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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EGLE's report entitled "A Strategic Environmental Quality Monitoring Program for Michigan's Surface Waters" (Strategy) describes the monitoring activities that are necessary for a comprehensive assessment of water quality in Michigan's surface waters. One component of the Strategy is improved support for public beach monitoring.
The Michigan Water Quality Standards (WQS) contain numerical criteria for E. coli as an indicator of the potential human health risk from partial and total body contact recreation, which is a designated use of the waters of the state. Although the public bathing beach section of the Public Health Code references the WQS, the Code does not authorize the state to monitor beaches. Furthermore, the Code states that local health departments may test and otherwise evaluate the quality of the water at public beaches. The authority to close public beaches also rests with the local health departments. EGLE's primary role is to compile data to evaluate overall water quality, and to support local health departments who use the information for to assess the need for beach closings.
The specific objectives of the beach monitoring program element are to:
The beach monitoring program element consists of two components that, in combination, provide data necessary to achieve these objectives. These include:
Grants are awarded to local governments/county health departments each year to monitor public beaches. Special emphasis is placed on beaches along the Great Lakes and/or in state parks. On average, a total of approximately $150,000 is made available for grants. The grants are meant to serve as seed money to help local governments establish or expand beach monitoring activities. The database has been developed and is available at EGLE's BeachGuard web site. Counties enter their data directly into the database.
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