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Water Laws

Water Laws. State of Michigan. Michigan Legislature. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994, PA 451, as amended (Act 451).

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Water Laws

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  1. Water Laws State of Michigan

  2. Michigan Legislature http://www.legislature.mi.gov/

  3. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act • Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994, PA 451, as amended (Act 451). • Water quality also is protected under the Act. The statute prohibits water discharges that could harm: • Public health, safety or welfare; • Domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other water uses; • The value or utility of riparian lands; • Livestock, wildlife, or plants. • Additionally, a state permit is required to discharge waste or waste effluent into surface water or groundwater

  4. Inland Lakes and Streams http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3681---,00.html • Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resources & Environmental Protection Act (PA 451)

  5. Michigan’s New Water Use Bill • Part of Public Act 451, signed February 28, 2006 • A landmark package of water-use bills, bringing long overdue protections to Michigan’s waters • An immediate prohibition against new large-scale water withdrawals that cause adverse resource impacts to lakes and streams • A permit requirement for new large-scale water withdrawals • A requirement that the projects include plans to remedy any measurable impacts

  6. Well conflict • The Aquifer Protection and Dispute Resolution Act (PA 177) empowers the MDNRE to investigate whether high-capacity wells are depleting groundwater supplies and, if so, to order remedies. (Construction-project dewatering wells and some municipal water wells are exempt. Cases involving agricultural wells are handled by the Michigan Department of Agriculture.) • State action is instigated under PA 177 when a well owner reports a drop in water supply or change in water quality. The complainant must have reason to believe that their water supply is being diminished or compromised by a higher-capacity well in the region

  7. DNRE – Drinking Water http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3675---,00.html • Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act 1976 PA 399, as amended • Administrative rules, supplying water to the public R325.10101 to R325.12820 • Delineation of wellhead protection areas is mandated for community drinking water wells under this Act. Complete PDF of the Act available at: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-wb-dwehs-cws-Act399_247583_7.pdf

  8. Wetlands http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3687-10502--,00.html • Michigan's wetland statute, Part 303, Wetlands Protection, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451 • Under the Act, a permit is required for the following activities: • Deposit or permit the placing of fill material in a wetland; • Dredge, remove, or permit removal of soil or minerals from a wetland • Construct, operate, or maintain any use of development in a wetland; or • Drain surface water from a wetland • These activities are regulated regardless of the intention of the dredging, filling, construction, or draining activities. http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3687---,00.html

  9. EPA – Laws & Regulations http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html

  10. Endangered Species Act • Endangered Species Act is to protect species and also "the ecosystems upon which they depend." • ESA's primary goal is to prevent the extinction, and secondly, to recover and maintain by removing or lessening threats to their survival.

  11. Hundred-Million-Dollar Dam Stopped by Three-Inch Fish • In 1975, the Snail Darter was placed on the newly created Endangered Species List. • United States Supreme Court affirmed an injunction that stopped the Tennessee Valley Authority from completing the Tellico Dam project because the proposed project would destroy the Snail Darter’s habitat. • The dam, at that time, was more than 90 percent built!

  12. Interesting Readings Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters by Robert Glennon The Great Lakes Water Wars by Peter Annin Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters by Marq de Villiers

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