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Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8801 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. These rules establish a program of nonpoint source
				  pollution prevention and control grants using funds available under the clean
				  Michigan initiative. These rules establish requirements for all of the
				  following:
(a) Approvable watershed
				plans.
(b) Eligible
				applicants.
(c) Selection
				criteria.
(d) Project design and
				maintenance.
(e)
				Reporting.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8802 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "Approved watershed management plan"
				means either of the following:
(i) A watershed
				management plan that meets the criteria established in R 324.8810 and approved
				by the director.
(ii) Remedial
				Action Plans and Lakewide Management Plans.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8803 - Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. The director may award grants and enter into project
				  contracts for either or both of the following purposes:
(a) To implement the physical improvement
				portion of an approved watershed management plan.
(b) To reduce nonpoint source pollution from
				sources as identified by the department.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8804 - Application

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4.
(1) The
				department shall seek applications for grants from local units of government
				and not-for-profit entities using a request for proposals. The request for
				proposals shall include all of the following information:
(a) The types of proposals being
				solicited.
(b) The application due
				date.
(c) Instructions and forms
				needed by the applicant.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8805 - Eligible applicants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5.
(1) Only
				local units of government and not-for-profit entities are eligible to apply for
				grants.
(2) An applicant shall
				demonstrate the capability to carry out the proposed project.
(3) An applicant shall demonstrate that there
				is an identifiable source of funds for future maintenance and operation of the
				proposed project, if appropriate.
(4) An applicant shall have undergone a
				successful financial audit within the 24-month period immediately preceding the
				application for the grant.
(5)
				Within the 24-month period immediately preceding the application for the grant,
				an applicant shall not have demonstrated an inability to either manage a grant
				or meet the obligations in a project contract with the department.
(6) An applicant shall not have had a grant
				from any program within the department revoked or terminated within the
				24-month period immediately preceding the application for the grant.
(7) An applicant shall submit all information
				included in the application requirements in R 324.8804 by the deadline
				identified in the request for proposals. The department shall not accept an
				application postmarked later than the deadline in the request for proposals.
				Eligible applicants may submit applications for more than 1 project.
(8) To be eligible for a grant under R
				324.8803(a), an applicant shall have an approved watershed management plan. An
				applicant shall submit a watershed management plan to the department for
				approval not less than 90 days before the deadline identified in the request
				for proposals.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8806 - Project selection factors

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6. In selecting projects for grant award, the department
				  shall consider all of the following factors as they relate to a project:
(a) The anticipated water quality benefits of
				the project in relation to the costs.
(b) The ability of the applicant and the
				partners to carry out the project.
(c) A commitment on the part of the applicant
				to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the project, including a
				commitment to provide monitoring data or other information that documents
				improvement in water quality or the reduction of pollutant loads.
(d) The expectation for long-term water
				quality improvement.
(e) The
				expectation for long-term protection of high-quality waters.
(f) The consistency of the project with
				remedial action plans and other regional water quality or watershed management
				plans approved by the department.
(g) The list of impaired waters under section
				303(d) of title III of the federal water pollution control act, 33 U.S.C.
				§1313.
(h) Commitments for
				financial and technical assistance from the partners in the project.
(i) Financial and other resource
				contributions, including in-kind services, by project partners in excess of the
				contributions required in section 8802(4) of 1994 PA 451, MCL
				324.8802(4).
(j) The length of time
				the applicant has committed to maintain the physical improvements.
(k) Whether the project provides benefits to
				sources of drinking water.
(l)
				Letters of support for the proposed project from affected stakeholders and
				local units of government.
(m)
				Other information the department considers relevant.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8807 - Reporting and reimbursement

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7.
(1) During
				the period of the grant, a grantee shall submit status reports to the
				department at least quarterly. The reports shall include all of the following
				information:
(a) A narrative description of
				the progress, including all of the following information:
(i) The project name, the grantee name, and
				the reporting period.
(ii) The
				value of the match earned during the quarter.
(iii) The progress made during the reporting
				period for each task in the work plan.
(iv) Accomplishments not anticipated in the
				work plan.
(v) Products generated
				during the reporting period, if applicable.
(vi) Barriers to progress that have caused
				delays.
(vii) Activities scheduled
				for the following reporting period.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8808 - Schedule of grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 8.
(1) The
				department shall issue the request for proposals each fiscal year in which
				clean Michigan initiative funding is available for grants.
(2) Following project selection, the
				department and a grantee shall enter into a project contract that establishes
				the work to be conducted and the commitment of funds.
(3) If a grantee satisfies the match
				requirement with a commitment to maintain the practices as allowed in R
				324.8809, then the grantee shall enter into a separate contract that includes a
				maintenance plan describing the maintenance activities that will be
				accomplished and a schedule for each activity.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8809 - Grantee contribution

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 9.
(1) Each
				grantee shall contribute not less than 25% of the project's total cost as
				match.
(2) The department may
				accept in-kind services to provide all or a portion of the required
				match.
(3) The department may
				accept as the match requirement a commitment, under terms acceptable to the
				department, that provides for the maintenance of the project or practices
				funded by the grant.
(a) The commitment shall
				be in the form of a contract between the grantee or a partner and the
				department. The department and the grantee shall sign the contract before the
				end of the grantee's project contract.
(b) The maintenance contract shall require
				the maintenance of the project or the practices for a minimum of 20 years after
				completion of the project.
(c) If a
				grantee fails to comply with the terms of the maintenance contract throughout
				the contract period, then the department may seek reimbursement of up to 25% of
				the project cost, plus interest, in an amount that is not more than 0.75% per
				month. Funds recovered under this rule are available only for commitment to
				future nonpoint source grants awarded consistent with these rules.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants › Section R. 324.8810 - Approvable watershed management plans

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 10.
(1) A local
				unit of government or a not-for-profit entity may submit a watershed management
				plan to the department for approval under these rules.
(2) A watershed management plan submitted to
				the department for approval under this section shall contain current
				information, be detailed, and identify all of the following:
(a) The geographic scope of the
				watershed.
(b) The designated uses
				and desired uses of the watershed.
(c) The water quality threats or impairments
				in the watershed.
(d) The causes of
				the impairments or threats, including pollutants.
(e) A clear statement of the water quality
				improvement or protection goals of the watershed management plan.
(f) The sources of the pollutants causing the
				impairments or threats and the sources that are critical to control in order to
				meet water quality standards or other water quality goals.
(g) The tasks that need to be completed to
				prevent or control the critical sources of pollution or address causes of
				impairment, including, as appropriate, all of the following:
(i) The best management practices
				needed.
(ii) Revisions needed or
				proposed to local zoning ordinances and other land use management
				tools.
(iii) Informational and
				educational activities.
(iv)
				Activities needed to institutionalize watershed protection.
(h) The estimated cost of
				implementing the best management practices needed.
(i) A summary of the public participation
				process, including the opportunity for public comment, during watershed
				management plan development and the partners that were involved in the
				development of the watershed management plan.
(j) The estimated periods of time needed to
				complete each task and the proposed sequence of task completion.
(k) A description of the process that will be
				used to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the plan and achieving its
				goals.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8901 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. These rules govern the establishment of contracts for
				  the expenditure of money in the clean water fund 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;
				  for water pollution control activities; for wellhead protection activities; for
				  storm water treatment projects and activities; and to serve the purpose of
				  section 8808 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8808.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8902 - Definitions; A to C

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "Abandoned well" means any of the
				following which presents a threat to the groundwater resource and which no
				longer serves the purpose for which it was intended or has been taken out of
				service:
(i) A water well.
(ii) A monitoring well.
(iii)A drainage well.
(iv) A recharge well.
(v) A test well.
(vi) Other unplugged borings.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8903 - Definitions; D to G

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. As used in these rules:
(a) "Department" means the director of the
				department of environmental quality or his or her designee to whom the director
				delegates a power or duty by written instrument.
(b) "Designated uses" means a use of the
				waters of the state as established by part 4 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 323.1041 et
				seq., including use for any of the following:
(i) Industrial, agricultural, and public
				water supply.
(ii)
				Recreation.
(iii) Warmwater and
				coldwater fisheries, other aquatic life and wildlife.
(iv) Navigation.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8904 - Definitions; H to N

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4. As used in these rules:
(a) "High quality waters" means any of the
				following:
(i) Wild and scenic rivers
				designated under the federal wild and scenic rivers act of 1991,
				Public Law
				102-249, 16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.
(ii) River reaches designated under part 305
				of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, as amended, MCL 324.30501 et
				seq.
(iii) All inland lakes
				identified in the publication entitled, "Coldwater Lakes of Michigan," as
				published in August 1976 by the department of natural resources, under the
				authority of part 411 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.41101 et seq., and which are
				designated for, and protected as, coldwater fisheries.
(iv) All lakes which have public access,
				which are greater than or equal to 40 acres in size, which are identified in
				the publication entitled, "Designated Trout Lakes and Regulations," dated
				September 10, 1998, by the director of the department of natural resources
				under the authority of part 411 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.41101 et seq., and
				which are designated, and protected as, coldwater fisheries.
(v) All streams identified in the publication
				entitled, "Designated Trout Streams for the State of Michigan," director's
				order no. DFI-101.97, by the director of the department of natural resources
				under the authority of section 48701(m) of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.48701(m), and
				which are designated for, and protected as, coldwater fisheries.
(vi) Great lakes and connecting
				waters.
(vii) Other waterbodies
				that the applicant can demonstrate to the department contain an abundance,
				diversity and widespread distribution of members from each of the order
				plecoptera (stoneflies), ephemeroptera (mayflies), and trichoptera
				(caddisflies), which are indicators of high quality waters.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8905 - Definitions; P to S

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5. As used in these rules:
(a) "Partner" means any individual or entity
				that participates in a project.
(b)
				"Procurement" means the acquisition of goods, services, or both by the
				department in accordance with procurement guidelines established by the state
				of Michigan, department of management and budget, and the office of
				purchasing.
(c) "Project" means
				work carried out under a grant.
(d)
				"QAPP" means a quality assurance project plan, which provides a framework for
				how environmental data will be collected to achieve specific project
				objectives, and which describes the procedures that will be implemented to
				obtain data of known and adequate quality.
(e) "RAP" means a remedial action plan
				developed under the Great Lakes water quality agreement between Canada and the
				United States, as amended in 1987.
(f) "Request for proposals" or "RFP" means
				the process used by the department to solicit proposals for grant funding and
				the document issued in conjunction with the process.
(g) "Site" is a defined area of land that
				constitutes a viable management unit.
(h) "Site plan" is an overall view of the
				site and includes all of the following:
(i)
				The construction proposed.
(ii) The
				best management practices proposed.
(iii) Existing structures and natural
				features.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8906 - Definitions; U to Z

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6. As used in these rules:
(a) "USDA" means the United States department
				of agriculture.
(b) "US EPA" means
				the United States environmental protection agency.
(c) "Vendor" means the recipient of funds
				made available by the department through procurement
(d) "Water quality standards" means the part
				4 water quality standards developed under part 31 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.3101
				to 324.3119.
(e) "Watershed" means
				a topographic area of land that drains to a common point, such as a lake, pond,
				river, or stream, including the surface waters within that topographic
				area.
(f) "Watershed management
				plan" means a water resource plan that sets forth management strategies for
				improving water quality or achieving water quality standards and designated
				uses in a watershed.
(g) "Wellhead
				protection area" means an area which has been approved by the department under
				the state of Michigan wellhead protection program, which represents the surface
				and subsurface area surrounding a water well or well field, which supplies a
				community public water supply, and through which contaminants are reasonably
				likely to move toward and reach the water well or well field within a 10-year
				time of travel or means a designated source water protection area surrounding a
				low-tritium public water supply well.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8907 - Clean water fund activities

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7.
(1) The
				director may award grants in accordance with R 324.8909 and enter into
				contracts for any of the following activities:
(a) Implementing portions of the surface
				water monitoring strategy.
(b)
				Providing state match to establish and implement the conservation reserve
				enhancement program in Michigan.
(c) Implementing water quality protection or
				improvement activities in approved watershed management plans that are required
				under a NPDES wastewater discharge permit for stormwater discharges from
				separate stormwater drainage systems and that are not otherwise required by
				federal law.
(d) Implementing water
				quality protection or improvement recommendations in approved watershed
				management plans that place a strong emphasis on protecting high quality
				waters.
(e) Implementing
				recommendations in LaMPs and RAPs that will directly protect or improve water
				quality, other than the recommendations that involve remediation of
				contaminated sediments.
(f)
				Implementing programs to identify and require the correction of illicit
				connections to separate storm sewer systems.
(g) Implementing programs to do one or both
				of the following:
(i) Identifying failing
				on-site septic systems, determining the extent of failing on-site systems, and
				determining the impact of failing on-site systems on designated uses.
(ii) Implementing corrective measures in
				areas where failing on-site septic systems have been determined to be
				threatening or impairing designated uses.
(h) Locating and plugging abandoned wells
				within wellhead protection areas.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8908 - Eligibility for funds

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 8.
(1)
				For-profit entities, local units of government, and nonprofit entities are
				eligible to be selected as vendors.
(2) Only local units of government and
				nonprofit entities are eligible for grants.
(3) In addition to the requirement of subrule
				(2) of this rule, an applicant shall meet all of the following requirements to
				be eligible for a grant:
(a) The applicant
				shall demonstrate the capability to carry out the proposed project.
(b) The applicant shall demonstrate that
				there is an identifiable source of funds for future maintenance and operation
				of the proposed project, if appropriate.
(c) The applicant shall have undergone a
				successful financial audit within the 24-month period immediately preceding the
				application for a grant.
(d) Within
				the 24 months immediately preceding the application for a grant, the applicant
				shall not have demonstrated an inability to either manage a grant or meet the
				obligations in a contract with the department.
(e) Within the 24-month period immediately
				preceding the application for the grant, the applicant shall not have had a
				grant from any program within the department revoked or terminated due to the
				applicant's inability to meet the terms or condition of a grant.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8909 - Application and process for grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 9.
(1) The
				department shall issue a request for proposals each fiscal year in which clean
				water fund funding is available for grants.
(2) Requests for proposals shall include all
				of the following information:
(a) Instructions
				and forms needed by the applicant.
(b) The types of proposals being
				solicited.
(c) The application due
				date.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8910 - Project selection

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 10. In selecting projects for grants awarded through a
				  request for proposals process, the department shall consider all of the
				  following as they relate to a project:
(a) The anticipated benefits of the project
				in relation to the costs.
(b) The
				ability of the applicant and the partners to carry out the project.
(c) A commitment on the part of the applicant
				to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the project, including a
				commitment to document improvements in water quality or the reduction of
				pollutant loads, and document the success of proactive efforts such as
				pollution prevention controls and information and education
				activities.
(d) The expectation for
				long-term water quality improvement.
(e) The expectation for long-term protection
				of high quality waters.
(f) The
				consistency of the project with remedial action plans and other regional water
				quality or watershed management plans approved by the department.
(g) Waters that do not attain applicable
				water quality standards, or waters that presently attain water quality
				standards but are threatened, respectively, as identified in the publication
				"Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List Michigan Submittal for 1998," revised
				annually by the department, as directed by Public Law 92-500, as amended, 33
				U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
(h) Commitments
				for financial and technical assistance from the partners in the
				project.
(i) Financial and other
				resource contributions by project participants in excess of that required in
				section 8802(4) of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8802(4).
(j) The commitment by the applicant and
				partners to institutionalize and enforce practices, using tools such as
				ordinances, to ensure water quality improves or is protected after the project
				ends.
(k) The length of time the
				applicant and partners have committed to maintain any structural best
				management practices.
(l) Whether
				the project provides benefits to sources of drinking water.
(m) Other information the department
				considers relevant.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8911 - Grant reporting and reimbursement

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 11.
(1) During
				the period of the grant, surface water grantees shall submit status reports to
				the department at a frequency consistent with their contract and in a format
				specified by the department. A status report shall include all of the following
				information, as appropriate:
(a) A narrative
				description of the progress, including all of the following information:
(i) The project name, the grantee name, and
				the reporting period.
(ii) The
				value of the match earned during the reporting period.
(iii) The accomplishments achieved during the
				reporting period for each task in the work plan.
(iv) Other accomplishments not anticipated in
				the work plan.
(v) Products
				generated during the reporting period.
(vi) Barriers to progress that have caused
				delays.
(vii) Activities scheduled
				for the next reporting period.
(viii) In addition, for grantees implementing
				an abandoned well management grant under R 324.8907(1)(h), both of the
				following shall be submitted:
(A) A listing
				of locations of each abandoned well that was plugged during the reporting
				period.
(B) Copies of abandoned
				well plugging records.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8912 - Match requirements for grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 12.
(1) A
				grantee shall contribute match funds according to the following:
(a) A grantee who receives grant funds under
				any of the following activities shall contribute not less than 25% of the
				project's total cost as match:
(i) R
				324.8907(1)(a), implementing portions of the surface water monitoring
				strategy.
(ii) R 324.8907(1)(d),
				implementing water quality protection or improvement recommendations in
				approved watershed management plans that place a strong emphasis on protecting
				high quality waters.
(iii) R
				324.8907(1)(e), implementing recommendations in LaMPs and RAPs that will
				directly protect or improve water quality, other than the recommendations that
				involve remediation of contaminated sediments.
(iv) R 324.8907(1)(f), implementing programs
				to identify and require the correction of illicit connections to separate storm
				sewer systems.
(v) R
				324.8907(1)(g)(i), identifying failing septic systems, determining the extent
				of failing on-site systems, and determining the impact of failing on-site
				systems on designated uses.
(vi) R
				324.8907(1)(h), locating and plugging abandoned wells within wellhead
				protection areas.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8913 - Approvable watershed management plans

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 13.
(1) A local
				unit of government or a nonprofit entity may submit a watershed management plan
				to the department for approval under these rules.
(2) A watershed plan submitted to the
				department for approval under this rule shall be detailed, current, and
				identify all of the following:
(a) The
				geographic scope of the watershed.
(b) The designated uses and desired uses of
				the watershed.
(c) The water
				quality threats or impairments in the watershed.
(d) The causes of the impairments or threats,
				including pollutants.
(e) A clear
				statement of the water quality improvement or protection goals of the watershed
				plan.
(f) The sources of the
				pollutants causing the impairments or threats of impairments.
(g) The sources of the pollutants that are
				critical to control in order to meet water quality standards or other water
				quality goals.
(h) The tasks and
				their estimated costs that need to be completed to prevent or control the
				critical sources of pollution or address causes of impairment, including, as
				appropriate, all of the following:
(i) The
				best management practices needed.
(ii) Revisions needed or proposed to local
				zoning ordinances and other land use management tools.
(iii) Informational and educational
				activities needed.
(iv) Activities
				needed to institutionalize watershed protection.
(i) A summary of the public participation
				process, including the opportunity for public comment during watershed plan
				development and the partners that were involved in the development of the
				watershed plan.
(j) The estimated
				periods of time needed to complete each task and the proposed sequence of task
				completion.
(k) A description of
				the process that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the
				plan and achieving its goals.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8914 - Quality assurance for monitoring activities

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 14.
(1) Before
				carrying out any monitoring activities, the grantee or vendor shall submit a
				QAPP for departmental approval.
(2)
				The QAPP shall address applicable objectives for environmental data accuracy,
				precision, completeness, representativeness, and comparability through coverage
				of the following elements, depending upon the monitoring activity or activities
				to be carried out:
(a) A description of the
				elements that make up the project and the person or persons responsible for
				carrying out the project.
(b)
				Quality assurance objectives for measurement data.
(c) Sampling procedures.
(d) Sample custody procedures.
(e) Equipment calibration procedures and
				frequency.
(f) Analytical
				procedures.
(g) Internal quality
				control checks.
(h) Data reduction,
				validation, and reporting.
(i)
				Performance and systems audits to verify adherence to quality assurance/quality
				control programs.
(j) Preventive
				maintenance on equipment and instrumentation.
(k) Data quality assessment.
(l) Corrective action for analytical and
				field equipment problems and quality assurance/quality control noncompliance
				problems.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8915 - Conservation reserve enhancement program

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 15.
(1) The
				department of environmental quality shall not use more than $5,000,000.00 from
				the fund to provide state contribution for the establishment and implementation
				of the conservation reserve enhancement program.
(2) Money from the fund can be used for any
				of the following:
(a) Establishment of
				riparian buffer strips.
(b) Filter
				strips.
(c) Field
				windbreaks.
(d) Grassed
				waterways.
(e) Wetland
				restoration.
(f) Wetland
				creation.
(g) Other eligible
				practices related to water quality improvement specified in the conservation
				reserve enhancement program. Fund money shall be used for onetime payment for
				voluntary permanent easements for the eligible practices. The department of
				environmental quality shall not use funds for rental incentive payments or for
				easements other than permanent easements.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8916 - Activities eligible for abandoned well management grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 16.
(1) The
				following abandoned well management activities are eligible for funding:
(a) Preparation of proposals, narratives,
				financial statements, and reports related to abandoned well management, as
				requested by the department.
(b)
				Conducting the following activities within wellhead protection areas:
(i) Identification of well and property
				owners.
(ii) On-site surveys,
				inspections, or other activities for finding abandoned wells.
(iii) A search for, and review of, records to
				identify abandoned well locations.
(iv) Creation of databases and the purchase
				of computer software to track the status of abandoned wells.
(v) The purchase or rental of magnetometers,
				metal detectors, or other appropriate geophysical instrumentation, and the
				excavation costs associated with locating buried abandoned wells.
(vi) The mapping of abandoned well locations,
				at a cost not to exceed 5% of the total grant amount.
(vii) Plugging of abandoned wells by water
				well drilling contractors registered under section 12704 of 1978 PA 368, MCL
				333.12704.
(A) Where groundwater contamination
				problems have been identified inside the wellhead protection area priority
				shall be given to plugging abandoned wells in the area of known
				contamination.
(viii)
				Well plugging verification activities.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8917 - Abandoned well management grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 17.
(1) Each
				grant applicant is eligible for the following grant assistance to conduct
				activities within wellhead protection areas:
(a) Not more than the following amounts for
				conducting record searches and site surveys to locate abandoned or temporarily
				abandoned wells, conducting public outreach, and other related administrative
				activities approved by the department:
(i)
				$4,500 for the first square mile of wellhead protection area.
(ii) $2,500 for each additional square mile
				of wellhead protection area.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8918 - On - site septic systems grants

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
(1) Corrective
				measures eligible for funding under R 324.8907(1)(g)(ii) include regional
				treatment alternatives or community treatment systems that provide adequate
				long-term protection of water quality.
(2) The department shall not award grants
				under R 324.8907(1)(g)(ii) to install individual septic systems.
(3) The department shall not award grants
				under R 324.8907(1)(g)(ii) to install conventional septic tank
				systems.
(4) All applications for
				projects under R 324.8907(1)(g)(ii) shall include verification that failing
				on-site septic systems are threatening or impairing designated uses.
(5) Grants awarded for projects under R
				324.8907(1)(g)(i) shall not be more than $25,000.
(6) Grants awarded for projects under R
				324.8907(1)(g)(ii) shall not be more than $1 million.
(7) The department shall give priority in
				awarding grants under R 324.8907(1)(g) to projects that provide alternatives to
				failed septic systems in small rural communities.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8919 - Availability of documents

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 19. The following documents are available for inspection
				  electronically, and a single copy may be obtained at no cost, at the Lansing
				  office of the department of environmental quality, P.O. Box 30273, Lansing,
				  Michigan 48909-7773:
(a) "A Strategic
				Environmental Quality Monitoring Program for Michigan's Surface Waters,"
				January 1997.
(b) "Michigan Natural
				Rivers Program, Designated Rivers and Tributaries."
(c) "Michigan Scenic Rivers Act of
				1991."
(d) "Coldwater Lakes of
				Michigan," August 1976.
(e)
				"Designated Trout Lakes and Regulations," September 10, 1998.
(f) "Designated Trout Streams for the state
				of Michigan," January 8, 1997.
(g)
				"Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List, Michigan Submittal for 1998, revised May
				1998."
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund) › Section R. 324.8920 - Adoption of standards by reference

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 20. The following standards are adopted by reference in
				  these rules and are available for inspection electronically, and at the Lansing
				  office of the department of environmental quality, where they may be obtained
				  as indicated:
(a) "Guidelines for
				Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants," 40 C.F.R. section 136
				(1998). Copies may be obtained from the Department of Environmental Quality,
				P.O. Box 30273, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7773, at a cost, as of the time of
				adoption of these rules of 5 cents per page at a labor rate of $18.10 per hour,
				or from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
				Washington, DC 20402, at a cost as of the time of adoption of these rules of
				$41.00.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Public Bathing Beaches › Section R. 325.2101 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) "Act"
				means sections 12541 to 12546 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as
				amended, being SS 333.12541 to 333.12546 of the Michigan Compiled
				Laws.
(2) "Bathing beach" means a
				beach or bathing area offered to the public for recreational bathing or
				swimming. It does not include a swimming pool as defined in section 12521 of
				Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being S 333.12521 of the
				Michigan Compiled Laws.
(3)
				"Escherichia coli" or "E. coli" means a bacteria which is a member of the
				family enterobacteriaceae and which is the predominant facultative anaerobe in
				humans and warm-blooded animals. Therefore, it is an indicator of the presence
				of human or animal fecal material in water. The organism is identified by a
				variety of laboratory methods with definitive identifying characteristics
				described by Bergey's Manual of Bacteriology (Williams and Wilkins, 9th
				Edition, 1994).
(4) "Geometric
				mean" means the antilog of the summation of the logarithms of the values for
				the samples examined divided by the number of samples.
(5) "Health officer" means the administrative
				officer of a city, county, or district health department.
(6) "Sanitary or environmental survey" means
				and includes all of the following:
(a) A
				survey and an evaluation of data of the applicable contributory watershed for
				pollution, including domestic, industrial, commercial, and agricultural
				sources.
(b) A survey and an
				evaluation of data of the bathing beach for sources of pollution and safety
				hazards, including soil conditions, drop offs, water movement, and submerged
				and other hazardous objects.
(c)
				Water depth in diving areas.
(d) An
				evaluation of proposed or existing bathing and swimming loads.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Public Bathing Beaches › Section R. 325.2102 - Sanitation and safety determinations

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2.
(1)
				Bacterial concentrations in water at a bathing beach, as determined by standard
				methods, shall contain not more than 130 Escherichia coli (E. coli) per 100
				milliliters, as a 30-day geometric mean. Compliance shall be based on the
				geometric mean of all individual samples taken during 5 or more sampling events
				representatively spread over a 30-day period. Each sampling event shall consist
				of 3 or more samples taken at representative locations within a designated
				sampling area. Bathing beach waters shall not contain more than a maximum of
				300 E. coli per 100 milliliters. Compliance shall be based on the geometric
				mean of 3 or more samples taken during the same sampling event at
				representative locations within a defined sampling area.
(2) Chemical determinations shall follow
				standard methods and shall show that the water is free of chemical substances
				capable of creating toxic reactions or irritations to the skin or membranes of
				a bather or swimmer.
(3) Physical
				determinations shall show the water to be free of all of the following:
(a) Turbidity.
(b) Color.
(c) Deposits.
(d) Growths.
(e) Oils.
(f) Greases.
(g) Any other substances in the water capable
				of creating a health or safety hazard or a nuisance to a bather or
				swimmer.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Public Bathing Beaches › Section R. 325.2103 - Determination and closing of beaches

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3.
(1) When, in
				the judgment of a health officer having jurisdiction, an evaluation of
				information provided by sanitary survey and bacteriological, biologic,
				chemical, or physical data provides evidence that a bathing beach may be
				detrimental to the health or safety of the bathers or swimmers, it shall be
				determined to be unsafe.
(2) If
				voluntary closure of a bathing beach cannot be accomplished, the health officer
				shall take action as provided by section 12541 of the act.
These rules were transmitted to the Joint Committee on
					 Administrative Rules on October 24, 1995. The rules were filed with the
					 Secretary of State on November 21, 1995, while under consideration by the Joint
					 Committee on Administrative Rules. Section 4 5(6) of Act No. 306 of the Public
					 Acts of 1969, as amended, being S24.245(6) of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
					 provides: "After receipt by the committee of the agency's letter of
					 transmittal, the committee has 2 months in which to consider the rule. If the
					 committee by a majority vote determines that added time is needed to consider
					 proposed rules, the committee may extend the time it has to consider a
					 particular proposed rule by 1 month to a total of not longer than 3 months
					 ..."
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Part 3. Subdivisions of Land › Part 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Section R. 560.301 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 301. As used in this part:
(a) "A 100-year flood" means a flood with a
				  magnitude which has a 1% chance of occurring or being exceeded in any given
				  year.
(b) "Datum" means the basis
				  from which elevations are measured.
(c) "Flood" means a temporary increase in the
				  stage of a watercourse or lake resulting in the inundation of lands not
				  normally covered by water.
(d)
				  "Floodplain" means that area of land adjoining a watercourse or lake which will
				  be inundated by a 100-year flood.
(e) "Lake" means a natural or artificial body
				  of water with a surface area of 5 acres or more measured at its normal stage,
				  including the great lakes.
(f)
				  "Watercourse" means an open conduit either naturally or artificially created
				  which periodically or continuously contains moving water draining an area of
				  not less than 2 square miles. The point of measurement of the drainage area
				  shall be the downstream limit of the subdivision.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Part 3. Subdivisions of Land › Part 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Section R. 560.302 - Field survey data

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 302.
(1) The
				  purpose of this rule is to prescribe field survey data required before
				  submittal of a preliminary plat.
(2) A proprietor shall furnish, on request by
				  the department of natural resources, plotted valley cross-sections from a
				  control point downstream of the proposed plat to the upstream limits of the
				  plat for any watercourse through or adjacent to the area to be subdivided. The
				  spacing between the cross-sections shall be frequent enough to define the
				  changes in the hydraulic properties of the watercourse. The location of each
				  cross-section shall be shown on a topographic map and elevations shall be at
				  either national geodetic vertical datum or international Great Lakes datum. The
				  required field surveys shall be conducted under the supervision of an engineer
				  or land surveyor licensed in this state.
(3) A proprietor shall furnish, on request by
				  the department of natural resources, current water surface elevations and past
				  high water elevations for any lake which is within or is adjacent to the area
				  to be subdivided. A determination of the drainage area contributing runoff to
				  the lake and an engineering sketch of any water level control structures may
				  also be required. All elevations shall be at national geodetic vertical datum
				  or international Great Lakes datum. The required field surveys shall be
				  conducted under the supervision of an engineer or land surveyor licensed in
				  this state.
(4) If the subdivision
				  is affected by a 100-year floodplain, a permanent benchmark based on either of
				  the datums listed in subrules (2) and (3) of this rule shall be established
				  within the plat boundaries and described on the preliminary plat. This
				  benchmark shall be established under the supervision of an engineer or land
				  surveyor licensed in this state.