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MI Comp L § 324.8713 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-87 - Part 87 Groundwater and Freshwater Protection (324.8701...324.8717)|Section 324.8713 - Water Quality Monitoring Program.

324.8713 Water quality monitoring program.Sec. 8713.  (1) The director, in conjunction with the department of environmental quality and the department of community health, shall develop and establish priorities, procedures, and protocols for the implementation of a water quality monitoring program to do all of the following:  (a) Provide general screening of groundwater or surface water, or both.  (b) Determine the relative risk of groundwater contamination at different locations.  (c) Perform envelope monitoring.  (2) The director shall, in a timely manner, notify affected well owners of their monitoring results from the monitoring conducted pursuant to this section, including the method detection limits and associated water resource protection levels.  (3) The monitoring program conducted pursuant to this section may provide for modifications of sampling density and analytes to reflect regional groundwater impact potential.   (4) The monitoring conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted utilizing generally accepted scientific practices.  (5) The department shall establish a method detection limit goal for monitoring conducted pursuant to this section set at 10% of a compound's groundwater resource response level.   (6) Agencies conducting monitoring for pesticides or fertilizers pursuant to this section shall notify the director, on forms provided by or in a format approved by the director, of the location, procedure, and concentration of all pesticide detections or nitrate concentrations in excess of 10 parts per million. Information received by the director shall be evaluated based upon accepted protocols and procedures established under this part.  (7) The director shall establish by rule laboratory confirmation mechanisms used under this part.  (8) The director shall establish by rule risk assessment protocols for the development of groundwater resource protection levels. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8713a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-87 - Part 87 Groundwater and Freshwater Protection (324.8701...324.8717)|Section 324.8713a - Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program.

324.8713a Surface water quality monitoring program.Sec. 8713a.  (1) The director, in consultation with the council, may develop and establish priorities, procedures, and protocols for the implementation of a surface water quality monitoring program to do both of the following:  (a) Promote voluntary water quality monitoring by farms.  (b) Monitor and benchmark the effectiveness of conservation practices and MAEAP standards in cooperation with participating farmers.  (2) Water quality information collected under this section by the department in cooperation with farmers shall be aggregated and made available to the commission of agriculture and rural development. Specific locations or persons involved in water quality information collection are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. History: Add. 2011, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 118, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8714 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-87 - Part 87 Groundwater and Freshwater Protection (324.8701...324.8717)|Section 324.8714 - Confirmation of Adverse Impact on Groundwater; Powers and Authority of Director.

324.8714 Confirmation of adverse impact on groundwater; powers and authority of director.Sec. 8714.  (1) Upon confirmation of an adverse impact on groundwater, the director may, upon reasonable notice, require a person to furnish any information that the person may have relating to the identification, nature, and quantity of pesticides and fertilizers that are or have been used on a particular site and to current or past production practices that may have impacted groundwater quality. This information shall be treated as confidential business information and is not subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.  (2) The director may, upon written request, authorize persons to land-apply materials contaminated with pesticides or fertilizers at agronomic rates. This authorization shall prescribe appropriate operational control activities to protect the application location and shall identify both the location of remediation and the location or locations where such a land application will take place. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8715 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-87 - Part 87 Groundwater and Freshwater Protection (324.8701...324.8717)|Section 324.8715 - Fees; Repeal of Section.

 ***** 324.8715 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 118 OF 2015 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2021 ***** 324.8715 Fees; repeal of section.Sec. 8715.  (1) In addition to the fees provided for in part 83, a registrant shall pay an annual water quality protection fee for each product to be registered. The water quality protection fee is $270.00 per product. The water quality protection fee is due in the office of the director before July 1.   (2) An additional late fee of $100.00 shall be paid by the registrant for each pesticide if the pesticide registration is a renewal registration and the water quality protection fee is received by the department after June 30.  (3) A person required to pay a specialty fertilizer or soil conditioner registration fee under section 8505 shall pay an additional $100.00 water quality protection fee for each brand and product name of each grade registered.  (4) All fertilizer manufacturers or distributors licensed under part 85, except specialty fertilizer and soil conditioner registrants, shall pay the following:  (a) Until December 31, 2015, a water quality protection fee of 1-1/2 cents per percent of nitrogen in the fertilizer for each ton of fertilizer sold.  (b) Beginning January 1, 2016, $.0005 per pound of fertilizer sold.  (5) The fees collected under this part, including any interest or dividends earned, shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money received to the fund.  (6) Upon the expenditure or appropriation of money raised in this section for any purpose other than those specifically listed in this part, authorization to collect fees in this section shall be suspended until the money expended or appropriated for purposes other than those listed in this part are returned to the fund.  (7) The department may audit, or may contract for audits of records that are the basis for fees levied under this section.  (8) This section is repealed December 31, 2021. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 61, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 100, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2000 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 118, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8717 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-87 - Part 87 Groundwater and Freshwater Protection (324.8701...324.8717)|Section 324.8717 - Rules.

324.8717 Rules. Sec. 8717.  The department may promulgate rules as it considers necessary or advisable to implement this part. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8801 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8801 - Definitions.

324.8801 Definitions.Sec. 8801.  As used in this part:  (a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.  (b) "Director" means the director of the department.  (c) "Fund" means the clean water fund created in section 8807.  (d) "Grant" means a nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grant or a wellhead protection grant under this part.  (e) "Local unit of government" means a county, city, village, or township, or an agency of a county, city, village, or township; the office of a county drain commissioner; a soil conservation district established under part 93; a watershed council; a local health department as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1105; or an authority or any other public body created by or pursuant to state law.  (f) "MAEAP" means the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program as that term is defined in part 87.  (g) "MAEAP-verified farm" means that term as it is defined in part 87.  (h) "Nonpoint source pollution" means water pollution from diffuse sources, including runoff from precipitation or snowmelt contaminated through contact with pollutants in the soil or on other surfaces and either infiltrating into the groundwater or being discharged to surface waters, or runoff or wind causing erosion of soil into surface waters. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8802 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8802 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention and Control Grants; Wellhead Protection Grants.

324.8802 Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grants; wellhead protection grants.Sec. 8802.  (1) The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall establish a grants program to provide grants for nonpoint source pollution prevention and control projects and wellhead protection projects. The grants program shall provide grants to local units of government or entities that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.  (2) The nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grants issued under this part shall be provided for projects that do 1 or more of the following:  (a) Implement the physical improvement portion of watershed plans that are approved by the department.  (b) Reduce specific nonpoint source pollution as identified by the department.  (c) Promote MAEAP verification.  (3) The wellhead protection grants issued under this part shall be provided for projects that are consistent with a wellhead protection plan approved by the department and that do any of the following:  (a) Plug abandoned wells.  (b) Provide for the purchase of land or the purchase of rights in land to protect aquifer recharge areas.  (c) Implement the physical improvement portion of the wellhead protection plan.  (4) For any grant issued under this part, a local unit of government shall contribute at least 25% of the project's total cost from other public or private funding sources. The department may approve in-kind services to meet all or a portion of the match requirement under this subsection. In addition, the department may accept as the match requirement under this subsection a contract between the grant applicant and the department that provides for maintenance of the project or practices that are funded under terms acceptable to the department. The contract shall require maintenance of the project or practices throughout the period of time in which the state is paying off the bonds that were issued pursuant to the clean Michigan initiative act to implement this part.  (5) In issuing grants under this section, the department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall select projects that, to the extent practicable, provide maximum benefit to the state in protecting public health and the environment and contributing to economic development. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8803 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8803 - Grant Awards; Criteria for Project Selection.

324.8803 Grant awards; criteria for project selection. Sec. 8803.  In selecting projects for a grant award, the department shall consider the following as they relate to a project:  (a) The expectation for long-term water quality improvement.  (b) The expectation for long-term protection of high quality waters.  (c) The consistency of the project with remedial action plans and other regional water quality or watershed management plans approved by the department.  (d) The placement of the watershed on the list of impaired waters pursuant to section 303(d) of title III of the federal water pollution control act, chapter 758, 86 Stat. 846, 33 U.S.C. 1313.  (e) Commitments for financial and technical assistance from the partners in the project.  (f) Financial and other resource contributions, including in-kind services, by project participants in excess of that required in section 8802(4).  (g) The length of time the applicant has committed to maintain the physical improvements.  (h) The commitment to provide monitoring to document improvement in water quality or the reduction of pollutant loads.  (i) Whether the project provides benefits to sources of drinking water.  (j) Other information the department considers relevant. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8804 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8804 - Grant Applications.

324.8804 Grant applications. Sec. 8804.  A local unit of government that wishes to apply for a grant shall submit a written grant application to the department in a manner prescribed by the department and containing the information required by the department. The grant application shall also include all of the following:  (a) A detailed description of the project for which the grant is sought.  (b) An explanation of how the project is consistent with an approved watershed plan, if applicable.  (c) A description of the total cost of the project and the source of the local government's contribution to the project. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8805 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8805 - Issuance of Grants.

324.8805 Issuance of grants.Sec. 8805.  Upon receipt of a grant application pursuant to section 8804, the department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall consider the projects proposed to be funded and the extent that money is available for grants under this part, and shall issue grants for projects that the department determines will assist in the prevention or control of pollution from nonpoint sources or will provide for wellhead protection. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8806 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8806 - Administration of Part.

324.8806 Administration of part.Sec. 8806.  Grants made under this part are subject to the applicable requirements of part 196. The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall administer this part in compliance with the applicable requirements of part 196, including the reporting requirements to the legislature of the grants provided under this part. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8807 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8807 - Clean Water Fund.

324.8807 Clean water fund.Sec. 8807.  (1) The clean water fund is created within the state treasury.  (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.  (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.  (4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall expend money in the fund, upon appropriation, for any of the following:  (a) To implement the programs described in the department's document entitled "A Strategic Environmental Quality Monitoring Program for Michigan's Surface Waters", dated January 1997. In implementing these programs, the department may contract with any person.  (b) Not more than $100,000.00 of the total annual appropriations from the fund to monitor and benchmark the effectiveness of conservation practices and MAEAP standards in cooperation with participating farmers.  (c) Promotion of MAEAP and activities to encourage more MAEAP-verified farms.  (d) Water pollution control activities.  (e) Wellhead protection activities.  (f) Storm water treatment projects and activities.  (5) Money in the fund shall not be expended for combined sewer overflow corrections.  (6) Money in the fund shall not be expended until rules are promulgated under section 8808. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 118, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.8808 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-88 - Part 88 Water Pollution Prevention and Monitoring (324.8801...324.8808)|Section 324.8808 - Rules.

324.8808 Rules. Sec. 8808.  The department shall promulgate rules to implement this part including rules to establish a grant program or loan program, or both, for expenditure of money in the fund. History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPAAdmin Rule: R 324.8801 et seq. and R 324.8901 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 324.8901 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-2 - Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (324.8201...324.9510)|451-1994-II-2-89 - Part 89 Littering (324.8901...324.8907)|Section 324.8901 - Definitions.

324.8901 Definitions.Sec. 8901.  As used in this part:  (a) "Litter" means any of the following:  (i) Rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris, or other foreign substances.   (ii) A vehicle that is considered abandoned under section 252a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.252a.   (iii) An abandoned vessel as defined in section 80130f.  (iv) An ORV that is considered abandoned under section 80130f as made applicable in section 81151.  (v) A snowmobile that is considered abandoned under section 80130f as made applicable in section 82161.  (b) "Public or private property or water" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:  (i) The right-of-way of a road or highway, a body of water or watercourse, or the shore or beach of a body of water or watercourse, including the ice above the water.  (ii) A park, playground, building, refuge, or conservation or recreation area.  (iii) Residential or farm properties or timberlands.  (c) "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle registered or required to be registered under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.  (d) "Vessel" means a vessel registered under part 801. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 494, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2004 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 549, Eff. Apr. 16, 2015 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: LitteringPopular Name: NREPA