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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
GREAT LAKES BOTTOMLANDS PRESERVES
Filed with the Secretary of State on September 13, 2012
These rules become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under sections 33, 44, 45a(6), or 48 of 1969 PA 306. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
(By authority conferred on the director of the department of environmental quality by section 76111 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.76111 and Executive Reorganization Order Numbers 1995-16, MCL
324.99903, 2009-31, MCL 324.99919 and 2011-1, MCL 324. 99921)
R 299.6013 is added to the Michigan Administrative Code as follows:
R 299.6013 West Michigan Great Lakes state bottomland preserve; establishment.
Rule 13. (1) The following described area is established as the West Michigan Great Lakes state bottomland preserve:
(a) An area of Lake Michigan bottomlands including the water surface described as: beginning north of the Big Sable Lighthouse at a point on the shoreline N44° 04.900’ / W086° 29.430’ and following the natural ordinary high-water mark southerly to a point on the shoreline N42° 50.017’ / W086° 12.683’, thence due west 4 statute miles, thence northerly parallel to the natural ordinary high-water mark to a point 4 statute miles due west of said shoreline point N44° 04.900’ / W086° 29.430’, thence due east 4 statute miles to the point of beginning, containing 345 square miles, more or less.
