Request for Disclosure of Official Files
- From
- Deqfoia
Mr. Phil Phelps
819 Main Street, Unit A
Flushing, Ml 48433
tear Mr. Phelps:
SUBJECT: Request for Disclosure of Official Files - Executive Division and Water Resources
Division
This notice is issued in response to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act, 1976 PA 442, as amended (FOIA), received on September 8, 2015. You have requested the
following information: “Any waivers, permits or applications to use the Flint River as a source for
water and/or drinking water for the City of Flint, etc.” (FOIA 6422-15),
The purpose of the FOIA is to provide the public with access to existing, nonexempt public records of
public bodies. Your request to examine or receive a copy of the documents described above is
denied.
To the best of this public body's knowledge, information, and belief, the public record does not exist
under the name given by the requester, or by another name reasonably known to the public body.
Under section 10 of the FOIA, the DEQ is obligated to inform you of the following:
1) Appeal this decision in writing to the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, P.O.
Box 30473, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7973. The writing must specifically state the word "appeal," and
identify the basis for which the disclosure determination should be reversed. The Director of the DEQ,
' his/her delegated designee, must respond to the appeal within 10 days of its receipt. Under
unusual circumstances, the time for response to the appeal may be extended by 10 business days.
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2) Commence a civil action in circuit court within 180 days after the date of the final determination to
deny the request. if you prevail in such an action, the court is to award reasonable attorney fees,
costs, and disbursements, and possible damages.
Susan Vorce, FOIA Coordinator
Department of Environmental Quality
800-662-9278
[email protected]
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Volume #54, Report #195, Article #1~-Thursday, October 1, 2015
Senate Activity Report | House Activity Report
Pressure Mounts On Flint Water; Snyder Prepares Actions
A coalition of Flint and state organizations asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to
order a switchover of the Flint water system with the Detroit Water and Sewerage system, in what is one of
the most striking actions in the controversy. The demand came as state officials plan to announce a series of
actions on Flint on Friday dealing with the water problems in the city.
One legislator - who aiso complained he had been denied documents from the state dealing with the switch