Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
Materials Management Division
Administrative Rules for Hazardous Waste Management
Rule Set 2023-5 EQ
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
01:30 PM
ConCon Conference Room, Constitution Hall
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Constitution Hall, Atrium - South, 525
West Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan 48933
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will hold a public hearing to receive public
comments on proposed changes to the Hazardous Waste Management rule set.
The purpose of the proposed rules is to maintain federal authorization to administer the state’s
Hazardous Waste Management Program (State Program) under the federal Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended; to improve the overall quality of the rules in terms of
consistency, clarification of existing requirements, and areas of program coverage; and to reduce some
of the regulatory burdens by providing flexible requirements and additional options for exemption from
full management as a hazardous waste.
The proposed rules address federal revisions required to maintain authorization and optional provisions
authorized states may incorporate into their rules for consistency purposes. The revisions relate to the
safe management of recalled airbags, pharmaceutical wastes, modernization of the test methodology for
ignitable liquids, changes to Canadian import/export recovery and disposal codes, and test methods for
standards to control organic emissions.
The proposed rules also contain revisions based on state and public recommendations. The revisions
pertain to hazardous waste exemptions, commingling of hazardous wastes, groundwater monitoring, and
consistency with other state rules.
The authority to promulgate rules is provided to the Director of the Department of Environment, Great
Lakes, and Energy by Sections 11127, 11128, 11132a, and 11140 of the Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended, MCL 324.11127, 324.11128, 324.11132a, and
324.11140, and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1995-16, 2009 31, and 2011 1, MCL 324.99903,
324.99919, and 324.99921.
The proposed rules will take effect 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State. The proposed rules are
Michigan Register. Copies of these proposed rules may also be obtained by mail or electronic mail at the
following email address: BlayerR@Michigan.gov.
Comments on these proposed rules may be made at the hearing, by mail, or by electronic mail at the
following addresses until 9/4/2024 at 05:00PM.
Michigan Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Materials Management Division; Hazardous Waste
Section; Attention to Ronda Blayer
P.O. Box 30241, Lansing, Michigan 48909