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MICHIGAN WATERFRONT ALLIANCE

P.O. Box 369      Fenton, MI 48430     www.mwai.org

Legislative Agenda for 2010

(Revised November 2009)

 

  1. We support tighter control on the sale, distribution and transport of nuisance exotic species as they relate to Michigan lakes and watersheds.
    1. Be it resolved that MWA encourages the sate legislature to adopt legislation that would:

a.      Inventory the waters of Michigan where Eurasian milfoil exists.

b.      Acquire and categorize available information of all attempts to control or eradicate the plant and determine the success of control efforts.

c.       Identify actions to be taken by the state.

d.      Designate funding to pay for the control costs.

e.       Enact penalties for transport of nuisance exotic species.

 

 

  1. We support legislation amending Part 301 of Act 451 of 1994, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, formerly Michigan Lake and Streams Act, to require the DEQ to:
    1. Regulate the number of boats and length of docks when issuing a marina operating permit
    2. Define a marina
    3. Require DEQ to develop and utilize a carrying capacity formula when issuing marina-operating permits.

 

  1. We oppose the selling and / or diverting of the waters of the Great Lakes' watershed.

 

  1. We would support the introduction of legislation that would establish a Citizens Oversight Committee for the DEQ and would be willing to serve on it.

 

  1. We are in support of a Partnership of Public and Private Organizations for Management of Michigan's Inland Lakes.

 

  1. We support current or future legislation that expands the current Michigan bottle deposit law.

 

  1. We support legislation that closes the loophole that allows phosphorus in Dishwater Detergent.

 

  1. We support legislative appropriation of funds for DEQ Dam Oversight.

 

  1. We support legislation that requires property owners to have their septic system    inspected and, if needed, upgraded prior to sale.

 

  1. We support legislation changes to control boat noise on inland lakes.

 

  1. We support legislation that would reinforce current Michigan case law including but not limited to prohibition of the use of road ends for lounging, sunbathing and docking or marinas.