DEQ - Waste Compliance & Enforcement

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Michigan.gov, Official Web Site for the State of Michigan


>	Hazardous and Liquid Industrial Waste

>	Hazardous & Liquid Industrial Waste Transporters

>	Low Level Radioactive Waste

>	Medical Waste

>	Radiological Protection

>	Scrap Tires

>	Solid Waste

>	Waste Compliance & Enforcement

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DEQ Title DW Waste Compliance & Enforcement

Functions and activities of the Resource Management Division's (RMD) Enforcement Section are to: 1) Provide guidance and training to RMD staff regarding compliance and enforcement activities. 2) Initiate and support timely and effective administrative and civil escalated enforcement actions for violations related to hazardous waste and solid waste management facilities, scrap tire collection sites, radioactive materials users, low-level radioactive waste generators, and medical waste generators that are found to be in violation of state law and do not voluntarily return to compliance in a timely manner. 3) Coordinate administrative enforcement actions, such as contested cases and permit/license revocations. 4) Include pollution prevention and waste minimization programs in enforcement settlements whenever possible. 5) Support the Department of Attorney General in the defense of lawsuits against the DEQ.

• Resource Management Division Significant and Resolved Enforcement Actions

• Compliance and Enforcement Process Flow Diagram

• Other Enforcement Guidance

• Waste Data System (WDS)

• Environmental Protection Agency policies and guidance documents