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) "Farm" means that term as it is defined in section 2 of the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.
(3) "Farmer" means a person who owns or operates a farm.
(4) "Fertilizer" means a fertilizer as defined in part 85.
(5) "Fund" means the freshwater protection fund created in section 8716.
(6) "General screening" means monitoring of groundwater for the purpose of determining the presence and concentration of analytes.
(7) "Groundwater" means underground water within the zone of saturation.
(8) "MAEAP" or "Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program" means the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program provided for in section 8710.
(9) "MAEAP standards" means all of the following as adopted by the commission of agriculture and rural development for the purpose of implementing the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program:
(a) Conservation practices.
(b) Site-specific nutrient management plan requirements.
(c) Emergency protocols.
(d) Completed environmental risk and benefit assessments.
(e) United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service practice standards.
(f) Generally accepted agricultural and management practices developed under the right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.471 to 286.474.
(g) Other standards considered appropriate by the director.
(10) "MAEAP-verified farm" means a farm determined by the department as meeting applicable MAEAP standards through an on-site evaluation.
(11) "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.
(12) "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.
(13) "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 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 46, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2013 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 118, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA