MI HB5813

Increases permit and license application fees for landfills and solid waste disposal facilities, including type II landfills ($3,000-$60,000 for operations), coal ash facilities ($13,000 annually), and transfer facilities ($1,000-$2,000), with fees deposited into solid waste management and coal ash care funds.

Establishes comprehensive gas collection and control system requirements for municipal solid waste landfills, including vertical extraction wells, horizontal collectors, monitoring ports, and surface emission scanning with methane concentrations limited to 500 parts per million above background.

Creates new sections regulating gas collection system design specifications (11512b), monitoring protocols (11512d), engineering plan submissions (11512f), and operational timelines (11512h) for type II landfills to comply with federal emission standards.

Modifies postclosure care requirements for landfill units, requiring 30 years of maintenance and monitoring with provisions for shortened periods upon demonstrating functional stability or lengthened periods if conditions warrant.

Revises solid waste processing and transfer facility regulations by establishing notification requirements for small facilities (under 50 cubic yards) and registration requirements for facilities with 50-200 cubic yards of capacity.