SB 1122 Summary

• Revises the statute of limitations for filing actions related to hazardous substance contamination under Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (MCL 324.20140).

• Establishes a 6-year limitation period (measured from initiation of physical on-site construction activities) for actions seeking natural resources damages or recovery of response activity costs for hazardous substances regulated before July 1, 1994.

• Creates a new 6-year limitation period for actions involving hazardous substances not regulated by the state or federal government on or before July 1, 1994, measured from initiation of remedial action construction activities.

• Clarifies that subsection (3), which sets July 1, 1994 as the limitation period for recovery of response activity costs incurred before July 1, 1991, applies retroactively and is curative in intent.

• Maintains a 3-year limitation period for subsequent cost recovery actions and civil fines under the statute.