(1) A municipality may petition the department to make a determination and issue an order under section 5312(1) for cause.
    (2) The department may issue an order to terminate the project for cause that is effective on the date the project ceases activities.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.5313

  • Assistance: means 1 or more of the following activities to the extent authorized by the federal water pollution control act:
    (i) Provision of loans to municipalities for construction of sewage treatment works projects, stormwater management projects, or nonpoint source projects. See Michigan Laws 324.5301
  • Authority: means the Michigan municipal bond authority created in the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 324.5301
  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Fund: means the state water pollution control revolving fund established under section 16a of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 324.5301
  • Municipality: means a city, village, county, township, authority, or other public body, including either of the following:
  •     (i) An intermunicipal agency of 2 or more municipalities, authorized or created under state law. See Michigan Laws 324.5301
  • Project: means a sewage treatment works project, stormwater management project, or nonpoint source project, or a combination of these and may include utilization of more efficient energy and resources as described in any of the following:
  •     (i) The cost-effective governmental energy use act, 2012 PA 625, MCL 18. See Michigan Laws 324.5301
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •     (3) Subject to the termination of assistance by the authority and payment of any appropriate termination settlement costs, the department shall issue an order to the authority recommending appropriate action.
        (4) The termination of assistance by the authority shall not excuse or otherwise affect the municipality’s requirement for repayment of the outstanding loan balance to the fund.
        (5) Termination of the loan under this section does not relieve the municipality of any requirements that may exist under state or federal law to construct the project.