Air quality across the state is being impacted by smoke from Canadian wildfires. Information on current conditions and alerts can be found at: AirNow.gov.
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.
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides all persons (except persons incarcerated in correctional facilities) with access to public records of public bodies. Requests to inspect or receive public records from EGLE must be in writing and describe the requested records with enough detail to enable the department to identify and locate the requested records. Some records are exempt from disclosure under the FOIA or another statute and thus will not be provided. A fee may be charged to process your request. Please note that many records are available that do not require a formal FOIA request.
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The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), began operations of the Midland Plant in 1897. The 1,900-acre facility borders the east side of the Tittabawassee River and the south side of the city of Midland. Starting in the early 1900’s, Dow began the manufacturing of chlorine-based products, which resulted in the formation of inadvertent byproducts called dioxins and furans. Liquid wastes from the facility were discharged directly into the river, causing elevated dioxin levels in and along the Tittabawassee River and downstream areas. These waste disposal practices have resulted in on- and off-site contamination that settled in sediments and built-up in riverbanks and floodplain areas. Off-site contamination extends over 50 miles downstream through the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers and into Saginaw Bay.
In 2010, Dow, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), entered an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (AOC) for the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers and Floodplains, and Saginaw Bay federal Superfund site. The AOC clarifies Dow’s clean-up obligations to address the Midland and downstream floodplain areas contamination that resulted from historic operations. In addition, Dow is responsible to take actions under a Natural Resource Damage Assessment under the supervision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Learn more about these obligations at the following webpages:
Dioxins are a group of chemically related compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants. Dioxins are found throughout the world in the environment, and they accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals. More than 90% of human exposure is through food, mainly meat and dairy products, fish and shellfish. For more information, visit EGLE’s dioxin webpage.
On January 18, 2022, EGLE, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), hosted a public meeting on raising chickens and livestock in Midland and Downstream river areas.
The following links were also shared in the public meeting presentation and in the meeting chat:
Elizabeth Vanderhoef, VanderhoefE1@Michigan.gov, 517-388-2644, Project Manager & Geologist
Joe Rogers, RogersJ5@Michigan.gov, 517-599-531, Geologist (Salzburg Landfill Only)
Complete this form to be placed on the official Dow mailing list to receive required notifications from both EGLE and Dow.
Through your observations and reporting of activities of concern, you play a valuable role in helping EGLE protect human health and the environment. To file a complaint or share details about improper waste handling or disposal, contact EGLE through the Pollution Emergency Alerting System (PEAS) Hotline at 800-292-4706.
