Introduced
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To expand the disclosure, prevention and response plan requirements for oil and gas pipeline spills in the Straits of Mackinac, and provide for penalties of up to $37,500 per day on pipeline or vessel owners and operators who are responsible for a spill. This is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bill 6199 to 6201; see also House Bill 6187.
Referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4569, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4569 would increase the penalties for spilling oil into the Great Lakes to $500,000 per day.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To remove a provision that exempts an oil spill prevention or contingency plan from the state Freedom of Information Act.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add to the proposed penalties on pipeline or vessel owners and operators who are responsible for a spill fines of $100 per barrel of oil that is spilled.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the Attorney General to review Mackinac Straits pipeline easement terms, and take action if a pipeline is out of compliance.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To revise the scope of the proposed penalties so they apply to "a person who has authority to exercise control over a corporation’s activity that causes a discharge or release, regardless of whether the person exercised this authority or the corporation expressly vested a duty in the person to oversee the activity".
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 2 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
