***** 324.41401 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 286 OF 2011 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 21, 2015 *****
Sec. 41401.
As used in this part:
(a) "Aquatic invasive species" or "AIS" means an aquatic species that is nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
(b) "Council" means the aquatic invasive species advisory council created in section 41405.
(c) "Draft next vessel general permit" means the draft permit that the EPA prepares and publishes notice of in accordance with 40 CFR 124.6 and other applicable regulations before issuing the next vessel general permit.
(d) "EPA" means United States environmental protection agency.
(e) "Great Lakes commission" means the Great Lakes commission created by the Great Lakes basin compact established by joint legislative action of the Great Lakes states in 1955 and granted congressional consent through Public Law 90-419.
(f) "Great Lakes states" means Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
(g) "Next vessel general permit" means the permit the EPA issued to supersede the vessel general permit.
(h) "Vessel general permit" means the general permit entitled "Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Vessel" announced at 73 FR 79,473 (December 29, 2008).
History: Add. 2011, Act 284, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2011
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA
Last modified: October 10, 2016