Section 324.21302 - Definitions; B to L.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994
324.21302 Definitions; B to L.
Sec. 21302.
As used in this part:
(a) “Biota” means the plant and animal life in an area affected by a corrective action plan.
(b) “Consultant” means a person on the list of qualified underground storage tank consultants prepared pursuant to section 21542.
(c) “Contamination” means the presence of a regulated substance in soil or groundwater.
(d) “Corrective action” means the investigation, assessment, cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, treatment, or monitoring of regulated substances released into the environment, or the taking of such other actions as may be necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate injury to the public health, safety, or welfare, the environment, or natural resources.
(e) “De minimis spill” means a spill of petroleum as that term is described in section 21303(d)(ii) that contaminates not more than 20 cubic yards of soil per underground storage tank or 50 cubic yards of soil per location, in which groundwater has not been affected by the spill, and which is abated pursuant to section 21306.
(f) “Free product” means a regulated substance in a liquid phase equal to or greater than 1/8 inch of measurable thickness, that is not dissolved in water, and that has been released into the environment.
(g) “Groundwater” means water below the land surface in the zone of saturation.
(h) “Heating oil” means petroleum that is no. 1, no. 2, no. 4-light, no. 4-heavy, no. 5-light, no. 5-heavy, and no. 6 technical grades of fuel oil; other residual fuel oils including navy special fuel oil and bunker c; and other fuels when used as substitutes for 1 of these fuel oils. Heating oil is typically used in the operation of heating equipment, boilers, or furnaces.
(i) “Local unit of government” means a city, village, township, county, fire department, or local health department as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.1105 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA