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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June 15, 2023
There’s more to Detroit’s automotive history than just the Big 3. Names like Hudson, American Motors, Nash, and others once stood alongside General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. One of the major auto manufacturers of the industry’s early days in Michigan was Studebaker. The company got its foot hold in Motown when it took over the E-M-F plant on Piquette Avenue, not far from where Ford built the first Model T. The next year Ford moved Model T production to its factory in Highland Park and sold the Piquette Avenue Plant as well as the property at 411 Piquette to Studebaker. The company name eventually disappeared beneath of flurry of mergers, leaving behind little in Detroit besides the four-story sales and service center Studebaker built at 411 Piquette in 1920.
Rendering of brownfield redevelopment at 411 Piquette Avenue in Detroit.
The building was later used for manufacturing rubber products and overalls, warehousing, and as the headquarters for an excavation company. All of that work left an environmental mess behind: two underground storage tank systems, above-ground storage containers, and contaminated soil at multiple spots on the property. Investigations done between 2002 and 2013 found gasoline, solvents, oil, and lead in the soil. A follow-up investigation in 2017 found vapor levels high enough to be risky inside the building.
The cost of cleanup and demolition at the site was estimated at around $2 million. The Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority reached out for help and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) approved reimbursement of nearly $715,000 for investigations, removal of 2,500 tons of contaminated soil, and the installation of a system to keep people from being exposed to harmful vapors in the building. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved reimbursement of another $1.35 million for demolition, asbestos work, and sidewalk improvements.
The teamwork between the state, city, and developers will result in new housing in Detroit’s growing Milwaukee Junction neighborhood. Plans call for 161 units: 71 studios and 90 one-bedrooms. They’re labeled “workforce housing” with the majority priced at 80% or less of the area median income. It’s right across the street from the Piquette Square redevelopment, which was turned into housing for chronically homeless veterans with help from EGLE, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority and U.S Environmental Protection Agency. The success inside the Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District shows what can happen when government works with communities to address their needs.
These webinars are designed to inform people about emerging issues, current research and available programs relevant to invasive species in the state and the Great Lakes region.
$4.4 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding will deploy 15 all-electric recycling trucks; fund infrastructure upgrades and workforce training for drivers and mechanics
Funding accompanies the build-out of enough utility-scale solar and battery storage to power more than 800,000 Michigan households
Virtual listening sessions on the MI Healthy Climate Plan are scheduled through January.
Water and Wastewater Professionals Workforce Week is putting a spotlight on the people who work in the drinking water and wastewater industries.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today awarded $50 million in grant funding to schools across the state for the installation of bottle-filling stations, faucet-mount filters, filtered water pitchers, and replacement cartridges to protect students from lead under the Michigan Filter First law approved by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October 2023.
Participants at the teach-in event explored funding opportunities and strategies to deploy more electric school buses in Michigan.
31 members will build skills, help Michiganders, and advance state climate action goals
At Odor School, EGLE staffers learn about odor management and how the sense of smell works.
Thirty corps members advanced their careers after serving their communities and supporting climate action.
