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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December 30, 2025
EGLE published 182 MI Environment stories during the course of the year. Here's our Top 10. From stories on the reintroduction of the arctic grayling to plugging orphan wells in a lake, and rockhounding tips, MI Environment in 2025 covered a wide variety of subjects.
All told, EGLE published 182 stories during the course of the year. MI Environment stories are written by EGLE staff and focus on the agency’s mission, vision, and values.
More than 23,590 people subscribe to MI Environment’s weekly digest up from 22,830 this time last year.
Here are the Top 10 most-read stories published in 2025:
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Finding the best option for getting rid of outdated electronics is getting easier every year.
In Fiscal Year 2025, EGLE received over 17,800 requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
The 2025 report focuses on how individuals, communities, organizations, universities, tribes, and governments unite around the waters, ecology, and economy of Michigan’s Great Lakes.
EGLE’s accomplishments represent safer communities, healthier families, and a more sustainable future for all Michiganders.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has issued a renewed Hazardous Waste Management Facility Operating License to EQ Detroit Inc., doing business as US Ecology Detroit South, following a comprehensive regulatory review and public comment process.
Air quality rules and regulations are complicated. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Air Quality Division regulates industrial sources of air pollution. To gain proficiency in applying the state and federal regulations during EGLE’s work, proper staff training is key. On top of on-the-job training with their peers, and attending other job related training, all new AQD staff are sent to Rules School.
The NotMISpecies webinar series will return in 2026 to explore some ways data collected by technicians and community scientists is helping the state and partners to manage invasive species.
Shraddha Vinod, a seventh-grader at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills, produced the winning entry in the Michigan 2025 Radon Poster Contest. Shraddha’s poster titled, “Radon is a Silent Killer” was selected from a total of six entries submitted from across Michigan.
Time is limited to secure some federal sources.
