Michigan Administrative Code

R 400.8840 Swimming activity area. Rule 840. (1) All swimming areas must be maintained in a clean and safe condition. (2) A public pool used for swimming must be inspected by the local health department and issued a license by the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energ…

R 324.8901 Purpose. Rule 1. These rules govern the establishment of contracts for the expenditure of money in the clean water fund to implement the programs described in the department's document entitled "A Strategic Environmental Quality Monitoring Program for Michigan's Surfac…

R 324.8902 Definitions; A to C. Rule 2. As used in these rules: (a) "Abandoned well" means any of the following which presents a threat to the groundwater resource and which no longer serves the purpose for which it was intended or has been taken out of service: (i) A water well.…

R 324.8903 Definitions; D to G. Rule 3. As used in these rules: (a) "Department" means the director of the department of environmental quality or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. (b) "Designated uses" means a use of the wat…

R 324.8904 Definitions; H to N. Rule 4. As used in these rules: (a) "High quality waters" means any of the following: (i) Wild and scenic rivers designated under the federal wild and scenic rivers act of 1991, Public Law 102-249, 16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq. (ii) River reaches designat…

R 324.8905 Definitions; P to S. Rule 5. As used in these rules: (a) "Partner" means any individual or entity that participates in a project. Page 5 Courtesy of www.michigan.gov/orr (b) "Procurement" means the acquisition of goods, services, or both by the department in accordance…

R 324.8906 Definitions; U to Z. Rule 6. As used in these rules: (a) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture. (b) "US EPA" means the United States environmental protection agency. (c) "Vendor" means the recipient of funds made available by the department through p…

R 324.8907 Clean water fund activities. Rule 7. (1) The director may award grants in accordance with R 324.8909 and enter into contracts for any of the following activities: (a) Implementing portions of the surface water monitoring strategy. (b) Providing state match to establish…

R 324.8908 Eligibility for funds. Rule 8. (1) For-profit entities, local units of government, and nonprofit entities are eligible to be selected as vendors. (2) Only local units of government and nonprofit entities are eligible for grants. (3) In addition to the requirement of su…

R 324.8909 Application and process for grants. Rule 9. (1) The department shall issue a request for proposals each fiscal year in which clean water fund funding is available for grants. (2) Requests for proposals shall include all of the following information: (a) Instructions an…

R 324.8910 Project selection. Rule 10. In selecting projects for grants awarded through a request for proposals process, the department shall consider all of the following as they relate to a project: (a) The anticipated benefits of the project in relation to the costs. (b) The a…

R 324.8911 Grant reporting and reimbursement. Rule 11. (1) During the period of the grant, surface water grantees shall submit status reports to the department at a frequency consistent with their contract and in a format specified by the department. A status report shall include…

R 324.8912 Match requirements for grants. Rule 12. (1) A grantee shall contribute match funds according to the following: (a) A grantee who receives grant funds under any of the following activities shall contribute not less than 25% of the project's total cost as match: (i) R 32…

R 324.8913 Approvable watershed management plans. Rule 13. (1) A local unit of government or a nonprofit entity may submit a watershed management plan to the department for approval under these rules. (2) A watershed plan submitted to the department for approval under this rule s…

R 324.8914 Quality assurance for monitoring activities. Rule 14. (1) Before carrying out any monitoring activities, the grantee or vendor shall submit a QAPP for departmental approval. (2) The QAPP shall address applicable objectives for environmental data accuracy, precision, co…

R 324.8915 Conservation reserve enhancement program. Rule 15. (1) The department of environmental quality shall not use more than $5,000,000.00 from the fund to provide state contribution for the establishment and implementation of the conservation reserve enhancement program. (2…

R 324.8916 Activities eligible for abandoned well management grants. Rule 16. (1) The following abandoned well management activities are eligible for funding: (a) Preparation of proposals, narratives, financial statements, and reports related to abandoned well management, as requ…

R 324.8919 Availability of documents. Rule 19. The following documents are available for inspection electronically, and a single copy may be obtained at no cost, at the Lansing office of the department of environmental quality, P.O. Box 30273, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7773: (a) "A…

R 324.8920 Adoption of standards by reference. Rule 20. The following standards are adopted by reference in these rules and are available for inspection electronically, and at the Lansing office of the department of environmental quality, where they may be obtained as indicated: …

R 408.9002 Definitions; A to I. Rule 2. (1) As used in these rules: (a) "Act" means 1978 PA 390, MCL 408.471 to 408.490, and known as the payment of wages and fringe benefits act. (b) "Complainant" means an employee who submits a written complaint alleging a violation of the act …

R 460.9002 Adoption by reference of federal standards. Rule 1. (1) The federal uniform system of accounts for major and nonmajor electric utilities promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and codified at 18 CFR part 101 and by Volume 88, Federal Register, Number 1…

R 460.9003 Adoption by reference of federal standards. Rule 1. (1) The federal uniform system of accounts for rural utilities service electric borrowers promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture and codified at 7 CFR 1767, as amended through January 1, 2024, is a…

R 408.9005 Payment of fringe benefits on termination. Rule 5. An employer shall pay fringe benefits due an employee at termination on the regularly scheduled payday for the period in which the termination occurs, unless otherwise specified in the terms of a written contract or wr…

R 338.9005 Record of examination required; maintenance; content. Rule 5. An examiner shall, in the case of every polygraph examination administered by him or her, create and maintain a record for not less than 5 years. Such record shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following…

R 408.9009 Signed authorization; maintenance. Rule 9. An employer shall maintain signed authorizations in the employment records. History: 1982 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS. R 408.9010 Rescinded. History: 1982 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS. R 408.9011 Rescinded. History: 1982 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS…

R 408.9012 Statement of hours worked and pay earned; records. Rule 12. (1) An employer shall furnish each employee with a statement of the information required by section 9(2) of the act in a retainable form. (2) The employment records for each employee shall include total daily …

R 338.9013 Examiner licensure. Rule 13. An application for licensure shall be made on a form furnished by the department of licensing and regulation. History: 1983 AACS; 2014 AACS.

R 408.9018 Filing date. Rule 18. The filing date of a complaint is the date the complaint form or other written complaint is received by the department. History: 1982 AACS.

R 408.9019 Acceptance of complaints by department. Rule 19. The department shall accept a complaint form or other written statement received by the department from an employee for work performed in Michigan which provides all of the following: (a) Name and address of complainant.…

R 460.9019 Rescission. Rule 19. The uniform system of accounts for electric utilities, being R 460.3000 to R 460.5977 of the Michigan Administrative Code and appearing on pages 1535 to 1772 of the 1960 Annual Supplement to the Code and pages 3399 to 3403 of the 1964- 65 Annual Su…

R 460.9022 Adoption by reference of federal standards. Rule 1. (1) The federal uniform system of accounts for major and nonmajor gas utilities promulgated by the United States federal energy regulatory commission and codified at 18 CFR Part 201, as amended through Apri1 1, 2010, …

R 408.9026 Settlement agreement. Rule 26. (1) A complaint may be informally resolved by a written settlement agreement that specifies all of the following: (a) The amount of payment agreed to. (b) The terms of payment agreed to. (c) The date payment is due. (d) A waiver of all ri…

R 408.9027 Withdrawal of complaints; request to cease enforcement of order. Rule 27. (1) A person who has filed a complaint with the department may withdraw the complaint at any time before issuance of a departmental determination. (2) At any time after a departmental determinati…

R 408.9030 Appeal of department determination . Rule 30. (1) The 14-day period within which an appeal of a departmental determination may be filed excludes the date of the determination. The calendar day that the appeal is due is included. If the last day of the 14-day period is …

R 408.9033 Assessment of penalties; civil penalty. Rule 33 (1) A civil penalty assessed under this rule shall not be more than $1,000.00. (2) An employer who violates section 2 to 8 or section 10 of the act shall be assessed a civil penalty of 50% of the amount of wages and fring…

R 408.9034 Assessment of exemplary damages. Rule 34. (1) The department shall order an employer who has violated section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 of the act to pay exemplary damages to the employee in either of the following situations: (a) If the employer was previously found to h…

R 408.9035 Payment of wages by payroll debit card; conditions. Rule 35. Pursuant to section 6 of the act, an employer or agent of an employer may use a payroll debit card to pay wages to an employee, if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The employee can obtain pa…

R 408.9036 Lack of jurisdiction. Rule 36. The following complaints shall be dismissed: (a) A complaint alleging violation of sections 2 to 10 and 13a of the act, if the filing date is more than 12 months after the date the violation is alleged to have occurred. (b) An employee di…

R 325.9050 Registry. Rule 9050. (1) The department shall establish a registry to record cases of cancer and other specified tumorous and precancerous diseases that occur in the state. The registry shall include information concerning these cases as the department considers necess…

R 325.9051 Definitions. Rule 9051. As used in these rules: (a) "Primary brain-related tumor" means a primary tumor, whether malignant or benign, of the brain, meninges, spinal cord, cauda equina, a cranial nerve or nerves, or any part of the central nervous system or of the pitui…

R 325.9052 Reportable diagnoses. Rule 9052. (1) Cancer diagnoses, diagnoses of benign brain-related tumors, and any tumorous and precancerous diseases otherwise required to be reported by state or federal law shall be reported to the department in a manner consistent with these r…

R 325.9053 Quality assurance. Rule 3. (1) For the purpose of assuring the quality of submitted data, each reporting entity shall allow the department to inspect such parts of a patient's medical records as are necessary to verify the accuracy of submitted data. (2) A reporting en…

R 325.9054 Confidentiality of reports. Rule 4. (1) The department shall maintain the confidentiality of all reports of cancer submitted to the department and shall not release such reports, or any information which, because of name, identifying number, mark, or description, can b…

R 325.9055 Scientific advisory panel; release of information for research. Rule 5. (1) The director of the department shall appoint a scientific advisory panel of not less than 3 scientists to review research proposals whereby a release of information maintained by the department…

R 325.9056 Exchange of records. Rule 6. The department, by agreement, may transmit transcripts or copies of reports of cancer diagnoses to state or national cancer registries when the reports relate to residents of other states or countries. The agreement shall require that the t…

R 325.9071 Definitions. Rule 1. (1) As used in these rules: (a) "Birth defect" means an abnormality of the body's structure or inherent function present at birth, whether the abnormality is detected in utero at the time of delivery or becomes apparent at a later date. (b) "Birth …

R 325.9072 Reportable birth defects. Rule 2. (1) Reportable birth defects are those birth defects identified in the following list of medical conditions: (a) Congenital anomalies of the central nervous system. (b) Congenital anomalies of the eye. (c) Congenital anomalies of the e…