Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Environmental Quality
Water Resources Division
Clean MI Initiative - Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Control Grants
Section R. 324.8802 - Definitions
Current through Vol. 24-04, March 15, 2024
Rule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "Approved watershed management plan" means either of the following:
(b) "Best management practices" means structural, vegetative, or managerial practices that reduce or prevent the detachment, transport, and delivery of nonpoint source pollutants to the surface waters of the state or groundwater.
(c) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.
(d) "Designated use" or "designated uses" means a use or uses of the surface waters of the state as established by part 4 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.401 et seq.
(e) "Director" means the director of the department or his or her designee.
(f) "Environmental sample" means the collection or analysis of information about any of the following:
(g) "Grant" means a nonpoint source pollution prevention and control project grant funded by the clean Michigan initiative bond.
(h) "In-kind services" means services provided by the grant applicant or its partners including any of the following:
(i) "Lakewide Management Plan" means a plan developed under the Great Lakes water quality agreement between Canada and the United States, as amended in 1987.
(j) "Local unit of government" means any of the following entities:
(k) "Match" means the portion of the total project cost that is to be paid by the applicant or its partners from public or private funding sources, excluding clean Michigan initiative funds and federal clean water act funds awarded as grants by the state.
(l) "Nonpoint source pollution" means water pollution from diffuse sources, including any of the following:
(m) "Not-for-profit entity" means an entity that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.
(n) "Physical improvements" means structural or vegetative best management practices used to control nonpoint source pollution.
(o) "Project contract" means the legally binding agreement between the department and a recipient of a grant that establishes the terms and conditions of the work to be conducted.
(p) "Remedial action plan" means a plan developed under the Great Lakes water quality agreement between Canada and the United States, as amended in 1987.
(q) "Request for proposals" means the document used by the department to solicit proposals for grant funding.
(r) "Site" means a block or contiguous blocks of land that constitute a viable management unit.
(s) "Surface waters of the state" means all of the following, but does not include drainageways and ponds used solely for wastewater conveyance, treatment, or control:
(t) "Water quality standards" means the part 4 water quality standards developed under part 31 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.3101 et seq.
(u) "Watershed" means a topographic area of the land that drains to a common point, such as a lake, pond, river, or stream.
(v) "Watershed management plan" means a water resource plan that sets forth management strategies for improving or protecting water quality or achieving water quality standards and designated uses in a watershed.