Asbestos by State

State rules

Michigan

Michigan’s asbestos NESHAP program is the Air Quality Division of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. EGLE says it has been delegated to carry out the federal standard, to take notices, to collect fees, and to inspect removal and demolition projects. Notices and revisions now go through the MiEnviro portal, not by mail. Contact people vary by county, and the page tells you to use the asbestos contact list for your region. A separate state labor agency, MIOSHA, is linked for worker safety. Michigan is not an AHERA waiver state on EPA’s list. An annual program report is due to the air program by March 1.

Checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.

Try a ZIP like 30303, “Travis County” or “Columbus, OH”
Who runs the asbestos program
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Air Quality Division, with a separate worker-safety notice to MIOSHA
Who must be licensed or accredited
EGLE’s asbestos page is a NESHAP notification and inspection program. It points worker-safety information to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.
Official program page
Official page →

EGLE says advanced notification is required so precautions are in place before demolition or renovation disturbs asbestos. Staff review Notifications of Intent to Renovate or Demolish for completeness and inspect jobs for NESHAP compliance. The public can search notices in MiEnviro. Enforcement notices are also exposed through the portal’s site map. The page says mailing, in the user guides that accompany the program, is not the path for the notice itself: the portal is. An annual report due March 1 covers staffing, the number of notices, enforcement, and case studies.

The same program page points readers to MIOSHA at the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, and to EPA, for information that is not the air-notice file. A user guide retrieved with the program says EGLE’s notice threshold is 260 linear feet, 160 square feet, or 35 cubic feet, while it describes a lower MIOSHA notice size, and it says a NESHAP job may also need a MIOSHA notice. Use those figures only together with the guide you are reading, and ask the regional EGLE contact which form your county expects. This directory’s structured fee field is left empty even where a portal guide mentions a payment.

Because contacts change by region, a Detroit-area project and a northern project do not share one inspector. Find the county contact before you assume a Lansing mailbox is enough. Schools follow federal AHERA because Michigan is not on the waiver list. OSHA and MIOSHA are the worker rules. Before you hire, ask EGLE whether a MiEnviro notice is on file for the address and ask the labor department what training the crew must show.

Official resources in Michigan

EGLE asbestos NESHAP program

Delegation, MiEnviro notices, fees, and regional contacts.

EPA state asbestos contacts

Michigan EGLE contacts listed by EPA.

EPA asbestos NESHAP overview

Federal standard EGLE implements.

OSHA construction asbestos standard

Federal construction worker-protection rule.

Key facts for Michigan

What to do next

  1. File the notice in MiEnviro and keep the submission record.
  2. Look up the county contact instead of using one statewide phone for every job.
  3. Ask whether MIOSHA also wants a notice for the same project.
  4. Search MiEnviro for the address before you assume no earlier notice exists.

Looking for your city or county in Michigan?

We haven't found official program-level pages for Michigan we can verify yet, so we don't show local numbers here rather than guess. Here's what to use instead, in order:

  1. General Start with the statewide information above. It applies across Michigan, but cities and counties can add their own steps, fees or deadlines.
  2. Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.
    Michigan EGLE Air Quality Division
    Website →
    Phone: (517) 284-7680 (as listed on that page, checked Oct 4, 2026)
    Your city or county office: Local governments →
    Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Michigan page on USA.gov can point you to the right office.
  3. Know the current info? Tell us and include a link to the official page. We check every tip before it goes up.

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