R 324.8917 Abandoned well management grants.

Rule 17. (1) Each grant applicant is eligible for the following grant assistance to conduct activities within wellhead protection areas: (a) Not more than the following amounts for conducting record searches and site surveys to locate abandoned or temporarily abandoned wells, conducting public outreach, and other related administrative activities approved by the department: (i) $4,500 for the first square mile of wellhead protection area. (ii) $2,500 for each additional square mile of wellhead protection area. (b) Not more than the following amounts for plugging abandoned wells: (i) A standard rate of $400 per well identified during the search activities. (ii) Plugging costs that exceed $400 per well, if an itemized job estimate from 3 registered water well drilling contractors is provided, and if the amount is approved in writing by the department. (iii) After locating abandoned wells in a wellhead protection area, to be eligible to receive grant assistance for plugging the identified abandoned wells, the grant applicant shall submit a listing of abandoned well locations to the department. (2) A grant applicant shall not receive more than $100,000 for plugging abandoned wells in one fiscal year. (3) A grantee that has received wellhead protection grant assistance authorized in section 12816 of 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.12816, shall not obtain funds under part 88 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8808 et seq., for the same well location activity. (4) The department shall annually assess grant amounts defined in R 324.8917 and shall increase the amounts by applying a percentage adjustment using the Detroit consumer price index.