HB 4512 Summary

• Amends Michigan's 1929 pipeline regulation law to require Michigan Public Service Commission approval of pipeline construction and operation permits based on compliance with law and no threat to public health, safety, welfare, or environment.

• Requires pipeline companies to provide landowners with written notice before survey work, and mandates easement offers to agricultural property owners include specific information about construction impacts, drainage tile and topsoil restoration, appraisal methods, crop loss estimates, and landowner rights under condemnation law.

• Establishes annual pipeline impact fees per mile of pipeline, with 50% distributed to affected counties for emergency management and fire prevention duties, and 50% to state general fund for same purposes.

• Requires pipeline owners to post contact information for reporting pipeline releases and to provide inspection reports and federal warnings/citations to the Michigan Public Service Commission and Department of Environmental Quality.

• Makes pipeline companies common purchasers required to buy crude oil, petroleum products, or carbon dioxide substances without discrimination from producers in their service area at non-discriminatory prices and rates.