- Protecting Michigan's Environment
Many products and by-products can pose a threat to our environment and human health if not handled or disposed of properly. The following DEQ programs deal with waste issues: Hazardous Waste, Liquid Industrial By-Products (formerly Liquid Industrial Waste), Medical Waste, Radiological Protection, Recycling, Scrap Tires, and Solid Waste. In these pages, you will find permit/license application forms; guidance documents; state, federal and local statutory and regulatory information; and grant and loan information available under these programs.
- Waste Compliance and Enforcement
Announcements
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Announcements
- Part 111, Hazardous Waste Management, Proposed Rule Changes
- Part 111 Receipt of Request for Site-Specific Land Disposal Restriction Treatability Variance
- Part 121 Liquid Industrial By-Products (formerly Liquid Industrial Waste) Statutory Changes
- Drug Disposal Information
- Introduction to Hazardous Waste Regulations Webinars
- Hazardous Waste User Charges and Annual Invoice Packets
- Michigan Site Identification Form EQP5150 (Rev. 5/2010) and Directions (Rev. 7/2005)
- Annual Reports of Solid Waste Landfilled in Michigan
- Uniform Manifest Information
Solid Waste
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Solid Waste
- Solid Waste Management
Our programs have evolved from a focus primarily on disposal to an increased emphasis on resource conservation and recovery. Consistent with Michigan’s Solid Waste Policy, our programs recognize waste as a resource that should be managed to promote economic vitality, ecological integrity, and improved quality of life in a way that fosters sustainability. So in addition to ensuring that waste disposal practices are protective of the public and environment, we promote a systematic approach to using/reusing resources productively and sustain-ably throughout their life cycles, from the point of resource extraction through material recycling or final disposal.
- NEW - Beneficial Use Provisions
Beneficial use recycles waste materials like paper pulp, cement kiln dust and foundry sand for use in industrial settings. Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law several amendments affecting the original beneficial reuse legislation, Part 115 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act of 1994, to expand the allowable uses of the recycled materials. Those changes went into effect Sept. 16.
- Solid Waste Management
Hazardous Waste
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Hazardous Waste and Liquid Industrial By-Products
- Controlling of Hazardous Waste
Control of hazardous wastes in Michigan is accomplished through a set of interrelated actions. These include managing the generation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes, licensing and regulating hazardous and liquid industrial by-products (formerly liquid industrial waste) transportation, and informing individuals of the opportunities for proper disposal of hazardous and harmful wastes generated in the home.
- EPA Hazardous Waste Permitting Website
- Explosives or Munitions Emergency Response - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) FY2016 Work Plan
- Hazardous Waste Program Policies and Procedures
- Liquid Industrial By-Products (formerly Liquid Industrial Waste) Codes
- Controlling of Hazardous Waste
Transporters
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Michigan Hazardous and Liquid Industrial Waste Transporter Program
- Michigan Hazardous Waste and Liquid Industrial By-Products (formerly Liquid Industrial Waste) Transporter Program
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, through the Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection, manages the registration and permitting for hazardous waste and liquid industrial by-products (formerly liquid industrial waste) transportation in the State of Michigan.
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- Michigan Hazardous Waste and Liquid Industrial By-Products (formerly Liquid Industrial Waste) Transporter Program
Radiological Protection
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Radiological Protection
- Radiological Protection Programs
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Radiological Protection programs monitor environmental radioactive material sources to assure protection of the public from unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation. These duties are carried out by four separate programs that include Radioactive Materials, Michigan Indoor Radon, Environmental Monitoring & Reporting, and Radiological Emergency Preparedness.
- Radiological Protection Programs