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EGLE director outlines agency structure, water and brownfield work, PFAS coordination and grants
Summary
Phil Roos, director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), briefed the committee on EGLE’s organization, grant-driven budget, water and air programs, brownfield redevelopment, remediation and the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART).
EGLE Director Phil Roos and legislative liaison Sydney Hart provided the House Natural Resources and Tourism Committee with an overview of the department’s mission, structure and major program areas, emphasizing the agency’s regulatory role and the economic and public-health consequences of its work.
Roos told the committee EGLE employs more than 1,500 scientists, engineers and staff and that more than half of the department’s budget is grant funding that flows back to local communities for projects such as drinking-water…
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