5 rules for unincorporated Saginaw County, Michigan.
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Construction disturbing one acre or more in Saginaw County needs NPDES construction stormwater coverage from EGLE before work starts. The City of Saginaw runs a permitted MS4 storm sewer system draining to the Saginaw River.
Michigan's Part 91 requires a soil erosion permit before any earth change disturbing one acre or more, or within 500 feet of a lake or stream. Saginaw County administers the program and issues local permits.
MCL § 324.9112(1), NREPA Part 91
A person shall not maintain or undertake an earth change governed by this part, the rules promulgated under this part, or an applicable local ordinance, except in accordance with this part and the rules promulgated under this part or with the applicable local ordinance, and except as authorized by a permit issued by the appropriate county enforcing agency or municipal enforcing agency pursuant ...
Saginaw County fronts Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron, not an ocean. Work on Great Lakes bottomlands needs an EGLE Part 325 permit, and filling or draining a wetland needs a Part 303 permit. The Saginaw River and Bay are a federal Area of Concern.
MCL § 324.30304, NREPA Part 303 (Wetlands Protection)
Except as otherwise provided in this part or by a permit issued by the department under this part and pursuant to part 13, a person shall not do any of the following: (a) Deposit or permit the placing of fill material in a wetland. (b) Dredge, remove, or permit the removal of soil or minerals from a wetland. (c) Construct, operate, or maintain any use or development in a wetland. (d) Drain surf...
Saginaw County sits in the Saginaw River floodplain and floods recurrently. Communities enforce FEMA floodplain standards through the National Flood Insurance Program, and EGLE issues state floodplain occupation permits under NREPA Part 31.
Michigan has no statewide grading permit. In Saginaw County, earthwork disturbing one acre triggers a Part 91 soil erosion permit, and the county drain system, run under the Michigan Drain Code, governs how farmland and lots drain.
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