Jim Sygo

Update: Based on the call with State Treasurer Andy Dillon this afternoon, the meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 28, 4:00 will now include Andy Dillon and his staff. Treasury will invite the City of Flint and others o this meeting. DEQ Executive Division:: Director Dan Wyant and Deputy Director Jim Sygo. DEQ DW Staff: Stephen Bush, Richard Benzie, and Mike Prysby — please attend. DEQ WRD Staff: Bill Creal and Phil Argiroff (optional) Amy of Treasury: I added your staff to the meeting notice. Please forward on if I have missed someone. Please let me know who from the City of Flint or other external guests will be attending. Ihave changed the conference room to our Great Lakes Conference Room, 6th Floor, South Tower, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing. Thank you. Mary Beth Thelen 517-241-7390 xxxEND_PAGE:deq01_b029_1839_1839_1

November 9 is the correct date regarding our Cornpliance Communication letter, Stephen Busch, PLE. MDEO Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314

We have a few media inquiries asking if we have received a response to our letter. | know you are still working on figuring out if we have everything we need, but I'd like to get them an interim response. Is this accurate? Can | say within a few weeks, or how long do you think it will be before you've gone through the data? Finally, is Nov. 9 the correct date of our letter? | don't have it in front of me. The DEQ has received a response to our Nov. 9 letter to the city, and staff is in the process of reviewing the information and communicating with the city on any follow-up questions. We hope to have more information to share within a few weeks, and we will get it to you as soon as we can.

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...and who’s Todd?

Please schedule a meeting for 2 hours to discuss status on a number of issues regarding the Flint water issues for Wednesday or Thursday this week. Invite Liane, Steve, Mike, Richard, Todd, Christine, and George. Agenda: Status of lead service lines Status of KWA and connection to Flint Lead/Copper Compliance testing School testing Protocol Questions for Fridays meeting with Flint xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b12_0919_1015_97

FYI. Mary Beth Mary Beth Thelen Executive Management Assistant to the Director Department of Environmental Quality Constitution Hall, 6th Floor South Phone: 517-284-6712 or 284-6700 Fax: 517-241-7401 Theienmedhmichigan gov

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BRODERICK HITS THE GROUND RUNNING Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN} 1S in his first days in office, Anderson Mayar Thomas Broderick plans to meet with all the newly appointed depariment heads and those being retained from the Smith adrninistration to discuss his philosophy and general policies. Uncoming city business includes determining a location for a new bus terminal for the City of Anderson Transit System. Read mare here, Michigan News GOV, RICK SNYDER NEEDS TO DO MORE THAN JUST APOLOGIZE FOR FLINT WATER CRISIS (Editorial} Milve.com GA/absite} TaS4S Gov. Snyder's apclogy and the resignation of Michigan DEQ Director Dan Wyant over the Filnt water crisis Continue to draw media attention. Gov. Snyder apppointad Department of Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh as the interim head of the DEG on Wednesday. The following media outlets have ongoing coverage of the situation, Milve.com (Ediorial Mibva cam (Goksry} Oeireait Fras Press Datrait News Detrait Metro Times FLINT OFFICIALS HOPE RESOLUTION CLEARS CITY OF $145.7 MILLION PAYBACK Mlive.com (Website) 12/30/18 Flint City Council members voted on a resolution to approve a fund transfer that they hope will clear the city of paying a potential $15.7 million from the city’s general fund. The arnouni was transferred cut of weter and sewer funds in 2007 to aid in setiling a lawsuit over sewage 2 xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b10_0879_0895_12 oveniows. Read more here. FLINT MAYOR MEETS WITH COUNTY CHAIRMAN TO DISCUSS CITY'S WATER ACTION PLAN Milve.com (Vebsile} 12/30/15 Flint Mayor Karen Weaver met with Genesee County Board Chairmen Jamie Curtis to discuss the city’s incident Action Plan to respond to the Slate of Emergency over elevated lead levels in the drinking water. Ourlis added additional carnponaents to ihe plan to safeguard public health and clarify the role the county has played in supporting relief efforts and providing public information to date. The incident Action Plan will be announced in iis entirety and presented to the Genesee County Board of Commissioners today. Read more here. FLINT CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WATER LAWSUIT IN SPECIAL, CLOSED MEETING Millve.com GVebsite} Tess A special Flint City Council meeting has been called for Wednesday, January 6, to discuss 2 class-action lawsuit brought by residents Larry Shears and Margaret Fralick alleging the city Hlegally raised water retes. Read more here. STUDY: DRIVERLESS CARS TO BE 14% OF GLOBAL SALES BY ’30 Detroit News (Detroit, MD VMs A report by McKinsey & Company predicts that by 2030, 15 percent of global automotive sales will be of fully autonomous cars, and the industry wil continue fo underge massive technological changes. The repart aise predicts that by 2030, up to 1 out of 10 new cars sold may likely be a shared vehicie, because the Importance of vehicle ownership is declining thanks io ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyf, and car-sharing services like Zipcar. Read more hare. xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b10_0879_0895_13 xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b10_0879_0895_14 RACER Trust on behalf of RACER Trust Tuesday, January 05, 2016 3:30 PM Sygo, Jim (DEQ) RACER News Daily Digest 1/5/16 indiana News CHAMBERLAIN TO HEAD ANDERSON PARKS DEPARTMENT Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN} UANs Rodney Chamberlain has been selected as the nexi supsriniencent of the Anderson Parks & Recreation Department. Chambedain previously served as recreation superintendent wilh ihe Parks Department from 1292 through August 2012. Reasl more hers. GM PLANT PARKING LOT REDEVELOPMENT ON-TRACK inside indiana Business (indianapolis, IN) VEE A deal ic transform a former General Motors plant parking lol into athletic flelds and facilities is moving forward. The Michigan-based RACER Trust has completed the sale of six acres at the old GM Manual Transmission property in Muncie io Ross Community Center inc, Read more hers. Michigan News SNYDER WEIGHS DECLARING WATER EMERGENCY IN FLINT Detroit News (Detroit, Mf} VAG The Geneses County Commission approved Flint's state of emergency declaration, sending it on to the governor's office. The city’s action plan calls for 345 milion to replace 15,060 lead transmission lines that connect Flint hornes to the city’s water system, as well as $6 million to connect Flint te the KWA pipeline currently under construction. The following media cutlets have ongoing coverage of the sHuation. Detrok® News Milve.com xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b10_0879_0895_15 Michigan Radio Detrok Free Prass Detroit Fras Prass ittehunin} WORK CONTINUES ON NEW MICHIGAN WATER PIPELINE Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Ml) 415116 Thanks to a mild winter, work continues on the final portion of the Karegnondi Water Authority nineline project ta bring water from Leke Huron to communities including Flint. Read more here. GENESEE COUNTY CONDUCTS COMMUNITY SURVEY FOCUSED ON FLINT WATER CRISIS Milive.com (Website) VO The Genesee County Health Department is conducting a survey for Flint residents to share their opinions on Fllnt's water crisis. The survey can be completed online and is available in the content of the arlide, Read more here. FLINT MAY RESUME WATER SHUTOFFS SOON Michigan Radio (Ann Arbor, MD VANE Later this month, Genesee County Circulf Court Judge Archie Hayman will hand down a ruling finding Flint water customers ars due @ small roliback in thelr rates, but also will allow the city to shut off water to people who owe money dating back to 2012. Read more here, DETROIT AUTOMAKERS HAVE STRONG DEC. AND 2015 AUTO SALES Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Mi} USAGE Flat Chrysier Automobiles, Ford and GM are reporting strong end-of-year and full-year sales, and may have set a record for number of cars and trucks sold in the US. in a calendar year, eclipsing the previous high from 2000. 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The new construction reflects market demand as developers respond to the increasing desire of young, educaied professionais ta mave to the downtown area. Read more hare. xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b10_0879_0895_17

Any communications concerning the Flint drinking water issue must now be reviewed by the Director before it can be sent out. xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b225_1674_1674_1

Funding Request As a follow-up to our conversation this morning, attached are two documents related to funding the DEQ has received and requested for Flint. The first report indicates that $6 million of the original $7.3 million appropriated through a supplemental has been spent. The second email includes the request for an additional $6.9 million. The State Budget Office is aware that we need to have additional policy conversations regarding the second request. Please let me know if you have any questions at this time. xxxEND_PAGE:deq15_b831_2903_2903_1

No worries. If you do get any calls about Flint, they're all going to the governor's office for now. Sent from my iPhone

| might have accidentally picked it up in one of the threads Sent from my iPhone

FYI Karen for Mary Beth

Hi Brad: | am working on an update/wrap-up on the Flint water issue. | have a few questions and | am hoping you can provide answers by the end of the day 1 xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b12_0919_1015_92 Tuesday. | am also copying two DEQ officials referenced in the questions, in case they want to answer directly. The questions are based on e-mails obtained through FOIA by Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards, and by the Michigan ACLU. 1/ Have any DEQ officials been re-assigned or disciplined in relation to the Flint drinking water issue, other than Liane Shekter Smith? 2/ Why did Stephen Busch say in a Feb. 27 e-mail to the EPA that Flint had “an optimized corrosion control program” when in fact Flint had no corrosion control program? 3/ On June 25, Adam Rosenthal of the DEQ's Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance sent an e-mail about the water samples to Michael Glasgow, a utilities administrator with the City of Flint. "Just wanted to remind you/confirm that Flint is on track for a few items," Rosenthal wrote in the e-mail. "We hope you have 61 more lead/copper samples collected and sent to the lab by 6/30/15, and that they are will be (sic) below the AL (action level) for lead," the e-mail said. "As of now with 39 results, Flint's 90th percentile is over the AL for lead." Was Rosenthal encouraging Flint to collect samples that would be below the action level for lead? Many people are reading his e-mail that way. Is there any reason why I should not? 4/ Why was the DEQ strict in 2015 about disqualifying the sample with a high reading from the home of LeeAnne Walters, for the stated reason that she used a water filter, but not strict in disqualifying other samples for other reasons that could have been used, such as that they were not among the 100 homes that were sampled in 2014, or that they did not come from homes at high risk for lead (for example the homes on Flushing Road that had received a new water main in 2007?) Why is it that of the homes sampled in 2014, only homes that had tested below the AL for lead were sampled again in 2015 and none of the homes that had sampled above the AL for lead in 2014 were sampled again in 2015? Were the samples being cherry picked, as some have suggested? 5/ LeeAnne Walters says she never received a promised letter or email that was to follow up with her from the Aug. 4 meeting in Lansing with DEQ officials and aides 2 xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b12_0919_1015_93 to the Governor. Was she ever sent the letter, which was to explain to her, among other items, why the sample from her home was disqualified? Thanks, Paul Egan Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau 517-372-8660 xxxEND_PAGE:deq19_b12_0919_1015_94

I would direct any questions to either the Mayor or City Administrator. DEQ would not recommend blending and to my knowledge it is not an activity regulated by the DEQ. Sent from my iPhone Mr. Sygo In the previous email you stated MDEQ would not support blending the water. In media articles

LeeAnne Walters, Following are the answers to your questions: 1. What is the status of the pumps that are supposed to be installed for the orthophosphates? The orthophosphate feed system (pumps) was permitted by the DEQ on October 28, 2015. The feed pumps were installed in early December 2015 and placed into operation on December 9, 2015. 2. Once the switch to the KWA happens, what will be the emergency water source for the City of Flint? Will it be Detroit or Flint River? Flint’s emergency source of water after the switch to the KWA will be decided by the city of Flint. Please contact the city of Flint for further information regarding this issue. xxxEND_PAGE:deq20_b10_223_431_208 3. A few months back Howard Kroft confirmed a Y was installed at the water treatment to blend the untreated lake water with the Flint river water if needed. Will this still be happening/and or an option to happen? Use of Flint River for blending would be based on a decision made by the city of Flint. Please contact the city of Flint for further information regarding this issue. 4. Why are the people not being made aware of the flushing and contacted before it happens. Why is there no notification from the city or the MDEQ? Notification of routine flushing is encouraged by the DEQ for all water utilities; however, it is the city’s responsibility to provide adequate notification to residents in areas that will be affected by routine flushing. Please contact the city of Flint for further information regarding this issue. Jim Sygo Chief Deputy Director Department of Environmental Quality

Jim and George, Attached is the updated version of the budget request to support drinking water testing. | am also attaching a new document that contains a cost estimate for testing all schools. Please let me know if any of the assumptions on the documents need to be updated. | will bring copies to our meeting at 9:00 tomorrow. Thanks, Amy xxxEND_PAGE:deq15_b817_2855_2855_1

Jim and George, Attached is a draft budget request for us to discuss at 3:30 today for the Drinking Water Program. | definitely need your input in terms of what specifically we would need the funding for (i.e. staff, contracts, equipment, etc.). At this point, | just put placeholders down to have something to react to. | am hoping we can revise the document at today’s meeting, review with the Director tomorrow morning, and then send to the State Budget Office this week. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Amy xxxEND_PAGE:deq15_b808_2842_2842_1

Mr. Sygo The last time I emailed you there were things you were looking into it. Are the any updates on the Y at the plant and blending the lake and river water once the KWA is online? Also why is the the Flint River being used as the emergency water source after everything that has happened? How does it make sense in an emergency to go

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:15:32 PM - Completed partial plumbing assessments of Flint Southwestern High School and Flint Northwestern High School (12/18). - Meeting with EPA and City of Flint engineering consultant regarding KWA transition (12/15). - Continued work on school reports, Pierce Elementary and Doyle Ryder Elementary schools - FOIA and legislative request responses Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 [email protected]

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 1:25:06 PM Thanks Richard.

Jim, This topic was on the agenda of the Region 5 States conference call yesterday. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin do not have active school sampling programs for lead. Only Minnesota has an on-going program, and it is being conducted through their Department of Education even though their drinking water program is in their Department of Public Health. Minnesota said they would circulate additional information about this program to the other states. | asked if we could get an estimate of the resources they expend, which we may have to obtain in a follow-up conversation. Minnesota did say they even provide funding for lead abatement measures, which include dealing with corrosion issues in schools that are connected to municipal water (fixture replacements, etc.) as well as schools that are classified as noncommunity public water systems (installing corrosion control treatment). | will circulate the additional information when it is distributed, or contact Minnesota directly if it doesn’t arrive soon. Richard xxxEND_PAGE:deq02_b419_3746_3746_1

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 12:01:15 PM Jim, This topic was on the agenda of the Region 5 States conference call yesterday. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin do not have active school sampling programs for lead. Only Minnesota has an on-going program, and it is being conducted through their Department of Education even though their drinking water program is in their Department of Public Health. Minnesota said they would circulate additional information about this program to the other states. | asked if we could get an estimate of the resources they expend, which we may have to obtain in a follow-up conversation. Minnesota did say they even provide funding for lead abatement measures, which include dealing with corrosion issues in schools that are connected to municipal water (fixture replacements, etc.) as well as schools that are classified as noncommunity public water systems (installing corrosion control treatment). | will circulate the additional information when it is distributed, or contact Minnesota directly if it doesn’t arrive soon. Richard xxxEND_PAGE:deq02_b448_3792_3792_1

Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 3:15:11 PM FYI