22, 2009.
- Referred to the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee on February 17, 2009.
- Passed 66 to 43 in the House on April 22, 2009.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on April 23, 2009.
- Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on April 23, 2009.
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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4277 (Ban dumping products with mercury in landfills ) by shearwater on April 24, 2009In Illinois, the State Legislators around 1978, declared that a certain amount of mercury was the limit that could be accepted in potable water for human consumption. After a bit of study it was discovered that no aquifer on earth could be found to be be below the Illinois acceptable limits for mercury. So we have lawyers in place of scientists doing the work of bungling up something that should be given to scientists.
If these lawyers go ahead with this, it will have extensive ramifications for coal fired power plants. I can imagine that the trash from the Twin Towers was loaded with mecury due to the vast amount of florescent lighting and I can understand that many firemen and others in the area would have been poisoned by this mercury laden litter.
So my question is where will florescent lights be disposed of?
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So what will we do with all those great compact fluorescent bulbs we were forced to buy when they quit working?
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Thank you. With all of our new energy saving lights...this could an ever growing horrible problem. Thank you for your work!
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