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.
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.
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 Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, regulates sites of environmental contamination in Michigan. This law includes many “Parts” related to protecting human health and managing contaminated sites. The Remediation and Redevelopment Division administers two of these parts (or programs): Part 201, Environmental Remediation (Part 201) and Part 213, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (Part 213).
Michigan’s environmental remediation program authorizes EGLE to set cleanup standards by considering how the contaminated land will be used in the future. Michigan’s cleanup standards are risk-based and reflect the potential for human health or ecological risks from exposure to hazardous or regulated substances at contaminated sites. A person may use land use or resource use restrictions, as outlined in Part 201 and Part 213, to manage risk by reducing or restricting exposure to environmental contamination left in-place at a property.
This web page provides a description and example model templates for many land use or resource use restrictions available for use under Part 201 and Part 213.
EGLE has established an Institutional Controls Technical and Program Support (TAPS) Team to provide guidance, recommendations, and develop statewide reference documents related to land use or resource use restrictions.
A Restrictive Covenant is a legal document that is signed by a property owner and is recorded with the register of deeds to impose activity or use limitations at a property that reduce or restrict exposure to environmental contamination left in-place. Please note, the Part 201 and Part 213 Restrictive Covenant models may not be appropriate to use for other EGLE-administered programs.
A Notice of Aesthetic Impact is a legal document that is signed by a property owner and is recorded with the register of deeds to provide notice when the remaining environmental contamination at a property creates an aesthetic impact such as adverse taste or odor
A Notice of Corrective Action is a legal document that is signed by a property owner and is recorded with the register of deeds to impose only a nonresidential land use limitation at a property.
A Public Highway Institutional Control may be used when an owner or operator determines that environmental contamination left in place within a public highway, owned or controlled by a county road commission or local unit of government, may be controlled in a manner that protects against exposure to hazardous or regulated substances.
When environmental contamination has impacted soil or groundwater on property owned or controlled by MDOT, a MDOT Environmental License Agreement may be used to prevent unacceptable exposure risks to the remaining contamination. The applicable forms and application instructions are available from the MDOT License Agreements for Institutional Controls (Site Closures) web page.
Ordinances may be enacted at the discretion of a municipal government to limit or prohibit the use of contaminated groundwater, prohibit the raising of livestock, prohibit development in certain locations, or restrict property to certain uses.
Suggested Format and Contents for Reviewing and Developing a Local Ordinance to Limit or Prohibit the Use of Contaminated Groundwater (Microsoft Word)
Local health codes may be used, with department approval, to limit or prohibit the use of contaminated groundwater or other activities. This entails working with the local health department to amend their existing health code to provide for this limitation or prohibition specific to a contamination site.
The Health Department Alternative Institutional Control (under Part 201) or Alternative Mechanism (under Part 213) has been developed by EGLE for consideration to restrict the use of groundwater, with departmental approval, in areas of known or suspected contamination. Suggested guidance documents have been developed which outline the process for completing these and provide suggested language that could be used when preparing the necessary documents. The guidance documents can be obtained through the appropriate Institutional Control Technical and Program Support (IC TAPS) team point of contact. The point of contact can help determine the applicability of using this alternative for the site in question. The IC TAPS team points of contact are provided under the Contact tab on this web page.
Copies of the enacted documents for sites where these have been used is available on RIDE Mapper.
Owners and operators of contaminated property are required to notify EGLE and affected property owners when they have reason to believe that one or more hazardous substances is emanating from, or has emanated from, and is present beyond their property boundary. More information and guidance is located on the Notice of Migration Guidance (April 2016) web page.
Notice to Local Unit of Government - Part 213 under Section 21310a(6)A person that implements corrective action activities at a leaking underground storage tank property that relies on land use restrictions is required to provide notice of the land use restrictions that are part of the corrective action plan to the local unit of government (which includes the city, village, township, county, fire department, or local health department) in which the site is located within 30 days of filing of the land use restrictions with the county register of deeds.
EQP4023- Notice to Local Unit(s) of Government of Land Use Restrictions (Microsoft Word)
EQP4023 Notice to Local Unit(s) of Government of Land Use Restrictions (PDF)
Notice to Impacted Parties - Part 213 under Section 21309a(3)
An owner or operator that is liable under Part 213 at a leaking underground storage tank property is required to provide notice to each owner of property whose soil and/or groundwater is directly impacted above residential Risk-Based Screening Levels. Owners of property include, but are not limited to, deed holders, easement holders, tenants, utilities, and highway authorities.
Part 213 Model - EQP4003 - Notice to Impacted Parties of Corrective Action (Microsoft Word)
Part 213 Mode - EQP4003 - Notice to Impacted Parties of Corrective Action (PDF)
Provides web page links to EGLE online mapping and database resources.
EGLE RIDE Mapper is an online mapping application which allows a user to view sites of environmental contamination and underground storage tank sites, as well as those land or resource use restrictions imposed on a property that has been provided to the EGLE. A variety of search tools allow the user to identify sites of interest using an address or attributes such as a facility name or location identification number. In addition, the user can view sites within a certain distance of a location, a land lot, or a stream segment. The results can be printed as a map or exported to a variety of different formats.
The Waste Data System (WDS) tracks activities at sites regulated by the Solid Waste, Scrap Tire, Hazardous Waste, and Liquid Industrial Waste programs. WDS can provide information on ownership and operation of the site; the status of any required permits, licenses, registrations, or certifications; compliance status; authorized transporters; shipments of hazardous waste (manifest); and user fees.
The GeoWebFace online mapping application allows users to locate oil and gas wells and mining sites, and can display associated geologic information.
Provides web page links to other EGLE and national information resources.
Provides web page links to Part 201 and its Administrative Rules, and Part 213.
