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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.301 (2026)

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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT


Act 451 of 1994


324.301 Definitions.

Sec. 301.

    Except as otherwise defined in this act, as used in this act:

    (a) "Commission" means the commission of natural resources.

    (b) "Department" means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument.

    (c) "Department of natural resources" means the principal state department created in section 501.

    (d) "Director" means the director of the department of natural resources.

    (e) "Local unit of government" or "local unit" means a municipality or county.

    (f) "Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund" means the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund established in section 40 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 and provided for in section 2002.

    (g) "Municipality" means a city, village, or township.

    (h) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

    (i) "Public domain" means all land owned by this state or land deeded to this state under state law.

    (j) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018

Compiler's Notes:

    Enacting section 2 of Act 587 of 2004 provides:

    "Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Joint Resolution Z of the 92nd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963."

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 1999–2019 · leading case: Tennine Corp. v. Boardwalk Com., LLC, 315 Mich. App. 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
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Tennine Corp. v. Boardwalk Com., LLC, 315 Mich. App. 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” MCL 324.301(h) (emphasis added). The circuit court has jurisdiction to remedy the NREPA violation, and the remedies include granting injunctive relief, imposing civil fines, and ordering the action necessary to correct the violation.”
Burt Twp. v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 593 N.W.2d 534 (Mich. 1999). · cites it 2× “" MCL 324.301(h); MSA 13A.301(h). [1] As might be gathered from this, I believe it more correct to analyze the issues in this order than the order in which the majority reviews them.”
Dep't of Env't Quality v. Worth Twp., 814 N.W.2d 646 (Mich. 2012). · cites it 2× “3109(1)(a) provides that a person violates part 31 if the person “directly or indirectly discharge[s] into the waters of the state a substance that is or may become injurious to .”
City of Romulus v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 678 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “” MCL 324.301(b). However, Executive Order No.”
Alcona Cnty. v. Wolverine Env't Prod., Inc., 590 N.W.2d 586 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). “MCL 324.301(b); MSA 13A.301(b). 2 During the pendency of this case, the Department of Natural Resources was divided into two separate organizations: the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality.”
Wolverine Power Supply Coop., Inc v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 777 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “25 MCL 324.301(b). 26 MCL 324.99903, compiling Executive Reorganization Order 1995-16.”
Bingham Twp. v. RLTD R.R., 624 N.W.2d 725 (Mich. 2001). “MCL 324.301(a); MSA 13A.301(a). 14 MCL 324.”
Dep't of Env't Quality v. Worth Twp., 808 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “MCL 324.301(h). It is MCL 324.3109(1), not MCL 324.”
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., 684 N.W.2d 800 (Mich. 2004). · cites it 2× “MCL 324.301(g) of the act defines "person" as "an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
City of Brighton v. Twp. of Hamburg, 677 N.W.2d 349 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “5 Under MCL 324.301(g), “ ‘Person’ means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
Mich. Bear Hunters Ass'n, Inc. v. Mich. Nat. Res. Com'n, 746 N.W.2d 320 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). “" [7] MCL 324.301(h) defines "person," as used in the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, as "an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
Michigan Bear Hunters Ass'n v. Nat. Resources Comm'n, 277 Mich. App. 512 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “” MCL 324.301(h) defines “person,” as used in the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, as “an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.301(a) — 1 case
Bingham Twp. v. RLTD R.R., 624 N.W.2d 725 (Mich. 2001). “MCL 324.301(a); MSA 13A.301(a). 14 MCL 324.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.301(b) — 4 cases
City of Romulus v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 678 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “” MCL 324.301(b). However, Executive Order No.”
Alcona Cnty. v. Wolverine Env't Prod., Inc., 590 N.W.2d 586 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). “MCL 324.301(b); MSA 13A.301(b). 2 During the pendency of this case, the Department of Natural Resources was divided into two separate organizations: the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality.”
Wolverine Power Supply Coop., Inc v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 777 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “25 MCL 324.301(b). 26 MCL 324.99903, compiling Executive Reorganization Order 1995-16.”
Gregory D Groninger v. Dep't of Env't Quality (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.301(g) — 2 cases
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., 684 N.W.2d 800 (Mich. 2004). “MCL 324.301(g) of the act defines "person" as "an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
City of Brighton v. Twp. of Hamburg, 677 N.W.2d 349 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “5 Under MCL 324.301(g), “ ‘Person’ means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.301(h) — 6 cases
Tennine Corp. v. Boardwalk Com., LLC, 315 Mich. App. 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “” MCL 324.301(h) (emphasis added). The circuit court has jurisdiction to remedy the NREPA violation, and the remedies include granting injunctive relief, imposing civil fines, and ordering the action necessary to correct the violation.”
Burt Twp. v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 593 N.W.2d 534 (Mich. 1999). “" MCL 324.301(h); MSA 13A.301(h). [1] As might be gathered from this, I believe it more correct to analyze the issues in this order than the order in which the majority reviews them.”
Dep't of Env't Quality v. Worth Twp., 814 N.W.2d 646 (Mich. 2012). “3109(1)(a) provides that a person violates part 31 if the person “directly or indirectly discharge[s] into the waters of the state a substance that is or may become injurious to .”
Dep't of Env't Quality v. Worth Twp., 808 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “MCL 324.301(h). It is MCL 324.3109(1), not MCL 324.”
Mich. Bear Hunters Ass'n, Inc. v. Mich. Nat. Res. Com'n, 746 N.W.2d 320 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). “" [7] MCL 324.301(h) defines "person," as used in the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, as "an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.”
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