Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Environmental Quality
Water Resources Division
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Clean Water Fund)
Section R. 324.8903 - Definitions; D to G
Current through Vol. 24-04, March 15, 2024
Rule 3. As used in these rules:
(a) "Department" means the director of the department of environmental quality or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument.
(b) "Designated uses" means a use of the waters of the state as established by part 4 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 323.1041 et seq., including use for any of the following:
(c) "Detroit consumer price index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit area from the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics.
(d) "For-profit entity" means any entity that is subject to taxation in accordance with the internal revenue code.
(e) "Grant" means a grant awarded through the RFP process and funded by the clean water fund, being either an abandoned well management grant or a surface water grant.
(f) "Grantee" means the recipient of a grant.
(g) "Groundwater" means water beneath the surface of the earth that saturates the pore spaces associated with sand and gravel, rock fractures, and other subsurface geologic material.