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Committee hears bills to lower groundwater permit fees for small mobile-home communities and campgrounds; EGLE warns of revenue loss
Summary
Representative Treya Van Werkom and Representative Ronnie Snyder introduced bills (House Bills 4192 and 4193) that would reclassify small manufactured-housing communities and campgrounds in Michigan so those with fewer than 1,000 sites or residents pay the lower Group 2 groundwater-discharge permit fee instead of the higher Group 1 rate.
Lede Representative Treya Van Werkom and Representative Ronnie Snyder introduced bills (House Bills 4192 and 4193) that would reclassify small manufactured-housing communities and campgrounds in Michigan so those with fewer than 1,000 sites or residents pay the lower Group 2 groundwater-discharge permit fee instead of the higher Group 1 rate.
Nut graf The bills target roughly 38 facilities that sponsors said were moved into a higher-fee category after an October 2023 budget implementation change. Supporters told the House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism that the higher fee doubled costs for some small operators; the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) said the fees are the sole funding source for the groundwater discharge program and that cutting revenue would reduce staff and slow permitting.
Body Representative Van Werkom said EGLE’s…
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