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Enforcement
The Enforcement Unit is responsible for conducting all escalated enforcement actions taken by the bureau.  These actions are conducted in response to violations of state water pollution control statutes and rules, violations of surface water discharge permits, and any violations of administrative or judicial orders.  These responsibilities extend statewide and by their very nature comprise the most complicated, complex and controversial compliance and enforcement actions taken by the bureau.  Unit staff are responsible for the development and coordination of escalated enforcement cases assigned to them, and for seeing these cases through to final resolution.  The unit serves as the bureau's liaison with the Michigan Department of Attorney General and also works with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice on joint state/federal enforcement cases.

Information

• Certificate of Entry Guidance Document 1 of 4 PDF icon

• Certificate of Entry Guidance Document for Industrial Stormwater PDF icon

• Certificate of Entry Guidance Document for Non-Stormwater Discharges PDF icon

• Certificate of Entry Guidance Document for Groundwater PDF icon

• Enforcement Unit Contact Names

• Penalty Summaries DOC icon

• Fiscal Year 2005 Settled Cases DOC icon


Laws and Rules

• Environmental Regulations

• Part 31, Water Resource Protection

• Part 41, Sewage Systems

• NREPA


Online Services

• Water Bureau Enforcement Order Summaries and Current Contested Cases Hearings PDF icon



DEQ Related Links

• Indiana University Virtual Law Library

• University of Michigan Law

• Envirobiz Press Releases

• Thomas Legislative Information

• U.S. EPA Office of Water

• Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)

• Other Water Information Sources

• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program

• EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

• EPA's Program for Economy and Environment

• Water and Wastes Digest

• Water World International


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