Michigan Compiled Laws 451-1994-ii-1-31 Part 31 Water Resources Protection (324.3101...324.3134)

• Section 324.3101 Definitions.
  As used in this part: (a) "Aquatic nuisance species" means a nonindigenous species that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or the...
• Section 324.3102 Implementation Of Part.
  The director shall implement this part. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 Compiler's Notes: For creation of the office of administrative hearings...
• Section 324.3103 Department Of Environmental Quality; Powers And Duties Generally; Rules; Other Actions.
  (1) The department shall protect and conserve the water resources of the state and shall have control of the pollution of surface or underground...
• Section 324.3103a Legislative Findings; Duties Of Department; Vessel Owner Or Operator Ineligible For New Grant, Loan, Or Award.
  (1) The legislature finds both of the following: (a) It is a goal of this state to prevent the introduction of and minimize the...
• Section 324.3104 Cooperation And Negotiation With Other Governments As To Water Resources; Alteration Of Watercourses; Federal Assistance; Formation Of Great Lakes Aquatic Nuisance Species Coalition; Report; Requests For Appropriations; Recommendations; Permit To Alter Floodplain; Application; Fees; Disposition Of Fees; Other Parts Subject To Single Highest Permit Fee.
  (1) The department is designated the state agency to cooperate and negotiate with other governments, governmental units, and governmental agencies in matters concerning the...
• Section 324.3105 Entering Property For Inspections And Investigations; Assistance.
  The department may enter at all reasonable times in or upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions...
• Section 324.3106 Establishment Of Pollution Standards; Permits; Determination Of Volume Of Water And High And Low Water Marks; Rules; Orders; Pollution Prevention.
  The department shall establish pollution standards for lakes, rivers, streams, and other waters of the state in relation to the public use to which...
• Section 324.3106a Satisfaction Of Remedial Obligations.
  Corrective action measures conducted pursuant to part 213 satisfy remedial obligations under this part. History: Add. 1995, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1995...
• Section 324.3107 Harmful Interference With Streams; Rules; Orders; Determinations For Record.
  The department may promulgate rules and issue orders for the prevention of harmful interference with the discharge and stage characteristics of streams. The department...
• Section 324.3108 Unlawful Occupation, Filling, Or Grading Of Floodplain, Stream Bed, Or Channel Of Stream; Exceptions; Construction Of Building With Basement.
  (1) A person shall not occupy or permit the occupation of land for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes or fill or grade or permit...
• Section 324.3109 Discharge Into State Waters; Prohibitions; Exception; Violation; Penalties; Abatement; "On-site Wastewater Treatment System" Defined.
  (1) A person shall not directly or indirectly discharge into the waters of the state a substance that is or may become injurious to...
• Section 324.3109a Mixing Zones For Discharges Of Venting Groundwater; Conditions Not Requiring Permit; Definitions.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, or rules promulgated under this part, the department shall allow for a mixing zone for discharges...
• Section 324.3109b Satisfaction Of Remedial Obligations.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, remedial actions that satisfy the requirements of part 201 satisfy a person's remedial obligations under this part....
• Section 324.3109c Open Water Disposal Of Dredge Materials Contaminated With Toxic Substances; Prohibition.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or the rules promulgated under this part, the open water disposal of dredge materials that are contaminated...
• Section 324.3109d Maeap-verified Farms; Applicable Conditions; Obligation To Obtain Permit Not Modified Or Limited; Definitions.
  (1) Beginning 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the...
• Section 324.3109e Sodium Or Chloride In Groundwater Discharge Permit; Limitation; Discharge Of Sodium Or Chloride Causing Groundwater Concentration Exceeding Certain Levels; Duties Of Permittee; Response Activities.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this act or the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall not establish or enforce a limitation...
• Section 324.3110 Waste Treatment Facilities Of Industrial Or Commercial Entity; Exception; Examination And Certification Of Supervisory Personnel; Training Program; Fees; Failure To Pay Fee; Continuing Education Programs; Reports; False Statement; Applicability Of Section.
  (1) Each industrial or commercial entity, other than a concentrated animal feed operation, that discharges liquid wastes into any surface water or groundwater or...
• Section 324.3111 Repealed. 2012, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to requirements for filing of report by person doing business with state who discharges wastewater into waters of the...
• Section 324.3111b Release Required To Be Reported Under R 324.2001 To R 324.2009.
  (1) If a person is required to report a release to the department under part 5 of the water resources protection rules, R 324.2001...
• Section 324.3112 Permit To Discharge Waste Into State Waters; Application Determined As Complete; Condition Of Validity; Modification, Suspension, Or Revocation Of Permit; Reissuance; Application For New Permit; Notice; Order; Complaint; Petition; Contested Case Hearing; Rejection Of Petition; Oceangoing Vessels Engaging In Port Operations; Permit Required.
  (1) A person shall not discharge any waste or waste effluent into the waters of this state unless the person is in possession of...
• Section 324.3112a Discharge Of Untreated Sewage From Sewer System; Notification; Duties Of Municipality; Legal Action By State Not Limited; Penalties And Fines; Definitions.
  (1) Except for sewer systems described in subsection (8), if untreated sewage or partially treated sewage is directly or indirectly discharged from a sewer...
• Section 324.3112b Discharge From Combined Sewer System; Issuance Or Renewal Of Permit; Disconnection Of Eaves Troughs And Downspouts As Condition; Exception; “combined Sewer System” Defined.
  (1) When a permit for a discharge from a combined sewer system is issued or renewed under this part, the department shall require as...
• Section 324.3112c Discharges Of Untreated Or Partially Treated Sewage From Sewer Systems; List Of Occurrences; “partially Treated Sewage” And “sewer System” Defined.
  (1) The department shall compile and maintain a list of occurrences of discharges of untreated or partially treated sewage from sewer systems onto land...
• Section 324.3112e Permit Not Required; "Beneficial Use By-product" And "Beneficial Use 3" Defined.
  (1) Notwithstanding sections 3112 and 3113, a permit is not required under this part for any of the following: (a) The use of a...
• Section 324.3113 New Or Increased Use Of Waters For Sewage Or Other Waste Disposal Purposes; Filing Information; Permit; Conditions; Complaint; Petition; Contested Case Hearing; Rejection Of Petition.
  (1) A person who seeks a new or increased use of the waters of the state for sewage or other waste disposal purposes shall...
• Section 324.3114 Enforcement Of Part; Criminal Complaint.
  An employee of the department of natural resources or an employee of another governmental agency appointed by the department may, with the concurrence of...
• Section 324.3115 Violations; Civil Or Criminal Liability; Venue; Jurisdiction; Penalties; Knowledge Attributable To Defendant; Lien; Setoff.
  (1) The department may request the attorney general to commence a civil action for appropriate relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, for a...
• Section 324.3115a Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty; “minor Offense” Defined.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who alters or causes the alteration of a floodplain in violation of this...
• Section 324.3116 Construction Of Part.
  This part does not repeal any law governing the pollution of lakes and streams, but shall be held and construed as ancillary to and...
• Section 324.3117 Supplemental Construction.
  This part is supplemental to and in addition to the drain code of 1956, Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1956, being...
• Section 324.3118 Storm Water Discharge Fees.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, until October 1, 2019, the department shall collect storm water discharge fees from persons who apply...
• Section 324.3119 Storm Water Fund.
  (1) The storm water fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source...
• Section 324.3120 New, Reissued, Or Modified Permit Fees; New Or Increased Use Permit; Grant Or Denial Of Permit; Failure To Make Decision Within Applicable Time Period; Annual Permit Fees; Definitions.
  (1) Until October 1, 2019, an application for a new permit, a reissuance of a permit, or a modification of an existing permit under...
• Section 324.3121 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Fund.
  (1) The national pollutant discharge elimination system fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets...
• Section 324.3122 Annual Groundwater Discharge Permit Fee; Failure Of Department To Grant Or Deny Within Certain Time Period; Payment Of Fee By Municipality; Definitions.
  (1) Until December 31, 2015, the department may levy and collect an annual groundwater discharge permit fee from facilities that discharge wastewater to the...
• Section 324.3122a Annual Groundwater Discharge Permit Fees; Credit; Amount.
  In any state fiscal year, if the department collects more than $2,000,000.00 under section 3122 in annual groundwater discharge permit fees, the department shall...
• Section 324.3123 Groundwater Discharge Permit Fees; Invoices; Late Payment; Action By Attorney General.
  (1) The department shall send invoices for the groundwater discharge permit fees under section 3122 to all permit holders by January 15 of each...
• Section 324.3124 Groundwater Discharge Permit Fund.
  (1) The groundwater discharge permit fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source...
• Section 324.3131 Land Application Of Sewage Sludge And Derivatives; Rules; Applicability To Bulk Biosolids Or Bulk Derivative; Definitions.
  (1) By October 1, 1997, the department of environmental quality in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development shall promulgate rules to...
• Section 324.3132 Sewage Sludge Generators And Sewage Sludge Distributors; Fees; Report; Sewage Sludge Land Application Fund; Local Ordinance.
  (1) Beginning in state fiscal year 1998, an annual sewage sludge land application fee is imposed upon sewage sludge generators and sewage sludge distributors....
• Section 324.3133 Local Ordinances, Regulations, Or Resolutions; Preemption; Contracts With Local Units; Enactment And Enforcement Of Local Standards; Compliance With Conditions Of Approval; Submission Of Resolution By Local Unit To Department; Public Meeting; Issuance Of Opinion And Approval By Department.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, sections 3131 and 3132 preempt a local ordinance, regulation, or resolution of a local unit that...
• Section 324.3134 Operator Training And Certification Fund.
  (1) The operator training and certification fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from...

Last modified: October 10, 2016