DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES  
DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND METHODS OF OPERATION  
(By authority conferred on the department of natural resources by sections 33 and 63 of  
1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233 and 24.263, and part 501 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.501, and  
Executive Reorganization Order No. 2011-1, MCL 324.99921)  
PART 1. NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION  
R 299.3001 Department organization, structure.  
Rule 1. The department of natural resources was created by Executive Order 2011-1, MCL  
324.99921. The organizational structure is available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/inside  
dnr.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3002 Department methods of operation.  
Rule 2. (1) The department of natural resources shall publish its methods of operation on its  
web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3003 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 1989 AACS  
R 299.3004 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3005 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3006 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 1989 AACS  
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R 299.3006a Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3007--R 299.3039 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 1989 AACS  
R 299.3041 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3042 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3043 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3044 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3046 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3047 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3048 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3049 Rescinded.  
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History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3050 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3051 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3052 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3053 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3054 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3055 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3056 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3057 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3058 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
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R 299.3059 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3060 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3061 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3071 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3072 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3073 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3074 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3075 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3076 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3077 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
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R 299.3078 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3079 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3080 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3081 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3091 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3092 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3093 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3094 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3095 Request for declaratory ruling; procedure; notice; availability to public.  
Rule 95. (1) A request for a declaratory ruling by the department as to the applicability  
to a state of facts of a statute, rule, or order administered or issued by the department  
shall be submitted in writing to the director. The request shall contain all of the  
following information:  
(a) The scope and purpose of the request.  
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(b) The statute, rule, or order administered by the department to which the request  
applies.  
(c) Signature and mailing address of the requestor.  
(2) Within 30 days after receipt of a correctly filed request, the department shall notify  
the requestor by certified mail whether a declaratory ruling will be issued and, if it is to  
be issued, the nature and details thereof.  
(3) Each request for a declaratory ruling regarding the same or different statute, rule, or  
order shall be submitted separately.  
(4) The department shall provide notice of a declaratory ruling upon written request.  
(5) If a request is denied, the department shall issue a concise written statement of its  
principal reasons for denial which shall be sent by certified mail to the requestor.  
(6) The department shall make a declaratory ruling available to the public upon written  
request.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
R 299.3099 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.  
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