A complete list of all programs within the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
Community involvement and public participation are an essential part of EGLE’s mission, vision, and values.
SARA Title III establishes requirements regarding emergency planning and "Community Right-to-Know" reporting on hazardous and toxic chemicals for federal, state, local, and tribal governments, as well as regulated facilities.
Resources and information on utilizing RRD's data exchange and the Inventory of Facilities.
An interactive map displaying contaminated sites throughout Michigan regulated under Parts 213, 201, and 211.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Water Well Viewer (WWV), is an interactive mapping system that displays water wells along with other information, such as wellhead protection areas, underground storage tanks, and sites of environmental contamination. Water well locations have been identified by address matching, the use of global positioning systems (GPS), and by legal descriptions.
This system allows water well drilling and pump installation contractors to submit water well records.
EGLE's interactive calendar is designed to provide timely information on decisions before the Director, proposed settlements of contested cases, administrative rules promulgation, public hearings, meetings and comment deadlines, and environmental conferences, workshops and training programs.
Anyone wishing to formally serve legal documents upon the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), or its officers or employees, may do so by the following methods.
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Our Water Use Program manages large water withdrawals in Michigan to help protect our rivers, streams, lakes, and groundwater. If a business, farm, municipality, or other facility plans to pump large amounts of water, it may be considered a Large Quantity Withdrawal.
A Large Quantity Withdrawal is defined as having the capacity to withdraw more than 100,000 gallons per day (GPD) over a 30-day period (70 gallons per minute (GPM)), and includes the combined total for all pumps on the property.
Owners of Large Quantity Withdrawals are required by state law to register the withdrawal or obtain a permit before operating. The Water Use Program reviews proposed withdrawals to make sure they do not significantly alter the local water balance resulting in harm to nearby water resources or aquatic life.
These requirements are part of Michigan’s water protection law and the regional Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, which helps safeguard Great Lakes water across the region.
A water withdrawal permit or registration is required before starting new or increased Large Quantity Withdrawals.
If you have any questions during your registration or permit process, contact us at 517-599-3792 or WaterUseProgram@Michigan.gov
Applying for a registration requires an assessment of a proposed withdrawal’s impact on local water resources.
These withdrawals aren't required to obtain a water withdrawal permit even if they have a withdrawal capacity that meets the criteria listed above:
If your large Quantity Withdrawal is installed or put into operation differently than authorized by either the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool or by a site-specific review, you have changed the conditions of your authorization and must rerun the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool and notify EGLE of the revisions
More details on the notification processThe Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool is a screening system that predicts whether a large quantity withdrawal is likely to cause an adverse resource impact to nearby streams or rivers.
