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Tracking and understanding all of the state and federal environmental regulations affecting local governments can be a daunting task. We provide simple explanations and helpful resources for the regulatory programs that apply to local government operations and access to funding resources that promote sustainability on this page.
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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.
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October 15, 2026
Seven volunteers from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) joined 19 other State of Michigan employees in a clean-up project in Lansing recently. They cleared invasive species, trash, illegally dumped tires, and abandoned homeless encampments at the Capital City’s Cherry Hill Park.
The fourth annual cleanup, organized by EGLE’s Alyssa Seaton, set a record. Thousands of pounds of litter and trash were collected, truckloads of invasive flora were cleared, the parking lot was thoroughly swept, and generous sightlines of the Grand River were restored.
Michigan Waterways Stewards reports that cleanup activities extended onto the Grand River itself. On land, volunteers spanned the nearly half-mile distance from south of I-496 to the Kalamazoo Street Bridge.
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Attainment reflects years of investment, cleaner technology, and thoughtful policy, but it’s not the end of the story.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has issued an Air Quality Alert today for elevated levels of fine particulate across parts of the western Upper Peninsula due to wildfire smoke.
Gainsley has had a keen interest in Michigan rivers throughout her life. She details her paddling journey on the Huron River and her love of Michigan’s rivers in MI Environment.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is awarding an $820,000 grant to a brownfield redevelopment project that will bring 71 new affordable housing units to Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.
A blighted industrial building in Kalamazoo will be rehabilitated with the help of a Brownfield Redevelopment Grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is awarding a $460,000 Brownfield Redevelopment Grant to a project that will create a Hope Shelters facility in Pontiac.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is awarding a $1 million grant to a brownfield redevelopment project that will create 125 new jobs in Detroit.
Researchers, beach managers and environmental professionals will share innovations in beach monitoring, along with practical approaches for using new data and communicating results.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is awarding a $1 million grant to a project that’s expected to bring 104 new housing units and 25 new jobs to southwest Detroit.
