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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The Renewables Ready Communities Award (RRCA) was a one-time budget allocation of $30,000,000 made in 2023, to provide local units of government $2,500-$5,000 per megawatt of large-scale solar, storage, or wind that they permitted for, or will host.
The total amount has been applied for and is currently closed. However, the State of Michigan was awarded $129.1 million by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), of which a portion is intended to refresh the RRCA for a second round. This additional funding is currently pending Michigan Legislative appropriation approval. In the meantime, an RRCA Waitlist is open for eligible local governments to submit applications for the pending refresh. Please use the following link to access this:
This dashboard provides an overview of the awarded municipality with the eligible renewable energy projects, award amount, the intended use of their award, and additional details.
Launch the dashboard Download the datasetAny municipality which hosts or permitted for any portion of an eligible project may apply. An eligible project is a grid-connected wind, solar, or energy storage project in Michigan which received a land use permit or approved site use plan on or after October 1, 2023.
All projects must be at least 50 MW, unless any wind energy is involved, in which case a project must be at least 100 MW. All capacity values refer to nameplate capacity in alternating current.
Permitting is the procurement and approval of a land use permit or approved site use plan for the eligible project. Hosting is the containment of energy technology within the smallest involved municipality's boundaries.
Since this application may be completed before a project begins construction, hosting also refers to communities which expect to host, as per their relevant permitting documentation.
Applicants who both host and permit for their portion of an eligible project will receive $5,000 per MW they did so for. Applicants who either host or permit for their portion of an eligible project will receive $2,500 per MW they did so for. The maximum funding amount for a single project is $3,000,000. The total funding available is $30,000,000, awarded on a rolling basis.
50% of each award will be disbursed upon project construction. The remaining 50% will be disbursed upon project operation.
The specific quantity of megawatts permitted and/or hosted by a municipality will be provided by the project’s partnering renewable energy developer.
Ian O'Leary at olearyi@Michigan.gov
