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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January 20, 2026
Attendees at the Environmental Justice conference in 2025. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) in 2025 continued to increase the number of people attending its events: there were 33,000 attendees at 157 EGLE hosted conferences and webinars.
EGLE public meetings also saw an increase in attendance over the past several years, with 3,838 people attending 64 public meetings and hearings.
Of note were two groundbreaking and record-breaking events. The first ever Great Lakes Microplastic Summit had 2,694 registrants from 48 states and 29 countries. In addition, the annual Great Lakes PFAS Summit surpassed all past attendance records, with 2,569 people registered from every state in the U.S., as well as 11 countries.
Attendees at the MI Healthy Climate conference in 2025. In addition, EGLE hosted the third annual Michigan Healthy Climate Conference in Detroit. The event was the largest in-person conference to date, with over 900 people in attendance.
2025 saw the reemergence of two highly popular webinars series as well – the Local Leaders webinar series, which targets locals officials and community leaders, and the Waste Webinar series, which provides foundational education of hazardous waste management regulations to businesses around the state. Local Leaders kicked off its season in January and continued monthly with webinars covering topics like contaminated property, odors, wetlands, and marijuana processing. The 12 webinars had 3,077 attendees and have over one thousand recording views. The Waste Webinar series started in October and held additional webinars monthly since, with several more planned for 2026. Each of the Waste webinars brought in more than 300 people, with several hundred more viewing each recording.
EGLE records all of its online webinars and they are available for free. All upcoming events can be found at Michigan.gov/EGLEevents.
To stay updated on upcoming training opportunities, subscribe to EGLE’s Training and Outreach Events list, which currently has over 53,000 subscribers.
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy today announced $9 million in grants to 19 municipal airports across the state to address PFAS contamination related to the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam.
The Office of Climate and Energy (OCE) in the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced three awardees for the second round of the MI Healthy Climate Challenge (MHC Challenge).
EGLE traveled the state in 2025, participating in career fairs and other recruitment and internship efforts.
EGLE has named the winner of the 2025 Michigan Radon Poster Contest.
Nationally, about 7% of homes have elevated radon levels, compared to an estimated 25% of homes in Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is one of the departments participating in the Advanced Air Mobility Statewide Mobility Challenge.
Michigan has been making strides when it comes to reaching its recycling goal.
Explore the newly-released 2025 Michigan State of the Great Lakes Report.
In FY 2025 Michigan’s State Revolving Fund (SRF) awarded low interest loan dollars to 55 projects totaling over $880 million in assistance directly to communities.
