Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Water Resources Protection › Part 22 - GROUNDWATER QUALITY › Section R. 323.2204 - Discharge requirements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2204.
(1) A
				  person may discharge provided the requirements of this rule are met.
(2) To be authorized under this part, a
				  person shall comply with the following discharge requirements unless otherwise
				  specifically provided:
(a) The discharge shall
				  not be, or not be likely to become, injurious.
(b) The discharge shall not cause runoff to,
				  ponding on, or flooding of adjacent property, shall not cause erosion, and
				  shall not cause nuisance conditions.
(c) The point of discharge shall be located
				  not less than 100 feet inside the boundary of the property where the discharge
				  occurs, unless the discharge is authorized in R 323.2210, R 323.2211, or R
				  323.2213 or unless a lesser distance is specifically approved by the department
				  in the authorization issued under these rules.
(d) Except for a discharge authorized by R
				  323.2210, the discharge shall be isolated from water supply wells as follows:
(i) For a discharge authorized by R 323.2211,
				  R 323.2213, R 323.2215, or R 323.2216, the discharge shall be a minimum of 200
				  feet from a type I or type IIa water supply well, 75 feet from a type IIb or
				  III water supply well in accordance with Act No. 399 of the Public Acts 1976,
				  as amended, being §325.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and
				  known as the safe drinking water act, and 50 feet from any domestic well in
				  accordance with part 127 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended,
				  being §§333.12701 to 333.12715 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The
				  department may require a lesser or greater isolation distance in an individual
				  case based on groundwater flow direction, volume, and constituents of
				  contamination of the discharge; geological, surface, and other site conditions;
				  and the degree of threat to the well or wells.
(ii) For a discharge authorized by R
				  323.2218, the discharge shall be a minimum of 2,000 feet from a type I or type
				  IIa water supply well, 800 feet from a type IIb or III water supply well in
				  accordance with Act No. 399 of the Public Acts 1976, as amended, being
				  §325.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and known as the safe
				  drinking water act, and 300 feet from a domestic well in accordance with part
				  127 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being
				  §§333.12701 to 333.12715 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The
				  department may authorize a lesser or greater isolation distance in an
				  individual case based on groundwater flow direction, volume, and constituents
				  of the discharge; geological, surface, and other site conditions; and the
				  degree of threat to the well or wells.
(e) The discharge shall be consistent with
				  the requirements of R 323.1041 to R 323.1117.
(f) Except for a discharge authorized under R
				  323.2222(7)(b) or R 323.2224(2), the discharge shall not create a facility as
				  defined in part 201. A discharge authorized under R 323.2218 for which
				  compliance is measured only in groundwater will not be considered a facility
				  under this provision based on a measurement between the point of discharge and
				  a point of compliance determined according to R 323.2224(1).