SB-0567, As Passed House, July 17, 2003     Amendment No. 1

July 17, 2003

Rep. Koetje offered the following substitute (H-2):

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 567

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

by amending sections 3104, 8716, 30104, 30109, 32312, and 32513             

(MCL 324.3104, 324.8716, 324.30104, 324.30109, 324.32312, and               

324.32513), sections 3104, 30104, 30109, and 32312 as amended by            

1999 PA 106 and section 32513 as amended by 2003 PA 14.                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 3104.  (1) The department is designated the state                      

2   agency to cooperate and negotiate with other governments,                   

3   governmental units, and governmental agencies in matters                    

4   concerning the water resources of the state, including, but not             

5   limited to, flood control, beach erosion control, and water                 

6   quality control planning, development, and management.  The                 

7   department shall have control over the alterations of natural or            

8   present watercourses of all rivers and streams in the state to              

1   assure that the channels and the portions of the floodplains that           

2   are the floodways are not inhabited and are kept free and clear             

3   of interference or obstruction that will cause any undue                    

4   restriction of the capacity of the floodway.  The department may            

5   take steps as may be necessary to take advantage of any act of              

6   congress that may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes             

7   of this part, including the water resources planning act, Public            

8   Law 89-80, 42 U.S.C. 1962 to 1962-1 and 1962a to 1962d-3, and the           

9   federal water pollution control act, chapter 758, 86 Stat. 816,             

10  33 U.S.C. 1251 to 1252, 1253 to 1254, 1255 to 1257, 1258 to 1263,           

11  1265 to 1270, 1273 to 1274, 1281, 1282 to 1293, 1294 to  1299

12  1301, 1311 to 1313, 1314 to 1330, 1341 to  1345 1346, 1361 to              

13  1375, 1376 to 1377, and 1381 to 1387.                                       

14      (2) The department shall report to the governor and to the                  

15  legislature at least annually any plans or projects being                   

16  implemented or considered for implementation and shall include in           

17  the report requests for any legislation needed to implement any             

18  proposed projects or agreements made necessary as a result of a             

19  plan or project, together with any requests for appropriations.             

20  The department may make recommendations to the governor on the              

21  designation of areawide water quality planning regions and                  

22  organizations relative to the governor's responsibilities under             

23  the federal water pollution control act.                                    

24      (3) A person shall submit an application for a permit to                    

25  alter a floodplain on a form approved by the department and shall           

26  include information that may be required by the department to               

27  assess the proposed alteration's impact on the floodplain.  If an           

1   alteration includes activities at multiple locations in a                   

2   floodplain, 1 application may be filed for combined activities.             

3       (4) Except as provided in subsections (5), (6), and  (6)

4   (8), until October 1,  2003 2008, an application for a                     

5   floodplain permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $500.00.                 

6   Until October 1,  2003 2008, if the department determines that             

7   engineering computations are required to assess the impact of a             

8   proposed floodplain alteration on flood stage or discharge                  

9   characteristics, the department shall assess the applicant an               

10  additional $1,500.00 to cover the department's cost of review.              

11      (5) Until October 1,  2003 2008, an application for a                      

12  floodplain permit for a minor project category shall be                     

13  accompanied by a fee of $100.00.  Minor project categories shall            

14  be established by rule and shall include activities and projects            

15  that are similar in nature and have minimal potential for causing           

16  harmful interference.                                                       

17      (6) If work has been done in violation of a permit                          

18  requirement under this part and restoration is not ordered by the           

19  department, the department may accept an application for a permit           

20  if the application is accompanied by a fee equal to 2 times the             

21  permit fee required under subsection (4) or (5).                            

22      (7) The department shall forward fees collected under this                  

23  section to the state treasurer for deposit in the land and water            

24  management permit fee fund created in section 30113.                        

25      (8) A project that requires review and approval under this                  

26  part and 1 or more of the following is subject to only the single           

27  highest permit fee required under this part or the following:               

1       (a) Part 301.                                                               

2       (b) Part 303.                                                               

3       (c) Part 323.                                                               

4       (d) Part 325.                                                               

5       (e) Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL                  

6   560.117.                                                                    

7       Sec. 8716.  (1) The freshwater protection fund is created                   

8   within the state treasury.                                                  

9       (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets                   

10  from any source for deposit into the fund, including general fund           

11  general purpose appropriations, gifts, grants, bequests, and, if            

12  provided by law, revenue from the sale of Michigan freshwater               

13  protection bonds or the Michigan freshwater protection checkoff             

14  on state income and single business tax returns.  The director              

15  shall annually seek matching general fund general purpose                   

16  appropriations in amounts equal to the groundwater protection               

17  fees deposited into the fund pursuant to this part.  The state              

18  treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state               

19  treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from               

20  fund investments.                                                           

21      (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall                 

22  remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.                 

23      (4) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon                   

24  appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:                

25      (a) Direct assistance.                                                      

26      (b) Indirect assistance.                                                    

27      (c) Emergency response and removal of potential sources of                  

1   groundwater contamination.  Expenditures pursuant to this                   

2   subdivision shall not exceed $15,000.00 per location.                       

3   (d) Groundwater protection and groundwater regulatory                       

4   program.

5   (e)  (d)  Administrative costs.  Expenditures pursuant to                   

6   this subdivision shall not exceed 20% of the annual                         

7   appropriations from the fund.                                               

8       (5) The department shall establish criteria and procedures                  

9   for approving proposed expenditures from the fund.                          

10      (6) Notwithstanding section 8715, if at the close of any                    

11  fiscal year the amount of money in the fund exceeds                         

12  $3,500,000.00, the department shall not collect a groundwater               

13  protection fee for the following year.  After the groundwater               

14  protection fees have been suspended under this subsection, the              

15  fees shall only be reinstated if, at the close of any succeeding            

16  fiscal year, the amount of money in the fund is less than                   

17  $1,000,000.00.                                                              

18      (7) The department of treasury shall, before November 1 of                  

19  each year, notify the department of the balance in the fund at              

20  the close of the preceding fiscal year.                                     

21      (8) As used in this section:                                                

22      (a) "Administrative costs" includes, but is not limited to,                 

23  costs incurred during any of the following:                                 

24                                                                               (i) Groundwater monitoring for pesticides and fertilizers.                          

25      (ii) Development and enforcement of groundwater protection                   

26  rules.                                                                      

27      (iii) Coordination of programs under this part with the                      

1   United States environmental protection agency and other state               

2   programs with groundwater and pesticide management                          

3   responsibilities.                                                           

4       (iv) Management of pesticide sales information.                              

5       (b) "Direct assistance" includes, but is not limited to,                    

6   programs that will provide for any of the following:                        

7                                                                                (i) Provision of alternate noncommunity water supplies.                             

8       (ii) Closure of wells that may impact groundwater, such as                   

9   abandoned, improperly constructed, or drainage wells.                       

10      (iii) The environmentally sound disposal or recycling of                     

11  specialty pesticide containers.                                             

12      (iv) The environmentally sound disposal or recycling of                      

13  nonspecialty pesticide containers.                                          

14      (v) Specialty and nonspecialty pesticide pickup programs for                

15  pesticides not currently registered for use.                                

16      (vi) Programs devoted to integrated pest and crop management                 

17  that strive to encourage the judicious use of pesticides and                

18  fertilizers through targeted applications as part of a systems              

19  approach to pest control and related crop management decisions.             

20      (vii) Incentive and cost share programs for persons in the                   

21  groundwater stewardship program for implementation of groundwater           

22  stewardship practices or groundwater protection rules.                      

23      (viii) Incentive and cost share programs for persons who                      

24  notify the director of potential sources of groundwater                     

25  contamination on their property.                                            

26      (ix) Monitoring of private well water for pesticides and                     

27  fertilizers.                                                                

1       (x) Removal of soils and waters contaminated by pesticides                  

2   and fertilizers and the land application of those materials at              

3   agronomic rates.                                                            

4       (xi) Groundwater stewardship program grants pursuant to                      

5   section 8710.                                                               

6       (xii) Other programs established pursuant to this part.                      

7       (c) "Indirect assistance" includes, but is not limited to,                  

8   programs that will provide for any of the following:                        

9                                                                                (i) Public education and demonstration programs on specialty                        

10  pesticide container recycling and environmentally sound disposal            

11  methods.                                                                    

12      (ii) Educational programs for pesticide and fertilizer end                   

13  users.                                                                      

14      (iii) Technical assistance programs for pesticide and                        

15  fertilizer end users.                                                       

16      (iv) The promotion and implementation of on-site evaluation                  

17  systems and groundwater stewardship practices.                              

18      (v) Research programs for determination of the impacts of                   

19  alternate pesticide and fertilizer management practices.                    

20      (vi) Research program for determination of aquifer                           

21  sensitivity and vulnerability to contamination by pesticides and            

22  fertilizers.                                                                

23      Sec. 30104.  (1) Before a project that is subject to this                   

24  part is undertaken, a person shall file an application and                  

25  receive a permit from the department.  The application shall be             

26  on a form prescribed by the department and shall include any                

27  information that may be required by the department.  If a project           

1   includes activities at multiple locations, 1 application may be             

2   filed for the combined activities.                                          

3       (2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), until                    

4   October 1, 2008, an application for a permit shall be accompanied           

5   by a fee based on an administrative cost in accordance with the             

6   following schedule:                                                         

7   (a) Until October 1, 2003:

8   (a)  (i)  For a minor project listed in R 281.816 of the                    

9   Michigan administrative code, or a seasonal drawdown or the                 

10  associated reflooding, or both, of a dam or impoundment for the             

11  purpose of weed control, a fee of $50.00.  However, for a permit            

12  for a seasonal drawdown or associated reflooding, or both, of a             

13  dam or impoundment for the purpose of weed control that is issued           

14  for the first time after October 9, 1995, an initial fee of                 

15  $500.00 with subsequent permits for the same purpose being                  

16  assessed a $50.00 fee.                                                      

17  (b)  (ii)  For construction or expansion of a marina, a fee                  

18  of:                                                                         

19  (i)  (A)  $50.00 for an expansion of 1-10 slips to an                                

20  existing permitted marina.                                                  

21  (ii)  (B)  $100.00 for a new marina with 1-10 proposed marina                

22  slips.                                                                      

23  (iii)  (C)  $250.00 for an expansion of 11-50 slips to an                    

24  existing permitted marina, plus $10.00 for each slip over 50.               

25  (iv)  (D)  $500.00 for a new marina with 11-50 proposed                      

26  marina slips, plus $10.00 for each slip over 50.                            

27  (v)  (E)  $1,500.00 if an existing permitted marina proposes                

1   maintenance dredging of 10,000 cubic yards or more or the                   

2   addition of seawalls, bulkheads, or revetments of 500 feet or               

3   more.                                                                       

4   (c)  (iii)  For renewal of a marina operating permit, a fee                  

5   of $50.00.                                                                  

6   (d)  (iv)  For major projects other than a project described                 

7   in  subparagraph (ii)(E) subdivision (b)(v), involving any of               

8   the following, a fee of $2,000.00:                                          

9   (i)  (A)  Dredging of 10,000 cubic yards or more.                                    

10  (ii)  (B)  Filling of 10,000 cubic yards or more.                            

11  (iii)  (C)  Seawalls, bulkheads, or revetment of 500 feet or                 

12  more.                                                                       

13  (iv)  (D)  Filling or draining of 1 acre or more of wetland                  

14  contiguous to a lake or stream.                                             

15  (v)  (E)  New dredging or upland boat basin excavation in                   

16  areas of suspected contamination.                                           

17  (vi)  (F)  Shore projections, such as groins and underwater                  

18  stabilizers, that extend 150 feet or more into a lake or stream.            

19  (vii)  (G)  New commercial docks or wharves of 300 feet or                   

20  more in length.                                                             

21  (viii)  (H)  Stream enclosures 100 feet or more in length.                    

22  (ix)  (I)  Stream relocations 500 feet or more in length.                   

23  (x)  (J)  New golf courses.                                                 

24  (xi)  (K)  Subdivisions.                                                    

25  (xii)  (L)  Condominiums.                                                    

26  (e)  (v)  For all other projects not listed in  subparagraphs               

27  (i) subdivisions (a) through  (iv) (d), a fee of $500.00.                  

1   (b) Beginning October 1, 2003, a fee of $25.00 for any                      

2   project listed in subdivision (a).

3       (3) A project that requires review and approval under this                  

4   part and 1 or more of the following acts or parts of acts is                

5   subject to only the single highest permit fee required under this           

6   part or the following acts or parts of acts:                                

7       (a) Part 303.                                                               

8       (b) Part 323.                                                               

9       (c) Part 325.                                                               

10      (d) Section 3104.                                                           

11      (e) Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL                  

12  560.117.                                                                    

13      (4) If work has been done in violation of a permit                          

14  requirement under this part and restoration is not ordered by the           

15  department, the department may accept an application for a permit           

16  if the application is accompanied by a fee equal to 2 times the             

17  permit fee required under this section.                                     

18      Sec. 30109.  Upon the written request of a riparian owner                   

19  and upon payment of a service fee, the department may enter into            

20  a written agreement with a riparian owner establishing the                  

21  location of the ordinary high-water mark for his or her                     

22  property.  In the absence of substantially changed conditions,              

23  the agreement shall be conclusive proof of the location in all              

24  matters between the state and the riparian owner and his or her             

25  successors in interest.  Until October 1,  2003 2008, the                  

26  service fee provided for in this section shall be $500.00.                  

27  Beginning October 1, 2003, the service fee provided for in this            

1   section shall be $50.00.  The department shall forward all                  

2   service fees to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund.              

3       Sec. 32312.  (1) The department, in order to regulate the                   

4   uses and development of high-risk areas, flood risk areas, and              

5   environmental areas and to implement the purposes of this part,             

6   shall promulgate rules.   Until October 1, 2003, Except as                 

7   provided under subsection (2), until October 1, 2008, if permits            

8   are required pursuant to rules promulgated under this part, a fee           

9   of $500.00 shall be submitted to the department with each                   

10  application for a commercial or multi-family residential project,           

11  a fee of $100.00 shall be submitted with each application for a             

12  single-family home construction, and a fee of $50.00 shall be               

13  submitted with each application for an addition to an existing              

14  single-family home or for a project that has a minor impact on              

15  fish and wildlife resources in environmental areas as determined            

16  by the department.                                                          

17      (2) A project that requires review and approval under this                  

18  part and under 1 or more of the following is subject to only the            

19  single highest permit fee required under this part or the                   

20  following:                                                                  

21      (a) Part 301.                                                               

22      (b) Part 303.                                                               

23      (c) Part 325.                                                               

24      (d) Section 3104.                                                           

25      (e) Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL                  

26  560.117.                                                                    

27      (3) The department shall forward fees collected under this                  

1   section to the state treasurer for deposit in the land and water            

2   management permit fee fund created in section 30113.                        

3       (4) A circuit court, upon petition and a showing by the                     

4   department that a violation of a rule promulgated under                     

5   subsection (1) exists, shall issue any necessary order to the               

6   defendant to correct the violation or to restrain the defendant             

7   from further violation of the rule.                                         

8       Sec. 32513.  (1) Before any work or connection specified in                 

9   section 32512 or 32512a is undertaken, a person shall file an               

10  application with the department of environmental quality setting            

11  forth the following:                                                        

12      (a) The name and address of the applicant.                                  

13      (b) The legal description of the lands included in the                      

14  project.                                                                    

15      (c) A summary statement of the purpose of the project.                      

16      (d) A map or diagram showing the proposal on an adequate                    

17  scale with contours and cross-section profiles of the waterway to           

18  be constructed.                                                             

19      (e) Other information required by the department of                         

20  environmental quality.                                                      

21      (2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), until                    

22  October 1, 2008, an application for a permit under this section             

23  shall be accompanied by a fee according to the following                    

24  schedule:                                                                   

25  (a) Until October 1, 2004:

26  (a)  (i)  For a project in a category of activities for which               

27  a general permit is issued under section 32512a, a fee of                   

1   $100.00.                                                                    

2   (b)  (ii)  For activities included in the minor project                      

3   category as described in rules promulgated under this part and              

4   for a permit for the removal of vegetation in an area that is not           

5   more than 100 feet wide or the width of the property, whichever             

6   is less, or the mowing of vegetation in excess of what is allowed           

7   in section 32512(2)(a)(ii), in the area between the ordinary                 

8   high-water mark and the water's edge, a fee of $50.00.                      

9   (c)  (iii)  For construction or expansion of a marina, a fee                 

10  of:                                                                         

11  (i)  (A)  $50.00 for an expansion of 1-10 slips to an                                

12  existing permitted marina.                                                  

13  (ii)  (B)  $100.00 for a new marina with 1-10 proposed marina                

14  slips.                                                                      

15  (iii)  (C)  $250.00 for an expansion of 11-50 slips to an                    

16  existing permitted marina, plus $10.00 for each slip over 50.               

17  (iv)  (D)  $500.00 for a new marina with 11-50 proposed                      

18  marina slips, plus $10.00 for each slip over 50.                            

19  (v)  (E)  $1,500.00 if an existing permitted marina proposes                

20  maintenance dredging of 10,000 cubic yards or more or the                   

21  addition of seawalls, bulkheads, or revetments of 500 feet or               

22  more.                                                                       

23  (d)  (iv)  For major projects other than a project described                 

24  in  subparagraph (iii)(E) subdivision (c)(v), involving any of               

25  the following, a fee of $2,000.00:                                          

26  (i)  (A)  Dredging of 10,000 cubic yards or more.                                    

27  (ii)  (B)  Filling of 10,000 cubic yards or more.                            

1   (iii)  (C)  Seawalls, bulkheads, or revetment of 500 feet or                 

2   more.                                                                       

3   (iv)  (D)  Filling or draining of 1 acre or more of coastal                  

4   wetland.                                                                    

5   (v)  (E)  New dredging or upland boat basin excavation in                   

6   areas of suspected contamination.                                           

7   (vi)  (F)  New breakwater or channel jetty.                                  

8   (vii)  (G)  Shore protection, such as groins and underwater                  

9   stabilizers, that extend 150 feet or more on Great Lakes                    

10  bottomlands.                                                                

11  (viii)  (H)  New commercial dock or wharf of 300 feet or more                 

12  in length.                                                                  

13  (e)  (v)  For all other projects not listed in  subparagraphs               

14  (i) subdivisions (a) through  (iv) (d), $500.00.                           

15  (b) Beginning October 1, 2004, a fee of $50.00 for any                      

16  project listed in subdivision (a).

17      (3) A project that requires review and approval under this                  

18  part and 1 or more of the following is subject to only the single           

19  highest permit fee required under this part or the following:               

20      (a) Part 301.                                                               

21      (b) Part 303.                                                               

22      (c) Part 323.                                                               

23      (d) Section 3104.                                                           

24      (e) Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL                  

25  560.117.                                                                    

26      (4) If work has been done in violation of a permit                          

27  requirement under this part and restoration is not ordered by the           

1   department of environmental quality, the department of                      

2   environmental quality may accept an application for a permit if             

3   the application is accompanied by a fee equal to 2 times the                

4   permit fee required under this section.                                     

5       (5) The department of environmental quality shall forward all               

6   fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for                

7   deposit into the land and water management permit fee fund                  

8   created in section 30113.