{"id":7570,"date":"2020-11-10T18:52:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T22:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2020-11-10T18:52:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T22:52:46","slug":"action-needed-sb-431-a-one-size-fits-all-approach-written-by-gravel-for-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2020\/11\/10\/action-needed-sb-431-a-one-size-fits-all-approach-written-by-gravel-for-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Needed SB 431: A One-Size-Fits-All Approach Written by Gravel for Gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 75rem + 2.5rem );margin-left: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.25rem;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.25rem;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.25rem;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.25rem;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.michigan.gov\/fysbyaddress.html\">state Senator<\/a> today to oppose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(brbdwczsbvtc5hhjiythtxxd))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2019-SB-0431\">Senate Bill 431<\/a>. It may come up for a vote as soon as this Thursday, November 12, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ask &#8220;what&#8217;s the rush&#8221; to vote on a bill that desperately needs more work. It strips away local government&#8217;s (already very limited) authority to make decisions regarding gravel mining, processing, and crushing. SB 431 uses <strong>industrial standards<\/strong> regardless of the location of a mining operation. The legislation removes all local context of a situation, and treats a mining operation in the middle of nowhere the same as one located next to a residential neighborhood. This one-size-fits-all approach is a dangerous move putting profit over people!<\/p>\n<p>The legislation also lacks environmental safeguards and necessary oversight of how mining can impact natural areas, groundwater and air quality. An environmental impact overview of SB 431 can be reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/mml.org\/temp\/SB-431-one-pager.pdf\">here<\/a>. The legislation is tie-barred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(t1ixvqy5cosls1q5sq13lfdl))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2020-SB-0849\">Senate Bill 849<\/a>. However, SB 849 fails to provide any protection against environmental harms resulting from mining activities.<\/p>\n<p>Even if your community doesn\u2019t currently have gravel mining operations, or there\u2019s no issues with current operators in your area, this legislation is yet another swipe at the ability for your municipality to make decisions based on what\u2019s best for your community and the health, safety and welfare of your residents. It also sets a dangerous precedent for future special interest to seek one-sided legislation to override local zoning authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Urge your state legislators to oppose SB 431<\/strong>, and encourage them to not rush a vote during lame duck! The Senate will be returning, and the House will be maintaining the same majority makeup as it currently has, next year. This issue needs more work! SB 431 is an assault on local control hiding behind claims of property rights, removing local oversight with <strong>NO<\/strong> oversight, all to the benefit of the aggregate industry.<\/p>\n<p>View previous blogs on SB 431 <a href=\"\/inside208\/sb-431-allows-virtually-unrestricted-mining-operations-expected-to-move-this-week-action-needed\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"\/inside208\/another-swipe-at-local-control-senate-bill-431-would-allow-virtually-unrestricted-mining-operations-across-the-state\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jennifer Rigterink\u00a0is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development, land use and municipal services issues. \u00a0She can be reached at jrigterink@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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