Section 324.8703 - Definitions; E to M.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994
324.8703 Definitions; E to M.
Sec. 8703.
(1) “Envelope monitoring” means monitoring of groundwater in areas adjacent to properties where groundwater is contaminated to determine the concentration and spatial distribution of the contaminant in the aquifer.
(2) “Fertilizer” means a fertilizer as defined in part 85.
(3) “Fund” means the freshwater protection fund created in section 8716.
(4) “General screening” means monitoring of groundwater for the purpose of determining the presence and concentration of analytes.
(5) “Groundwater” means underground water within the zone of saturation.
(6) “Groundwater advisory council” means the groundwater advisory council established in section 8708.
(7) “Groundwater impact potential” means the potential for contamination of groundwater as a result of pesticide or nitrogen fertilizer use.
(8) “Groundwater protection rule” means a groundwater protection rule promulgated under part 83 or part 85, or both.
(9) “Groundwater resource protection level” means a maximum contaminant level, health advisory level, or, if the United States environmental protection agency has not established a maximum contaminant level or a health advisory level, a level established by the director of public health using a risk assessment protocol established by rule under this part.
(10) “Groundwater resource response level” means 20% of the groundwater resource protection level. In cases where 20% of the groundwater resource protection level is less than the method detection limit, the method detection limit shall serve as the groundwater resource response level.
(11) “Groundwater stewardship practices” means any of a set of voluntary practices adopted by the commission of agriculture pursuant to section 8707 and designed to protect groundwater from contamination by pesticides and fertilizers.
(12) “Maximum contaminant level” means that term as it is defined in title XIV of the public health service act, chapter 373, 88 Stat. 1660, and regulations promulgated under that act.
(13) “Method detection limit” means the minimum concentration of a substance that can be measured and reported with 99% confidence that the analyte concentration is greater than 0 and is determined from analysis of a sample in a given matrix that contains the analyte.
(14) “Monitoring” means sampling and analysis to determine the levels of pesticides or their breakdown products; fertilizers or their residues; or other analytes as determined by the director.
History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 61, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA