Funding through Michigan’sFunding through Michigan s Nonpoint Source Program
Bob SweetD t t f E i t lDepartment of Environmental
QualityWater Resource DivisionWater Resource Division
Water ResourcesWater ResourcesWater ResourcesWater Resources•• Protect and MonitorProtect and Monitor
–– 4 Great Lakes4 Great Lakes–– 3,288 miles of Great 3,288 miles of Great
Lakes shorelineLakes shorelineLakes shorelineLakes shoreline–– 11,000 inland lakes11,000 inland lakes–– 77,000 river miles77,000 river miles
5 5 million acres of wetlands5 5 million acres of wetlands–– 5.5 million acres of wetlands5.5 million acres of wetlands
For swimming, fishing, drinking water and aquatic For swimming, fishing, drinking water and aquatic ecosystems.ecosystems.yy
What We DoWhat We Do
• Michigan's Nonpoint Source (NPS)Michigan s Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program assists state, federal, and local partners to restore water bodies impairedpartners to restore water bodies impaired by NPS pollution and protect high quality waters from impairments caused bywaters from impairments caused by NPS pollution.
• Offer both technical and financial• Offer both technical and financial assistance.
What we FundWhat we Fund
• Planning Projects – will produce aPlanning Projects will produce a comprehensive watershed management plan that meets State (CMI) and Federalplan that meets State (CMI) and Federal (319) criteria
• Implementation Projects will implement• Implementation Projects – will implement priority nonpoint source control elements in the critical areas described inin the critical areas described in watershed management plans.
Funding SourcesFunding Sources• Federal Clean Water ActFederal Clean Water Act
– Section 319– Sections 205j/604bj– Rarely Sections 104 or 106
• State of Michigan– Clean Michigan Initiative
• Nonpoint Source Grants• Clean Water Fund• Clean Water Fund
– Rarely other sources such as license plate fees
StringsStrings• Required:Required:
– Funding tied to Michigan’s lists of impaired or high quality waters.
– Plans must be approved as meeting “319” elements.• Priorities – a 3 tiered system
1. Targeted Water Body list and will meet restoration/protection goals.
2 Eligible area not on lists and will meet2. Eligible area not on lists and will meet restoration/protection goals.
3. Eligible area and activity that will not meet restoration/protection goals.
AOC’s with 319 PlansAOC s with 319 Plans• Torch Lake – No• Deer Lake – Partial, Partridge Creek• St. Mary’s – Partial, Sault St. Marie Area• Manistique – No• Menominee – Partial, Fumee Creek
AOC’s with 319 PlansAOC s with 319 Plans• White Lake - Yes• Muskegon Lake – YesMuskegon Lake Yes,
plus sub plan for Bear Creek/Lake
AOC’s with 319 PlansAOC s with 319 Plans• Saginaw River/Bay – Partial
– Sturgeon Creekg– Kawkawlin River– Sebewaing River
Pigeon River– Pigeon River– Pinnebog River– Cass underway– Mid-Shiawassee– Swartz Creek– Gilkey Creeky– Kearsley Creek– South Branch of the Flint River
AOC’s with 319 PlansAOC s with 319 Plans• Kalamazoo River – YesKalamazoo River Yes
– Battle Creek River– Four Townships Areap– Gun River– Rabbit River– Portage and Arcadia
CreeksRice Creek– Rice Creek
AOC’s with 319 PlansAOC s with 319 Plans• St Clair River – Partial
– Black River– Anchor Bay
Cli t Ri P ti l• Clinton River – Partial– Main, East, and North
Branch– Stony/Paint and Pontiac
Creeks– Red Run
• Detroit River - No• Rouge River - No
AOC’s with 319 PlansAOC s with 319 Plans• River Raisin - Yes
Strings continuedStrings continued
• Required:Required:– Funding tied to Michigan’s lists of impaired or high
quality waters.– Plans must be approved as meeting “319” elements.
• Priorities – a 3 tiered system1. Targeted Water Body list and will meet
restoration/protection goals.2 Eligible area not on lists and will meet2. Eligible area not on lists and will meet
restoration/protection goals.3. Eligible area and activity that will not meet
restoration/protection goals.
Funding TrendsFunding Trends
Federal NPS Program Appropriations by Fiscal Year
$300
Appropriations by Fiscal Year(in millions of Dollars)
$250
$300
$200
$100
$150
$50
$0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Michigan NPS Pass Through Michigan NPS Pass Through Grants by Fiscal YearGrants by Fiscal YearGrants by Fiscal YearGrants by Fiscal Year
in Millions of Dollarsin Millions of Dollars
$10 00
$8.00
$9.00
$10.00
$5 00
$6.00
$7.00
319
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00CMI-NPS
$0 00
$1.00
$2.00
$0.002005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
NPS Website: www.michigan.gov/nps