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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Current and historical activities that can contribute PFAS to sewage sludge include:
Studies have found PFAS in sewage sludge even at wastewater treatment plants that only receive wastewater from residential and commercial users.
Currently, 28 or more PFAS analytes are analyzed for in biosolids - check MPART's PFAS minimum laboratory analyte list for specifics.
The percentage of acres used for biosolids is less than a half of a percent of the total acres of harvested cropland in the state.
This pie chart shows the total Michigan harvested cropland acres reported in 2022 from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) compared to the total acres in Michigan utilized for biosolids land application (as reported in the biosolids annual reports from October 2023 to September 2024).
EGLE implemented the Land Application of Biosolids Containing PFAS Interim Strategy first in 2021, with subsequent modifications in 2022 and 2024. The goal of this strategy was to continue source reduction efforts, prohibit land application of industrially impacted biosolids, mitigate risks moving forward, and to inform the generators and farmers/landowners about PFAS in biosolids. This strategy put in place thresholds for how biosolids may be land applied (along with other requirements for the generator) based on concentrations of PFOS and PFOA with the 2024 update.
All facilities that land apply Class A or Class B biosolids are required to collect one representative sample of the finished biosolids product per calendar year prior to land application. Facilities with biosolids designated as Exceptional Quality are required to collect quarterly samples of the finished biosolids product.
Facilities are required to take certain actions depending on the tier / threshold for PFOS and PFOA concentration in parts per billion (ppb).
Results from the 173 facilities that submitted biosolids PFAS sample results in 2024 show the majority of biosolids produced in Michigan are below 20 ppb for PFOS and/or PFOA. The 11% of facilities with biosolids between 20 and 100 ppb are taking steps to identify the source or sources of PFOS and PFOA and implement a source reduction plan. | Year | PFOS (ppb) mean |
PFOS (ppb) median |
PFOA (ppb) mean |
PFOA (ppb) median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018* | 184 | 13 | 25 | 7 |
| 2021 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| 2022 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Christian Smith, Statewide PFAS in Biosolids Coordinator, at SmithC186@Michigan.gov or 517-257-0251.
