Sec. 31301.
As used in this part:
(a) "Board" means the county board of commissioners.
(b) "Dams" means dams, embankments, dikes, pumps, weirs, locks, gates, tubes, ditches, or any other devices or construction to impound or release water.
(c) "Local unit" means any city, village, township, or soil conservation district acting through its governing body.
(d) "Optimum flow" means that rate and quantity of flow in any stream as determined in accordance with this part.
(e) "Plan" means a plan adopted by the board or boards and approved by an order of the department for the best development, utilization, and conservation of the surplus water of the state.
(f) "Surplus water" means water that may be impounded without decreasing the flow of a river or stream below its optimum flow.
History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)
Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)
451-1994-III-1 - Chapter 1 Habitat Protection (324.30101...324.36507)
451-1994-III-1-INLAND-WATERS - Inland Waters (324.30101...324.31713)
451-1994-III-1-INLAND-WATERS-313 - Part 313 Surplus Waters (324.31301...324.31314)
Section 324.31301 - Definitions.
Section 324.31302 - Request for Surveys; Utilization of Reports.
Section 324.31303 - Request for Surveys; Involvement of Other Boards.
Section 324.31305 - Public Hearing; Determination of Optimum Flow; Notice; Order; Review.
Section 324.31306 - Transmission of Plans to Boards; Adoption; Dams; Supervision.
Section 324.31308 - Gifts and Grants-in-Aid; Acceptance by Department.
Section 324.31309 - Use of Increased Flowage; Waste Assimilation; Rates for Usage.
Section 324.31310 - Permits Granted by Department Not Affected by Part.
Section 324.31312 - Redetermination of Optimum Flow; Modification of Plan; Hearings.
Section 324.31313 - Violation as Misdemeanor.
Section 324.31314 - Applicability of Part to River Management Districts.