Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.641.3 - Siting of storage facilities
Rule 3.
(1) The
siting of a bulk fertilizer storage facility shall comply with applicable
local, state, and federal regulations.
(2) A storage facility shall locate its new
bulk storage facilities and its respective containment areas shall be located
as follows:
(a) Above a floodplain as defined
in R 285.641.1(1).
(b) A minimum of
200 feet from surface water.
(c) A
minimum of 2,000 feet from type I and type IIa public water supply wells, as
defined in Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §
325.1001et seq. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(d) A
minimum of 800 feet from type IIb and type III public water supply wells, as
defined in Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §
325.1001et seq. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(e) A
minimum of 150 feet from all other drinking water supplies that are not defined
in Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §
325.1001et seq. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(3) Existing bulk storage facilities that
have approved containment shall have the outside base of the containment areas
located as follows:
(a) A minimum of 200 feet
from type I and type IIa public water supply wells, as defined in Act No. 399
of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §
325.1001et seq. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(b) A
minimum of 75 feet from type IIb and type III public water supply wells, as
defined in Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §
325.1001et seq. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(c) A
minimum of 50 feet from all other drinking water supplies that are not defined
in Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §
325.1001et seq. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(4) All bulk storage facilities shall utilize
appropriate engineering safeguards to prevent water supply contamination if the
floodplain, surface water, or water supply setback requirements in subrules (2)
and (3) of this rule cannot be met. A storage facility shall implement the
engineering safeguards before initial approval of a facility registration by
the department.
(5) A storage
facility shall ensure that bulk storage construction standards for primary,
secondary, and operational containment facilities that are constructed after
the effective date of this rule are of a type recommended by any of the
following entities:
(a) Michigan state
university.
(b) Midwest plan
service.
(c) Tennessee valley
authority.
(d) United States
Department of Agriculture natural resources conservation service.
(e) A licensed engineer.
(f) Other sources approved by the
department.
(6) The
department is not liable for the structural integrity of a department-approved
storage facility.
Notes
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