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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, 517-373-1170.

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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) 373-1170

31-00-04 

Processing Low Flow Requests

 9/15/2000

WRD
(517) 373-1170

31-05-01 

Part 31 Authority on the Great Lakes Connecting Channels

 3/14/2005

WRD
(517) 373-1170

31-05-02 

Fences in Floodplains

 9/15/2005

WRD
(517) 373-1170

31-95-02 

Processing Flood Discharge Requests

 1/20/1995

WRD
(517) 373-1170

31-99-07 

Making Streamflow Measurements

 11/1/1999

WRD
(517) 373-1170

301-06-02 

Lake Level Augmentation Projects

 10/16/2006

WRD
(517) 373-1170

301-31-98-02 

Culvert or Bridge Extensions

 8/11/1999

WRD
(517) 373-1170

301-303-05-01 

Expedited Permit Application Process

 12/1/2005

WRD
(517) 373-1170

301-303-06-01 

Water Withdrawals

 4/18/2006

WRD
(517) 373-1170

303-00-01 

Modification of Conservation Easements under Part 303

 1/10/2000

WRD
(517) 373-1170

303-05-03 

Permit Exemptions under Part 303, Wetlands Protection

 2/24/2005

WRD
(517) 373-1170

303-06-01 

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

 4/18/2006

WRD
(517) 373-1170

323-07-01 

Permit Duration under Part 323, Shorelands Protection and Management

 11/29/2007

WRD
(517) 373-1170

323-95-01 

Determination of Readily Moveable Structure

 12/19/1994

WRD
(517) 373-1170

323-95-03 

High Risk Erosion Area Permit Review for Structures on High Bluffs

 9/28/1995

WRD
(517) 373-1170

323-96-03 

Review and Comment on Permit Applications within and Surrounding Environmental Areas

 10/17/1996

WRD
(517) 373-1170

323-96-04 

Placement, Documentation, and Recording of Environmental Area Boundaries

 9/4/1997

WRD
(517) 373-1170

323-97-02 

Conducting and Recording Resource Information for Proposed and Existing Environmental Areas

 9/2/1997

WRD
(517) 373-1170

353-09-01 

Simplified Application Review Process for Critical Dune Projects with Minimal Impacts

 2/5/2009

WRD
(517) 373-1170

353-09-02 

Activities Not Constituting a Use under Part 353

 7/31/2009

WRD
(517) 373-1170

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) 373-1170

353-96-01 

Measuring Slopes under Sand Dune Protection Program

 10/17/1996

WRD
(517) 373-1170

353-98-01 

Determining Whether a Parcel is in a Designated Critical Dune Area

 9/28/1998

WRD
(517) 373-1170

325-02-01 

Review of Applications for Construction of Groins

 8/20/2002

WRD
(517) 373-1170

325-06-01 

Dredging and Sidecasting in the Great Lakes

 7/18/2006

WRD
(517) 373-1170

325-06-02 

Landward Limit of Part 325 Permitting Authority

 6/10/2006

WRD
(517) 373-1170

 


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