Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61504 (2026)
Waste prohibited.
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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
Act 451 of 1994
324.61504 Waste prohibited.
Sec. 61504.
A person shall not commit waste in the exploration for or in the development, production, handling, or use of oil or gas, or in the handling of any product of oil or gas.
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
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Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2009 · leading case: Rorke v. Savoy Energy, LP, 677 N.W.2d 45 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
Rorke v. Savoy Energy, LP, 677 N.W.2d 45 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “61502, MCL 324.61504, and MCL 324.61505, which the Legislature has defined as, inter alia, drilling unnecessary wells, see MCL 324.”
Anglers of AuSable, Inc. v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 770 N.W.2d 359 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “from inefficient storage or handling of oil,” MCL 324.61504(q)(ii)(A). 9 Defendants point out that because the DEQ used the spill clean-up criteria and definition of petroleum in part 201 in its administration of part 615, the corrective action plan constituted a “response…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61504(q)(ii)(A) — 1 case
Anglers of AuSable, Inc. v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 770 N.W.2d 359 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “from inefficient storage or handling of oil,” MCL 324.61504(q)(ii)(A). 9 Defendants point out that because the DEQ used the spill clean-up criteria and definition of petroleum in part 201 in its administration of part 615, the corrective action plan constituted a “response…”
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