DEQ Regulatory Reinvention

The purpose of this Web page is to provide up-to-date information on the DEQ's progress in addressing the recommendations contained in the Office of Regulatory Reinvention's (ORR) Final Report dated December 23, 2011.  Please send any questions or comments to Dave Fiedler, Regulatory Affairs Officer, at fiedlerd@michigan.gov or call 517-335-6927.

Regulatory Reinvention within the DEQ

When Governor Snyder last year called on his newly-created Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to take a hard look at Michigan's regulatory structure, it started a statewide conversation between regulators and stakeholders.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was among the top agencies responding to the call for a regulatory reform. Snyder's Executive Order 2011-5 created a 12-member Environmental Advisory Rules Committee, composed of manufacturing representatives, utility representatives, environmental consultants and attorneys, a representative from the environmental community, and the DEQ's Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs.

• DEQ Regulatory Reinvention Additional Information
• ORR Environmental Recommendations
• ORR Press Release 
• Members of the Environmental Advisory Rules Committee 
• DEQ Implementation Plan (updated January 2013) 
• Progress Table 
• Air Advisory Council
• DEQ Rules under Revision
  Key Legislation Involving Environmental ARC Recommendations
  • Senate Bill 163 
• Summary of Actions Taken
  • Air Quality Division 
  • Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection 
  • Remediation and Redevelopment Division 
  • Water Resources Division 
  • General 

Quarterly Progress Reports Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Fall 2012 Winter 2013

Other Reinvention Activities Inspection Surveys Response Activity Review Panel  Collaborative Stakeholders Initiative