By the Numbers: 2024 Maps and Data highlights

Published: April 22, 2024. Under the Remediation Information Data Exchange managed by the Remediation and Redevelopment Division (RRD), this application allows users to view sites of environmental contamination under Part 201, leaking underground storage tank sites (both open and closed) regulated under Part 213, and underground storage tank facilities (both active and closed) regulated under Part 211. Users can also view any land use or resource use restriction imposed on a property that has been provided to EGLE.

Published: October 16, 2024. This portal provides up-to-date and historical air monitoring data across Michigan, including real-time pollutant monitoring data alongside the color-coded Air Quality Index (AQI). It is an important resource in keeping the public informed about air quality conditions across the state. In addition to viewing monitoring data, visitors to the site can see air quality forecasts for the week ahead, discussions, Action Day! declarations, and sign up for electronic notification services.

Published: January 22, 2024. This dashboard provides the locations and additional important information for orphan well sites under the Orphan Well Program created in Michigan in 1994. Orphan wells are abandoned or improperly plugged wells for which there is no known solvent existing owner or operator. EGLE’s Geologic Resources Management Division (GRMD) worked with the oil and gas industry for the passage of Act 308, P.A. 1994, which established an Orphan Well Fund within the Michigan Department of Treasury. The GRMD utilizes the fund, paid for by revenue created by a severance tax on the oil and gas industry, to plug and remediate orphan well sites. Since the passage of Act 308 nearly 30 years ago, approximately 400 sites have either been plugged or remediated.

Published: March 5, 2024. EGLE biologists protect Michigan’s waterways by monitoring and managing aquatic invasive species (AIS) throughout the state. Read this interactive story to learn about invasive species in Michigan, how EGLE detects and responds to them, and how the public can help report them.

Published: March 25, 2024. This data is a static pull of EGLE’s Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program (EGLE-FCMP) on 11/01/2023. Only edible portion data (e.g. fillets, headless and gutted rainbow smelt, lake sturgeon steaks) are shown with select contaminants used by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' Eat Safe Fish Program (MDHHS-ESF) for advisory development.