Nicholas Damato

Environmental Specialist at Ohio EPA / EPA

Also known as D'Amato, Nicholas

10

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Nov 2014–Sep 2015

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10 emails found.

FW: Flint Mi: LCR Enforcement Issues

Importance: High Tim & Tinka, Miguel forwarded the email below from Marc Edwards. Miguel then called because he wanted Tinka to have a heads up especially on the info in the ACLU video and didn’t want her blindsided xxxEND_PAGE:deq25_b075_0798_0976_031 with the content —it should be reviewed carefully. Tom, Rita, Heather, Jennifer, Miguel & | will be having a call with ORC & OECA this morning on Marc’s email. Nick

FW: Flint Ml: LCR Enforcement Issues

Hi Tom, Nick, and Rita -- | will set up a meeting to discuss this email. Let me know if you would like me to include HQ. Thanks! Best wishes, Heather Heather A. Shoven | Enforcement Team Leader | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch | 77 W. Jackson Blvd (WG-15J) | Chicago, IL 60604 | 312-886-0153

Agenda and Materials for Monday's Semi-Annual EPA/MDEQ Enforcement and

121212 LEAD HEALTH EFFECTS enclosure.doc; EPA lead letter FINAL revised for 2016.doc; FY 2016 NTNCWS Lead and Copper Rule Disinvestments ...docx; MI July 2015 quarterly freeze ETT letter.pdf Hello everyone, lam writing to confirm our semi-annual EPA/MDEQ enforcement and compliance assistance call on Monday, September 21, at 11am Eastern/10am Central. | have provided a draft agenda below. Please let me know if you have any additional agenda items. | appreciate your time and look forward to our discussion. Best wishes, Heather 312-886-0153 Logistics Monday, September 21, 2015 at 11am Eastern/10am Central Call-In Number: Conference Code: f°” Meeting Purpose Discuss status of priority systems and the July 2015 ETT as well as lead consumer notice worksharing efforts with noncommunity program for FY 2016. Draft Agenda (1) Introductions (2) Any additional agenda items? (3 Overview of Quarterly ERP Letter with July 2015 ETT data; letter sent by Tom Murphy via email to MDEQ on 8/21/2015 with response requested by 9/30/2015 (quarterly letter is attached) > System update requests > Referral requests ES MDEQ’s FY 2016 LCR Disinvestments for NTNCWSs (see attachment — any questions/concerns?) a MDEQ/EPA Coordination on lead consumer notice at NTNCWS 1. EPA outreach effort to remaining 698 NTNCWS > Fall letters outlining lead consumer notice requirements for upcoming LCR sampling. xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b307_3155_3156_1 NOTE: Attached is a draft letter as well as the two enclosures frorn our 2012 outreach effort. We welcorne cormments on the draft fetter which we revised to reflect calendar year 2016, Do we need ta revisit either of the enclosures? 2. MDEQvwill include information on providing lead consumer notice in the annual monitoring letters sent to each NTNCWS in early 2016. (6) Schedule Next Meeting > 6 months takes us to Monday, March 21, 2016 xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b307_3155_3156_2

Reporter inquiry

Just FYI - I had a voicemail from Jessica Dupnack (a reporter in MJ) regarding the Walters’ sample results and I forwarded it to Pete Cassell as requested. Miguel A. Del Toral Regulations Manager U.S. EPA RS GWDWB xxxEND_PAGE:deq03_b604_2838_3252_275 77 West Jackson Blvd, (WG-15J) Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: (312) 886-5253 xxxEND_PAGE:deq03_b604_2838_3252_276 Rennaker, Joanne (DEQ)

FYI: Water Dilemma in Flint

A Water Dilemma in or Costly? By MITCH SMITHMARCH 24, 2015 chigan: Cloudy Vernon White over the Flint River, which replaced Lake Huron as the water source in Flirt, Mich, Mr. White says fe buys soda fo avoid the water. FLINT, Mich. — Depending on the day, Melissa Mays says, the water flowing out of her home’s faucets might have a blue tint. Or it might smell like mothballs. Or it might fill her home with the scent of an overchiarinated swimrning pool. Lately, Ms. Mays, who is 36 and works in marketing, has not been turning on her tap much at all, After Flint changed the source of its drinking water last spring, Ms. Mays said, she noticed a change in the water’s color and odor. Then she started having rashes, and clumps of her hair fell out. When the city issued @ boll order, she stopped using the water for drinking and cooking. Now her family spends roughly $400 a month on bottled water. xxxEND_PAGE:deq21_b459_1247_1249_1 “My cat gets bottled water, our glants aet bottled water, our fish gets bottled water,” sald Ms. Mays, who has helped organize marches to protest the water conditions and is on a city commission seeking input on how to move forward. “It takes four to five botties of water to fill up a pot for spaghetti.” Flint officiais insist that the city’s water is safe. They say that the issues of odor and color are sanarate