Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Environmental Quality
Water Resources Division
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund)
Section R. 324.8902 - Definitions; A to C
Current through Vol. 24-04, March 15, 2024
Rule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "Abandoned well" means any of the following which presents a threat to the groundwater resource and which no longer serves the purpose for which it was intended or has been taken out of service:
(b) "Abandoned well management grant" means a grant to protect community public water supplies by plugging abandoned wells within wellhead protection areas.
(c) "Abandoned well management team" means the wellhead protection team established under R 325.12804 or a team comprised of not less than 3 persons which includes a representative of the community public water supply, a representative of the municipality, village or township, and at least 1 of the following local entities:
(d) "Applicant" means a nonprofit entity or local unit of government applying for grant funds awarded through the RFP process.
(e) "Approved watershed management plan" means either of the following:
(f) "Best management practices" means structural, vegetative, or managerial practices that reduce or prevent the detachment, transport, and delivery of pollutants to surface waters or groundwater.
(g) "Clean water fund" or "fund" means the fund created in section 8807 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8807.
(h) "Community public water supply" means a community supply as defined in section 2 of 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1002.
(i) "Conservation reserve program (CRP)" means the program authorized by the food security act of 1985, as amended, P.L. 99-198, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq., administered by the United States department of agriculture farm service agency, under which the commodity credit corporation will enter into contracts with eligible participants to convert eligible agricultural land to a conserving use for a period of time of not less than 10 years nor more than 15 years in return for financial and technical assistance.
(j) "Conservation reserve enhancement program" means the program authorized under the food security act of 1985, as amended, P.L. 99-198, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq., under which a state may enter into agreement with the commodity credit corporation, to use the CRP to promote specific agricultural conservation and environmental objectives of Michigan and the nation.
(k) "Contract" means a legally binding agreement between the department and another entity, public or private, that establishes the terms and conditions of the work to be conducted, or the goods or services to be provided, whether acquired through a grant or through procurement.
(l) "Connecting waters" means any of the following:
