{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.1705","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1705","heading":"Administrative, licensing, or other proceedings; intervenors; determinations; doctrines applicable.","body":"Sec. 1705.\n\nIf administrative, licensing, or other proceedings and judicial review of such proceedings are available by law, the agency or the court may permit the attorney general or any other person to intervene as a party on the filing of a pleading asserting that the proceeding or action for judicial review involves conduct that has, or is likely to have, the effect of polluting, impairing, or destroying the air, water, or other natural resources or the public trust in these resources.\n\nIn administrative, licensing, or other proceedings, and in any judicial review of such a proceeding, the alleged pollution, impairment, or destruction of the air, water, or other natural resources, or the public trust in these resources, shall be determined, and conduct shall not be authorized or approved that has or is likely to have such an effect if there is a feasible and prudent alternative consistent with the reasonable requirements of the public health, safety, and welfare.\n\nThe doctrines of collateral estoppel and res judicata may be applied by the court to prevent multiplicity of suits.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-1705","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"fe8cdce8606336e1f704758c97ec1f0a2e1a2471f3bc84fc739f90cf900823f3","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.1704","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.1706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}