Mich. Admin. Code R. 324.8903

Current through Vol. 24-22, December 15, 2024
Section R. 324.8903 - Definitions; D to G

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:
(i) Industrial, agricultural, and public water supply.
(ii) Recreation.
(iii) Warmwater and coldwater fisheries, other aquatic life and wildlife.
(iv) Navigation.
(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.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 324.8903

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