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Soil Erosion & Sedimentation Control
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LOCATION:
219 Paw Paw St., Suite 301
Paw Paw, MI 49079
From I-94 take the Paw Paw Exit (exit 60). Turn north and proceed ½ mile. Take right after Sheriffs Building, proceed to Administration & Land Services Building on left.
Phone#: (269) 657-8241
Fax#: (269) 657-8279
STAFF:
Jeff Arndt,
HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm
Closed for Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: closed
Holiday Schedule
The Van Buren County Courthouse will be closed for these dates:
Martin Luther King Day – Monday, January 16
President’s Day – Monday, February 20
Memorial Day – Monday, May 29
Independence Day – Tuesday, July 4
Labor Day, Monday, September 4
Veteran’s Day – Friday, November 10
Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 23
Day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 24
Christmas Eve – Monday, December 25
Christmas Day – Tuesday, December26
New Year’s Eve – Monday, January 1
New Year’s Day – Tuesday, January 2
Erosion
The Van Buren County Drain Commissioners office is the State of Michigan designated agency for the “Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Act”, Part 91, Public Act 451, 1994 (as amended by 2000 PA 504). The primary objective is to protect the watercourses within the county from sediment loads caused by unchecked soil erosion.
Soil erosion caused by moving wind and water is an important factor in Van Buren County. Approximately 74,100 cropland acres are eroding faster than the land can tolerate and be expected to remain productive. These areas lose 15,819,400 bushels of soil each year – amounting to some 213 bushels of topsoil washed or blown from each acre. Soil erosion occurs throughout the county wherever soil is exposed to the effects of wind and moving water. Wind erosion has been described as severe in the Southwest quarter of the county. (USDA, Soil Conservation Service).
The Soil Erosion County Enforcement Agent (CEA) is responsible for the administration, management and enforcement of the provisions of the Act. The CEA has the responsibility of overseeing all non-agricultural earth change activities within Van Buren County, that are one or more acres in area and/or within 500 feet of a watercourse or lake. The CEA administers more than two hundred permit applications annually with permit fees accounting for the primary source of funding for the program. Private single family residences and outbuildings comprise the majority of permit applications followed by plat developments and commercial/industrial projects.
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Page Last Updated: 9/20/2006
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