SB 1196 Summary

• Amends Michigan's environmental protection law to regulate disposal of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) in landfills and hazardous waste facilities.

• Prohibits disposal of TENORM with radium-226 concentrations exceeding 50 picocuries per gram, radium-228 exceeding 50 picocuries per gram, or lead-210 exceeding 260 picocuries per gram, unless authorized by the department under specific conditions.

• Requires generators to provide written documentation to landfill operators including radionuclide concentrations, total mass estimates, total radioactivity estimates, and proposed delivery dates before TENORM disposal.

• Mandates landfill operators to implement radiation safety programs, environmental monitoring of workers and property boundaries, groundwater/leachate testing for radium and lead, and deposit TENORM at least 10 feet below the future landfill cap with location records maintained.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment, contingent upon Senate Bill 1195 of the 99th Legislature also being enacted into law.