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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Understand the laws, administrative rules, and official orders that regulate oil and gas activities in Michigan. These resources explain the legal requirements for permitting, drilling, operating, and plugging wells, as well as spacing, unitization, and mineral rights.
Governs oil and gas well permitting, drilling, operation, plugging, enforcement, and regulatory oversight.
Provides the legal framework for unitizing oil and gas reservoirs to improve resource recovery.
Learn how Michigan law allows dormant oil and gas interests to transfer to surface owners when no claim is filed within the required time.
Michigan's administrative rules explain how the laws are implemented and include requirements for well construction, operations, environmental protection, reporting, and compliance.
Find spacing requirements that determine where wells can be located and how oil and gas resources are developed.
Learn about statewide and formation-specific well spacing requirements, Supervisor of Wells orders, and maps showing where different spacing rules apply across Michigan.
Learn about uniform spacing plans for Antrim formation wells by reviewing the application requirements, required documentation, and submission instructions.
Learn how EGLE's Geologic Resources Management Division addresses violations of oil and gas laws and regulations through administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement actions to achieve compliance.
