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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.
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Gage Products Company (Gage), owns and operates a hazardous waste limited storage facility (LSF), located at 625 Wanda Street, Ferndale, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Materials Management Division (MMD), initially licensed the Gage LSF in 1994 and renewal licenses were issued in 2003 and 2015.
Gage is authorized to accept hazardous wastes returned from customers under their Hazardous Waste Limited Storage Facility Operating License (license). Accepted hazardous wastes are stored and consolidated in containers and tanks before recycling or being sent off-site for disposal. Under the current license, the LSF is authorized to store a maximum of 25,000 gallons of hazardous waste.
Aerial view of Gage’s LSF outlined in red Hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDF), are regulated, engineered facilities with design and oversight requirements. The hazardous waste regulations require EGLE to issue a TSDF a license to authorize its operations. The license prescribes specific operating standards for the facility to ensure proper cradle-to-grave management of wastes received. These standards include waste analysis; personnel training; compliance inspections; preparedness and prevention and contingency plans; closure plans; recordkeeping and reporting; engineering and process descriptions; environmental monitoring; corrective action; financial assurance; and air emission standards.
Hazardous waste TSDF operating licenses remain effective for 10 years. The license renewal process gives EGLE an opportunity to update facility information, review operations, and improve the license by clarifying license requirements to enhance protection of human health and the environment. To issue any license, including a license renewal, EGLE's review of the license application must conclude:
Gage Products Company (Gage), submitted a hazardous waste limited storage facility (LSF) operating license renewal application on October 2, 2024, before the March 31, 2025, expiration date of the current license. Timely submittal of the renewal application allows Gage to continue operating under the current license until EGLE takes final action on the application. Gage is seeking authorization to continue their licensed storage activities for a turn-key operation for hazardous waste generated by customers after using their products. Gage also accepts containers of corrosives into the LSF as a service to their customers. No new operations were proposed in the application. EGLE has determined that the application is administratively complete, and is in the process of reviewing the application for technical adequacy.
The renewal application and current license are available in hard copy for review at the following locations:
The hazardous waste laws and supporting regulations provide enforceable standards for the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. They also require tracking of hazardous waste from the generator and transporter to the disposal facility to ensure proper management and disposal that is protective of health, safety and our environment. To maintain the quality of our groundwater, most hazardous waste is restricted from land disposal unless pre-treated.
Hazardous waste TSDFs are regulated, engineered facilities with oversight and design requirements. The hazardous waste regulations require EGLE to issue a TSDF a license to authorize its operations. The license prescribes specific operating standards for the facility to ensure proper, cradle to grave management of wastes received. The hazardous waste statute and rules that prescribe TSDF licensing standards include:
The hazardous waste laws and supporting regulations provide enforceable standards for the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. They also require tracking of hazardous waste from the generator and transporter to the disposal facility to ensure proper management and disposal that is protective of health, safety and our environment. To maintain the quality of our groundwater, most hazardous waste must be treated prior to being disposed of in a licensed landfill.
Hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities are highly regulated, highly engineered facilities with extensive oversight and design requirements. The hazardous waste regulations that prescribe the standards that must be met in any license action taken by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), include:
The facility is subject to multiple environmental regulatory programs, carried out by multiple government agencies. Each agency issues separate permits or licenses under the authority they are assigned under the regulations. The permit or license issued by each agency identifies what Gage Products Company (Gage), must do to operate properly, to prevent the release of contaminants to the environment, and to limit any allowed discharge of contaminants to levels determined to be protective of human health and the environment. Each agency requires monitoring and performs independent oversight to ensure the facility is operated in a protective manner that meets the permits and license requirements. The agencies also share information to ensure compliance.
Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Materials Management Division (MMD), inspects Gage’s hazardous waste operations at least four times per year. These inspections are typically unannounced and are performed to verify the facility is operating in a manner that meets the license requirements. The MMD evaluates Gage’s hazardous waste storage, emergency planning, employee training, and recordkeeping. For information on EGLEs hazardous waste licensing, inspections, fees, and other oversight for Gage, please see the Waste Data System.
EGLE’s, Air Quality Division (AQD), issues the permit for air emissions from the facility. The AQD inspects the facility to evaluate compliance with the air quality requirements and reviews the facility’s monitoring data.
Although the United States Environmental Protection Agency does not permit or license the facility, they may also conduct inspections of the facility to verify compliance with air, water, and waste regulations.
The purpose of public involvement is to ensure that those interested in a proposed EGLE action are aware of the action and have an opportunity to provide input on the action before EGLE reaches a final decision. The community is encouraged to engage with EGLE throughout the process. Prior to making a final decision, EGLE will host informational meetings to keep those interested informed, and a public comment period and a formal public hearing to receive formal comments from the community.
EGLE will evaluate all comments received during the formal public comment period and hearing and issue a formal written response to comments when a final decision on the action is made. This information will be communicated to all persons who submitted comments, those who are on the facility’s official mailing list, and/or those who are subscribed to the action’s GovDelivery list.
EGLE will be holding a public informational meeting and hearing on the application and proposed draft license on:
EGLE conducts Environmental Justice (EJ) and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) screenings for communities surrounding a hazardous waste facility prior to a license renewal. The EJ screen helps to identify EJ communities in the vicinity of a hazardous waste facility, and to choose the type and scope of site-specific community engagement activities. For EJ communities, the MMD considers the need for license conditions to mitigate EJ concerns and ensure that authorized hazardous waste operations will be protective of human health and the environment. The LEP screen helps EGLE identity the need for oral or written translations in identified language(s) for vital documents and at public meetings.
Ashley Pung, PungA2@Michigan.gov, 517-599-4196, Permitting and Program Support Unit
Todd Zynda, ZyndaT@Michigan.gov, 586-206-1640, Environmental Engineer Specialist
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Through your observations and reporting of activities of concern, you play a valuable role in helping the 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.
