Sec. 32515.
If the department finds that the project will not injure the public trust or interest including fish and game habitat, that the project conforms to the requirements of law for sanitation, and that no material injury to the rights of any riparian owners on any body of water affected will result, the department shall issue a permit authorizing enlargement of the waterway affected. The permit shall provide that the artificial waterway shall be a public waterway, except intake or discharge canals or channels on property owned, controlled, and used by a public utility. The existing and future owners of land fronting on the artificial waterway are liable for maintenance of the waterway in accordance with the conditions of the permit.
History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004 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-THE-GREAT-LAKES - The Great Lakes (324.32101...324.34201)
451-1994-III-1-THE-GREAT-LAKES-325 - Part 325 Great Lakes Submerged Lands (324.32501...324.32516)
Section 324.32501 - Additional Definitions.
Section 324.32507 - Receipts; Disposition; Accounting; Employees.
Section 324.32508 - Lands Conveyed; Taxation.
Section 324.32511 - Certificate of Location of Lakeward Boundary; Application; Riparian Owner; Fee.
Section 324.32513 - Application for Permit; Contents; Fees; Disposition of Fees.
Section 324.32515 - Artificial Waterway; Permit; Issuance; Conditions; Maintenance.
Section 324.32515a - Dredging or Placing Dredged Spoils on Bottomland; Permit; Conditions.
Section 324.32516 - Repealed. 2012, Act 247, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012.