Permits for Water-Related Activities

 

Activity Permit Needed Permitting Agency
To alter or occupy a river channel, stream bed, county drain, or floodplain. (All developments and structures, including bridges and culverts) Act 336, Inland Lake and Stream Protection Act, Floodplain permits and/or approval of county drain commissioner or road commission

MDNR (517) 625-4600
(Perry district)

MDNR (517) 373-0208

County drain commissioner
(810) 732-7870 or Road
commission (810) 767-4920

To build a pond

In wetlands: Act 203, wetland permit or local permit

Impoundments: Dam Construction permit

Excavated: DNR and/or
local ordinances

MDNR (517) 373-9244
(Permit consolidation)

Natural Resource Cons. Service (810) 230-8780 (Flint office).

County or local government

To use herbicides or algicides in a lake or pond Aquatic Plant Control Permit may be required MDNR (517) 373-8000
To treat for swimmer's itch Permit may be required MDNR (517) 373-8000
To use rotenone to remove unwanted fish populations Water Quality Standards, Rule 97, permit may be required MDNR (517) 373-2190
To discharge wastes into lakes, ponds, or streams from a business, a treatment plant, or an aquaculture facility. Pollution Discharge Permit required MDNR (517) 373-1949
To form a lake or stream association Certain petitions and formal procedures are required Michigan Lakes and
Streams Associations
(616) 273-8200
To construct major developments near bodies of water which may have significant impact on the environment or quality of human life. Environmental impact statement may be requested by local government or citizens MDNR (517) 625-4600

Council on Environmental
Quality (517) 335-8350
To form a Lake or Stream Assessment District or Watershed Council Certain petitions and formal procedures are required, no permits Water Resources Commission
To build a septic system Septic system permit County Health Department (810) 257-3603
To expose 1 or more acres of bare earth, or earth within 500 ft. of water Act 347, Soil Erosion Sedimentation Control Permit County or local enforcement agent: (810) 230-8780
To fill drain or dredge wetlands Act 203, wetland permit and/or local permits MDNR (517) 373-9244; local governments
To dredge, fill, add beach sand or build a permanent dock, sea-wall, or wood barrier in or within the high water mark of a natural or man-made lake, pond river, or stream including major drains Act 346, State Inland Lakes and Streams Permit Section 10, Federal Rivers and Harbors Act, and Section 404 Federal Clean Waters Act. MDNR (517) 373-1170
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (810) 226-6812
To add a temporary dock (summer season) No permit required
To build in environmental areas, high risk erosions areas, or flood risk areas in close proximity to the shoreline of the Great Lakes or connecting waterway (100 ft. land-ward of the ordinary high water mark) State approval in designated areas required, except when local government zoning
ordinances have been approved by the Water
Resources Commission.		 For further information:
(517) 373-1950
To construct a new dam; reconstruct failed dam; repair, alter, abandon, or remove an existing dam Permit required from MDNR For further information:
(517) 373-0208

 

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It is maintained at the Flint Public Library
It was last updated on April 17, 1997.

 



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