Section 324.11571 - Approved materials management plan (MMP); county approval; notification of intent; requirements; time period; county approval agency (CAA); duties; electronic mail(1) The department shall ensure that each county has an approved materials management plan. The approved solid waste management plan in effect on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section remains in effect until a materials management plan has been approved for the planning area under this subpart. Before a materials management plan is approved for a county pursuant to section 11575, a solid waste management plan may be amended pursuant to the procedures that applied under section 11533 and former sections 11534 to 11537a immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.(2) The planning area of a single MMP may include 2 or more counties if the county boards of commissioners of those counties agree to the joint exercise of the powers and performance of the duties under this subpart of the county boards of commissioners and of the county approval agencies. In addition, if the department is responsible for preparing the MMP for 2 or more counties under section 11575, the department may include those counties in the planning area of a single MMP and may exercise its powers and perform its duties under this subpart for those counties jointly.(3) Multicounty MMPs are subject to the same procedure for approval as single-county MMPs, and each county board of commissioners shall take formal action on a multicounty MMP as appropriate. A multicounty MMP shall include a process to ensure that the requirements of section 11578 are met.(4) All of the municipalities of a county shall be included in the planning area of a single MMP. However, a municipality located in 2 counties that are not in the same planning area may request that the entire municipality be included in the planning area for 1 of those counties and excluded from the planning area of the other county. A municipality that is adjacent to a county boundary may request that it be included in the planning area of the MMP for the adjacent county. A request under this subsection shall be submitted to and is subject to the approval of the county board of commissioners of each of the affected counties.(5) Within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall, in writing, request the county board of commissioners of each county to submit to the department a notice of intent to prepare an MMP. Within 180 days after the request is delivered, the county board of commissioners shall submit the notice of intent. If the county board of commissioners declines to prepare an MMP, all of the following apply: (a) The county board of commissioners shall notify the municipalities in the county and the regional planning agency for the county of its decision.(b) All the municipalities in the county, acting jointly, or the regional planning agency may, within the remaining balance of the 180-day time period applicable to the county board of commissioners, submit to the department a notice of intent to prepare an MMP. (c) Upon request of the municipalities or regional planning agency, the department may extend the deadline under subdivision (b) to allow the municipalities and regional planning agency an opportunity to determine which will submit the notice of intent.(6) If a notice of intent is not submitted to the department by the applicable deadline under subsection (5), the department may prepare an MMP for the county, subject to section 11575(11).(7) A notice of intent under subsection (5) shall meet the following requirements, as applicable: (a) State that the county board of commissioners, all the municipalities in the county, acting jointly, or the regional planning agency for the county, whichever submits the notice of intent, will prepare an MMP and will be the county approval agency.(b) For a county with a population of less than 250,000, be accompanied by both of the following: (i) Documentation that the county approval agency consulted with each adjacent county regarding the option of preparing a multicounty MMP pursuant to the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512.(ii) Documentation of the outcome of the consultations, including a copy of any interlocal agreement identifying the process for creating a multicounty MMP.(c) For a county with a population of 250,000 or more, be accompanied by both of the following: (i) Documentation that the county approval agency submitted to the county board of commissioners of each adjacent county a request to respond within 30 days indicating the adjacent county's interest in the option of preparing a multicounty MMP pursuant to the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512.(ii) Documentation of the outcome of the request, including a copy of any interlocal agreement identifying the process for creating a multicounty MMP.(8) The submittal of a notice of intent under subsection (5) commences the running of a 3-year deadline for municipal approval of the MMP and submission of the MMP to the department under section 11575.(9) Not more than 30 days after the submission of a notice of intent to the department under subsection (5), the CAA shall do all of the following: (a) Submit a copy of the notice of intent to the legislative body of each municipality located within the planning area.(b) Publish the notice of intent in a newspaper or by electronic media having major circulation or viewership in the planning area.(c) Request publication of the notice of intent on websites of local units of government in the planning area and other multimedia outlets as appropriate.(10) The CAA shall also do all of the following:(a) Within 120 days after submitting the notice of intent, designate a planning agency and an individual within the DPA who shall serve as the DPA's contact person for the purposes of this subpart.(b) Appoint a planning committee under section 11572.(c) Oversee the creation and implementation of the DPA's work program under section 11587(4).(d) Upon request of the department, submit a report on progress in the preparation of the MMP.(11) All submittals and notices under this section and sections 11572 to 11576 shall be in writing. A written notice may be given by electronic mail if the recipient has indicated that the recipient will receive notice by electronic mail and has specified the electronic mail address to which the notice is to be sent.Added by 2022, Act 250,s 1, eff. 3/29/2023.