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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION GREAT LAKES BOTTOMLANDS PRESERVES
Filed with the Secretary of State on
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 department of environmental quality by section 76111 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.76111.)
Draft May 10, 2007
R299.6012 is added to the Michigan Administrative Code as follows:
R 299.6012 Grand Traverse Bay Great Lakes state bottomland preserve; establishment.
Rule 12. (1) The following described area is established as the Grand Traverse Bay Great Lakes state bottomland preserve:
An area of Lake Michigan bottomlands including the water surface described as: beginning at the point where the northernmost portion of Cathead Point, Leelanau County intersects the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) of Lake Michigan (approximately 45°11'15"N, -85°37'04"W), thence northeasterly to a point in Lake Michigan lying at 45°13'54N, -85°33'14"W (north of Lighthouse Point, Leelanau County) thence proceeding easterly along latitude line 45°13'54"N until it intersects the OHWM in Charlevoix County (approximately 45°13'54"N, -85°23'19"W, north of Norwood), thence along the OHWM of Grand Traverse Bay generally southerly, westerly, and northerly, to the point of beginning, including all of the West and East arm of Grand Traverse Bay, excluding all islands above the ordinary high waterline of Lake Michigan and previously conveyed areas, containing 295 square miles, more or less.
