10 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

WATER RESOURCES DIVISION

 

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Water Resources Division, will conduct a public hearing on a proposed administrative rule promulgated pursuant to Part 761, Aboriginal Records and Antiquities, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended (Act 451); R 299.6013.  This rule is the legal description for the proposed West Michigan Great Lakes Bottomland Preserve which will designate a new bottomland preserve on state-owned, public trust bottomlands of Lake Michigan pursuant to Part 761.  The rule would designate an area of state-owned Great Lakes bottomlands as an "underwater museum" recognizing those shipwrecks as unique, irreplaceable remnants of Michigan's maritime history.

 

The public hearing will be held on December 5, 2011 at 7:00 pm, at Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum, 1346 Bluff Street, Muskegon, MI.

 

Copies of the proposed rules (ORR 2011-011 EQ) can also be downloaded from the Internet through the Office of Regulatory Reinvention at http://www.michigan.gov/orr.  Copies of the rules may also be obtained by contacting the Lansing office at:

 

Water Resources Division

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 30458 Lansing, Michigan 48909-7958

Phone:  [phone]

Fax:  [phone]

Attention: Tom Graf

E-Mail:  [e-mail]

 

All interested persons are invited to attend and present their views. It is requested that all statements be submitted in writing for the hearing record.  Anyone unable to attend may submit comments in writing to the address above.  Written comments must be received by Thursday December 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm.

 

Persons needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Water Resources Division at [phone]one week in advance to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance.

 

This notice of public hearing is given in accordance with Sections 41 and 42 of Michigan’s Administrative Procedures Act, 1969 PA 306, as amended, being Sections 24.241 and 24.242 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  Administration of the rules is by authority conferred on the Director of the DEQ by Section 76111 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.76111 and Executive Order 1995-18 as amended by Executive Order 2011-1.  These rules will become effective immediately after filing with the Secretary of State.