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This bill amends Michigan's environmental protection law to revise the time limits for filing legal actions related to groundwater contamination and hazardous substance cleanup. Specifically, the bill modifies the statute of limitations for different types of environmental legal actions, including recovery of response activity costs (expenses for cleaning up contaminated sites) and natural resources damages. The key changes include establishing a 6-year limitation period for initial actions to recover cleanup costs, starting from when on-site construction activities begin for a remedial action, and adding a new provision for actions related to hazardous substances that were not previously regulated before July 1, 1994. The bill also maintains a 3-year limit for filing actions for civil fines after discovering a violation and allows for subsequent actions to recover response costs during the cleanup process, with a 3-year limit after the completion of all response activities. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for actions involving natural resources damages that accrued before July 1, 1991, setting a specific deadline of July 1, 1994, for filing such actions. The bill is intended to clarify and potentially extend the timeframes for environmental legal actions, particularly for previously unregulated hazardous substances.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0393