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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If a proposed withdrawal doesn't pass the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool, a site-specific review can be requested from EGLE or, alternatively, a third-party analysis can be submitted by the property owner to EGLE to pursue authorization of the withdrawal.
Both the site-specific review and the third-party analysis are deeper investigations performed by professionals which can override the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool, often resulting in a successful registration.
A property owner can hire a professional hydrologist or hydrogeologist to submit an analysis of a proposed Large Quantity Withdrawal with a capacity of up to 1,000,000 gallons per day (694 gallons per minute) instead of requesting EGLE to do the analysis under a site-specific review.
All analyses must determine the likelihood of an Adverse Resource Impact occurring as a result of the proposed withdrawal as defined and required by Part 327, Great Lakes Preservation, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended (NREPA).
Property owners or their professional hydrologist or hydrogeologist should use our ccompleteness checklist for their alternative analysis submittal.
Download the checklistAdministratively incomplete alternative submittals will be returned to the property owner and agent (if applicable), along with the administrative completeness review checklist. The alternative analysis submittal will be closed. The property owner and/or agent can resubmit another alternative submittal.
Our Water Use Program staff will conduct technical reviews of administratively complete submittals within the timeframes specified in Subsection 32706c (2) and notify the property owner and agent (if applicable) of the results of the alternative analysis.
A required by law, we have 20 (or in limited cases 25) business days from receipt of a complete submittal to determine whether the proposed Large Quantity Withdrawal can be registered. In those limited cases where 25 business days are required to make a determination, we will notify you in writing.
If we do not make a determination in 20 (or 25) business days, you may register your proposed Large Quantity Withdrawal pursuant to Subsection 32706c (2)(a) of the NREPA. We will notify you in writing if your proposed Large Quantity Withdrawal can be registered or if it cannot be registered under Subsection 32706c (2) of the NREPA.
Completed alternative analyses can be submitted electronically to the Water Use Program at WaterUseProgram@Michigan.gov.
If the file is too large to send by email attachment, please contact us to provide other means of file transfer.
Hard copy submittals are accepted and should be addressed to:
Mr. Jim Milne, Supervisor
Water Use Assessment Unit
EGLE; Geologic Resources Management Division
P.O. Box 30256
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7756
