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EGLE water resources chief outlines staffing, budget strains and permit workload
Summary
Jared Sanders, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Water Resources Division, told a House appropriations subcommittee that the division manages a broad set of programs but faces staffing and funding challenges, with high permit volume and a large share of early-career staff.
Jared Sanders, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy Water Resources Division, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy that the division oversees a wide range of regulatory and nonregulatory programs but is strained by staffing and funding pressures.
"Michigan, and the Great Lakes Basin is like a globally rare and unique place," Sanders said, noting the basin holds about 70% of North America's fresh surface water and about 21% of the world's. He described the division's responsibilities as spanning permitting, monitoring, compliance and grant programs across wastewater, stormwater, wetlands, coastal…
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