Mike Zimmer

Director at Department of Licesning and Regulatory Affairs / Michigan

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Oct 2015–Feb 2016

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14 emails found.

FWICC Subcommittee Priorities, Objectives and Tasks

Greetings All, This week we are schedule to have presentations from the FWICC KWA, Policy and Communications Sub-Committees. As a reminder, please send me your lists of priorities, objectives and tasks using the attached template by end of business on Friday (1 need to include them in the Governor's briefing on Thursday). Also, for those who presented last week and have not sent me your items on this template, please do so by end of business on Wednesday. Please let Harvey or me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Stacie 313.456.4994 (office) [email protected] xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b39_6977_7316_134 Robert, Carla M. (T reasury) Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:22 PM

FW: FWICC Policy Subcommittee

To
Nancy Grijalva , Mary Thelen , Sara Cousineau
Per Director Zimmer’s e-mail below, I am asking you to check calendars for next week to schedule this phone conference on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Below are dates/times for this discussion. Please let me know when you (or your boss) are available during either of these options. Ideally I'd like to schedule an hour for this discussion. Thank you. P.S. Sara, if you could please respond on behalf of both Treasurer Khouri and Larry Steckelberg, that would be greatly appreciated. Tues., 2/16 9:00-5:00 Wed., 2/17 8:00-1:15

Re: FWICC Policy Subcommittee

I would defer to Miguel DelToral for background on the initial LCR, revisions, and implementation. Interagency protocols; Start with a commitment to protect the health and safety of people and the environment being primary when developing programs and policies . Then allowing meaningful opportunities for participation (voice ) to be heard in a neutral forum where people are treated with dignity and respect That benefits and liabilities from decisions will be shared equitably by all parties concerned . That the authorities are trustworthy (seeTyler 2000:121) Recognition that adherence to procedure is only one aspect of fairness. Where there is overlap in responsibility or management of potential outcomes - good or bad , those agencies must submit written opinions for evaluation by the governor's cabinet and published online in a format accessible to the public before a final decision is made.Additionally , there must be a monitoring plan that will published in the same manner. That an independent ombudsman be appointed to assure that these policies are followed.

RE: FWICC Policy Subcommittee

From
Marc Edwards
To
Mike Zimmer , Nick Khouri , Larry Steckelberg , Creagh
This sounds reasonable to me. At present | do not understand what interagency protocols mean, or statewide policy, but we can work that out as we go. | assume it means something to everyone else, Also, please include Yanna on this, as she is likely going to be an expert on the panel working on the lead and copper rule changes. Marc

FWICC Policy Subcommittee

To
Nick Khouri , Larry Steckelberg
Good Morning: I have been asked to chair the FWICC Policy Subcommittee on which you have all been selected to serve. Our subcommittee has been assigned three general priorities/tasks: 1) Interagency Protocols 2) Statewide Policy 3) Lead and Copper Rule Change Recommendations Of these, I think the Lead and Copper Rule Change Recommendations is the more straightforward - although certainly not the simplest. Interagency Protocols may prove more multifaceted as it could include protocols between state agencies, between state and local agencies, and between state and federal partners. The last, Statewide Policy, is at this point a holding category that could review implementation of policies requested by other work groups or items of interest to the committee members. We have been asked to get our finalized list of priorities to Harvey by Thursday morning at 10:00. Given the short time frame and the fact that many of you serve on multiple subcommittees, at this point I am asking that you get back to me by COB tomorrow (Wednesday) indicating whether you agree with my reading of our assignments or would like any changes or modifications. Also, if there are any items on our list that are of particular interest to any of you, please note that. I will be having my assistant, Diane Burton, reach out to you so that we can set up a telephone conference early next week to discuss scoping out our priorities and assign specific tasks, metrics, and timelines. T look forward to working with all of you. Mike Mike Zimmer, Director Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs 611 W. Ottawa Street Lansing, Michigan 48909 517-241-7124 UCANSING AND EL CLRATORY AFFAIRS CUSTOVTA ORVTN, GUSINTSS MENDES: xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b39_6977_7316_040 Ryan, Howard (T reasury)

FWICC Policy Subcommittee

To
Unknown recipient
Good Morning: I have been asked to chair the FWICC Policy Subcommittee on which you have all been selected to serve. Our subcommittee has been assigned three general priorities/tasks: 1) Interagency Protocols 2) Statewide Policy 3) Lead and Copper Rule Change Recommendations xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b38_6783_6976_192 Of these, I think the Lead and Copper Rule Change Recommendations is the more straightforward - although certainly not the simplest. Interagency Protocols may prove more multifaceted as it could include protocols between state agencies, between state and local agencies, and between state and federal partners. The last, Statewide Policy, is at this point a holding category that could review implementation of policies requested by other work groups or items of interest to the committee members. We have been asked to get our finalized list of priorities to Harvey by Thursday morning at 10:00. Given the short time frame and the fact that many of you serve on multiple subcommittees, at this point I am asking that you get back to me by COB tomorrow (Wednesday) indicating whether you agree with my reading of our assignments or would like any changes or modifications. Also, if there are any items on our list that are of particular interest to any of you, please note that. I will be having my assistant, Diane Burton, reach out to you so that we can set up a telephone conference early next week to discuss scoping out our priorities and assign specific tasks, metrics, and timelines. I look forward to working with all of you. Mike Mike Zimmer, Director Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs 611 W. Ottawa Street Lansing, Michigan 48909 517-241-7124 LCEMSING AMD REGLALATORY AFFAIRS pean ise inta nese tienen init CLSUENLS RTS BONES MNES xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b38_6783_6976_193 Schafer, Suzanne K. (T reasury)

Re: Municipal water question

To
Unknown recipient
> > 1) Testing/Inspection: The State Construction Code Act requires us to do testing and inspection of school facilities. We do initial inspections and safety checks (usually responding to complaints or remodels). This is true for all jurisdictions under the Act - except Detroit. So if another municipal asked, we would do a plumbing inspection. > >| would note this is a resource issue. We are pulling all our inspectors in to handle Flint and borrowing others. If | had to do this routinely or for multiple jurisdictions, we would have a bandwidth/budget issue. > > 2) Remediation: The bigger question, which | just discussed with Roberts, was what happens if as a result of our testing we find significant issues? Who pays for remediation. At this point, that responsibility falls on the local jurisdiction. > > Does that answer your question. > > Sent from my iPad >

Flint

lam scratching my head a bit over what LARA could do to assist in the Flint situation. | can think of a couple things, but they are pretty tangential: 1) MIOSHA: The bureau has a lab - | have reached out to Martha Yoder, the bureau director, to see if they have water testing capabilities. 2) BCC: We can do inspections (and permitting) upon request - like we tried to do in the Detroit demo project. Irv Poke, the bureau director there, has already talked to DEQ about some pipe inspection in Flint schools, but we may be able to go farther if there is a need. 3) MAE/PSC: Really can't think of anything, but they have lots of weird programs, so | have reached out to Val for suggestions. 4) Organization: The Flint situation could benefit from a "all hands on deck" working group like that we have done for the last several years with winter fuels. Mostly the same cast of characters with a few departmental additions and a switch in the impacted interest groups. If Dan (or someone else) wants to run lead, | could loan Karen Towne to either staff/organize the meetings/calls or train the department staff person on the template of how these work. She is pretty experienced in organizing this kind of thing. Will keep thinking, but that's all | can come up with on short notice. Mike Sent from my iPad xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1632_4012_4012_1