{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.19118","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19118","heading":"Sanitary landfill and open dump closure or reclosure matching grant program.","body":"Sec. 19118.\n\nThe department shall establish a sanitary landfill and open dump closure or reclosure matching grant program. The program shall provide up to 75% of the funding for the closure or reclosure of sanitary landfills and open dumps owned or operated by municipalities. In addition, the program shall provide up to 75% reimbursement for the closure of municipally owned sanitary landfills and open dumps or the reclosure of municipally owned sanitary landfills and open dumps that were closed after January 11, 1979, the effective date of former Act No. 641 of the Public Acts of 1978, according to the standards prescribed by that former act, which is currently part 115, but before December 4, 1986. The department shall make the grants described in this section.\n\nThe department shall not make a closure or reclosure grant unless all of the following requirements are met:\n\nThe sanitary landfill or open dump proposed for closure or reclosure is located in a county that has an approved solid waste management plan.\n\nThe grant is for the closure of an operating sanitary landfill or open dump that is not operated according to the standards contained in part 115 and the rules promulgated under that part or the grant is for the reclosure of a closed sanitary landfill or dump that was not closed according to the standards contained in part 115 and the rules promulgated under that part.\n\nIf the grant is reimbursement for the closure or reclosure of a landfill or dump, the closure or reclosure was made according to the standards of part 115 and the rules promulgated under that part.\n\nThe grant shall be used only for a closure or reclosure that is a complete closure of an entire landfill or dump.\n\nThe closure or reclosure will be accomplished completely within 1 year after receipt of the grant.\n\nThe department shall consider the following factors in selecting recipients of closure or reclosure grants:\n\nThe degree of effort demonstrated by the municipality in working toward alternative solutions to solid waste management problems.\n\nThe degree of the potential threat of groundwater contamination.\n\nThe likelihood that hazardous waste was accepted.\n\nThe municipality's willingness to work with adjacent municipalities on alternative solutions.\n\nThe municipality's commitment to refrain from operating unlicensed disposal areas in the future.\n\nThe department shall not expend more than 25% of the total amount in the fund in any state fiscal year for the sanitary landfill and open dump closure or reclosure matching grant program. The department shall not expend more than $600,000.00 for any single grant made under this section.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-19118","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"5d0355bfdb6176e28084d91a82df2640b78b77095e5906c94848c8cd3624102c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.19117","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.19119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}