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Senate<\/span>\u00a0Bill 14 removes provisions impeding the process by which state agencies can develop stronger environmental protections<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LANSING, Mich. (<\/span>July<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>27<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a02023) \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Gov<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Gretchen Whitmer<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Senate Bill<\/span>\u00a014<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>today<\/span>, legislation sponsored by Sen. Sean McCann<\/strong> (D-Kalamazoo)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that repeals Michigan\u2019s \u201cno stricter than federal\u201d law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>established<\/span>\u00a0in 2018 that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prevents Michigan officials from strengthening environmental and public health protections that exceed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>federal standar<\/span>d<\/span>s<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c<\/span>Gov<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Whitmer and I recognize the importance of ensuring that Michigan has the ability to go beyond\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minimum<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>federal standards to defend our natural resources and public health,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sen. McCann<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0said. \u201c<\/span>We recognize\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that federal standards should be viewed as the floor, not the ceiling. Every state has unique\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needs,<\/span>\u00a0and the Great Lakes State is certainly no exception. Michigan has a history of going beyond federal standards, whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0to protect Lake Erie from algae blooms in the 1970s or address the Flint Water Crisis. This law will ensure our state can act swiftly with the best science available\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in the future<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Senate Bill 14 repeals Public Act 602 of 2018, which passed primarily along party lines during the Lame Duck session at the time and prohibited the state from setting standards that exceed federal rules. Prior to this bill\u2019s signage, the law required state officials to spend time and taxpayer dollars to build a case for better protections any time they exceeded national standards, which delayed the adoption of best practices and left residents vulnerable.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Senate\u00a0Bill 14 removes provisions impeding the process by which state agencies can develop stronger environmental protections\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 LANSING, Mich. (July\u00a027,\u00a02023) \u2014\u00a0Gov.\u00a0Gretchen Whitmer\u00a0signed\u00a0Senate Bill\u00a014\u00a0today, legislation sponsored by Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo)\u00a0that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\nMcCann Legislation to Allow Michigan to Set Stronger Environmental Protections Signed by Gov. 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