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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Browse our comprehensive FAQ for commonly asked questions relating to wastewater and stormwater operator certification. You'll find the most popular questions right here, and follow the link at the bottom for our full list!
The next exam date varies depending on the type of stormwater operator certification you're interested in.
The exam fee varies depending on the type of stormwater operator certification:
All are payable to the State of Michigan. Payment instructions will be provided during registration.
Preliminary results will be sent to you via email within two to four weeks after you complete the exam.
Your formal certificate and results will be mailed to your home address within one month following the release of the preliminary results.
This applies for all stormwater operator exams (industrial stormwater, construction stormwater, soil erosion and sedimentation control (SESC)).
Submit replacement stormwater operator certification requests to EGLE-WRD-OpCert@Michigan.gov.
You should include:
This is the process for municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, industrial stormwater, construction stormwater, and SESC PRD operator certification.
Certificates expire July 1 for stormwater (industrial stormwater, construction stormwater, soil erosion and sedimentation control (SESC)) operator certifications. If you have not renewed your license on or before July 1, your certification is considered expired.
If your stormwater operator certification lapsed, you have until August 31 to submit the renewal paperwork and get your certificate renewed without having to retake the exam.
If you haven't submitted your renewal paperwork by September 1, your certificate is terminated and you will have to retake the exam to regain your certification.
People with an expired certificate are eligible for employment at a sewerage system; however, they cannot serve as the “certified operator."
