March 1, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Kolb, Bieda, Anderson, Accavitti, Miller, Leland, Brandenburg, Farrah, Gaffney, Stewart, Wojno, David Law, Zelenko, Donigan, Polidori, Hopgood, Lemmons, Jr., Lipsey, Vagnozzi, Kathleen Law, Tobocman, Virgil Smith, Gonzales, Condino, Plakas and Lemmons, III and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending section 32708 (MCL 324.32708), as amended by 2003 PA
148.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
32708. (1) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of
the
2003 amendatory act that amended this section Except
as
provided in subsection (2), the owner of a farm described in
section 32705(1)(c) who makes a withdrawal for an agricultural
purpose, including irrigation for an agricultural purpose, may
register the farm address and report the water use on the farm by
annually submitting to the department of agriculture a water use
conservation plan. The water use conservation plan shall include,
but need not be limited to, all of the following information:
(a) The amount and rate of water withdrawn on an annual and
monthly basis in either gallons or acre inches.
(b) The type of crop irrigated, if applicable.
(c) The acreage of each irrigated crop, if applicable.
(d) The source or sources of the water supply.
(e) If the water withdrawn is not used entirely for
irrigation, the use or uses of the water withdrawn.
(f) If the source of water withdrawn is groundwater, the
static water level of the aquifer or aquifers.
(g) Applicable water conservation practices and an
implementation plan for those practices.
(2) This section does not apply to a large CAFO as defined in
section 8603. A large CAFO required to register under section 32705
shall file a report annually in compliance with section 32707.
(3) (2)
The department and the department
of agriculture in
consultation with Michigan state university shall validate and use
a formula or model to estimate the consumptive use of withdrawals
made for agricultural purposes consistent with the objectives of
section 32707.
(4) (3)
The department of agriculture
shall use utilize
water use conservation plan information received under subsection
(1)
to determine an estimate of water use and consumptive
use
data for each township in the state. The department of agriculture
shall forward the township water use and consumptive use data to
the department for inclusion in the statewide groundwater inventory
and map prepared under section 32802.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5801(request no.
01066'05).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5803(request no.
01074'05).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5802(request no.
01075'05).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5807(request no.
02008'05).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5808(request no.
02009'05).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5806(request no.
02010'05).
(g) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5804(request no.
02011'05).
(h) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5805(request no.
02032'05).