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    The Water Resources Division (WRD) protects and monitors Michigan's waters - swimmable, fishable, fish safe to eat, and healthy aquatic ecosystems. 

    Please send any comments or suggestions to: WRD, P.O. Box 30458, Lansing, MI, 48909-7958, 517-284-5567.

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    This page can be accessed as www.michigan.gov/wrd.

     


    DEQ is developing a summary of current operating procedures.   The operating procedures that WRD is reviewing, and possibly updating, are temporarily listed below.

    Water Resources Division
    ID# Policy Description Effective Contact

    31-00-01

    Compensating Cut for Fill in Floodplains

    8/8/2000

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    31-00-04 

    Processing Low Flow Requests

     9/15/2000

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    31-05-01 

    Part 31 Authority on the Great Lakes Connecting Channels

     3/14/2005

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    31-05-02 

    Fences in Floodplains

     9/15/2005

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    31-95-02 

    Processing Flood Discharge Requests

     1/20/1995

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    31-99-07 

    Making Streamflow Measurements

     11/1/1999

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    301-06-02 

    Lake Level Augmentation Projects

     10/16/2006

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    301-31-98-02 

    Culvert or Bridge Extensions

     8/11/1999

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    301-303-05-01 

    Expedited Permit Application Process

     12/1/2005

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    301-303-06-01 

    Water Withdrawals

     4/18/2006

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    303-00-01 

    Modification of Conservation Easements under Part 303

     1/10/2000

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    303-05-03 

    Permit Exemptions under Part 303, Wetlands Protection

     2/24/2005

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    303-06-01 

    Contiguous Wetlands, Open Water, Stream Enclosures and Relocations, and Barriers in 5-Acre Wetlands

     4/18/2006

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    323-95-01 

    Determination of Readily Moveable Structure

     12/19/1994

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    323-95-03 

    High Risk Erosion Area Permit Review for Structures on High Bluffs

     9/28/1995

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    323-96-03 

    Review and Comment on Permit Applications within and Surrounding Environmental Areas

     10/17/1996

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    323-96-04 

    Placement, Documentation, and Recording of Environmental Area Boundaries

     9/4/1997

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    323-97-02 

    Conducting and Recording Resource Information for Proposed and Existing Environmental Areas

     9/2/1997

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    353-09-01 

    Simplified Application Review Process for Critical Dune Projects with Minimal Impacts

     2/5/2009

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    353-09-02 

    Activities Not Constituting a Use under Part 353

     7/31/2009

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    353-95-02 

    Review of Shore Protection Structure under Sand Dune Protection and Management, Part 353 of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451

     12/25/1995

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    353-96-01 

    Measuring Slopes under Sand Dune Protection Program

     10/17/1996

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    353-98-01 

    Determining Whether a Parcel is in a Designated Critical Dune Area

     9/28/1998

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    325-02-01 

    Review of Applications for Construction of Groins

     8/20/2002

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    325-06-01 

    Dredging and Sidecasting in the Great Lakes

     7/18/2006

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

    325-06-02 

    Landward Limit of Part 325 Permitting Authority

     6/10/2006

    WRD
    (517) 284-5567

     


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