Administrative Rules for
Part 615 -
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Act No. 451 of the Public
Acts of 1994, as amended
Sec. 61505a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
part or the rules promulgated under this part, beginning on the effective date
of this section, the supervisor shall not issue a permit for drilling, or
authorize the drilling of, a well beneath the lake bottomlands of the Great
Lakes, the connected bays or harbors of the Great Lakes, or the connecting
waterways as defined in section 32301, for the exploration or production of oil
or gas unless the applicant holds a lease that was in effect prior to the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that allows the
well to be drilled.
History: Add. 2002, Act 148, Imd. Eff.
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