Section 324.3116 - Construction of part. - Michigan Statutes

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994

324.3116 Construction of part.

Sec. 3116.

This part does not repeal any law governing the pollution of lakes and streams, but shall be held and construed as ancillary to and supplementing the other laws and in addition to the laws now in force, except as a law may be in direct conflict with this part. This part does not apply to copper or iron mining operations, whereby such operations result in the placement, removal, use, or processing of copper or iron mineral tailings or copper or iron mineral deposits from such operations being placed in inland waters on bottomlands owned by or under the control of the mining company and only water which may contain a minimal amount of residue as determined by the department resulting from such placement, removal, use, or processing being allowed or permitted to escape into public waters. This part does not apply to the discharge of water from underground iron or copper mining operations subject to a determination by the department.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA