EAC Call - City of Flint, Genesee County Water Concern MEDIA CONCERN
- From
- Joli Collett
Importance: High
FYI
This email is being sent to you due to the nature of the call and that caller reported he spoke with Andrew, Governor’s
office, and was referred to DEQ to report.
Caller information:
Joe Weihr
248-820-2709
County:
City:
Report:
Action:
Genesee
Flint
Water in Flint toxic, town hall meeting at Antioch Baptist Mission Church, about the water, media present, 300
people, children attended, some w/rashes from the water.
He just got off the phone with Andrew, Governor's office ref DEQ.
Has called EPA reporting.
City of Flint sent letter admitting water does not meet EPA water quality standard.
Water is no longer hooked up to Flint water, city decided three years ago to draw water out of the Flint water
and processing it rather than buying it from the City of Detroit. This is when the health issues began.
Provided contact number for Stephen Busch,
Transferred call, stayed on line, went to voice mail,
Got back on line, let caller know call went to voice and inquired his preference of leaving a message or should |
continue to find a live individual.
He stated he was fine leaving a message. | reminded him that he has the number if he would like to call Busch
directly he could do so.
Further action:
Email sent to including EXEC Communications due to caller stating he contacted the Governor's office prior to calling us.
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Joli Collett, Department Analyst
Agent 23120
Department of Environmental Qualtiy
Office of Environmental Assistance
Environmental Assistant Center 1-800-662-9278
Pollution Emergency Alerting System (PEAS) 1-800-292-4706
[email protected]
(517) 284-6868
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Rennaker, Joanne (DEQ)