Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 7:49:46 PM
Importance: High
FYI, this afternoon | spoke with Tom Quasarano, Assistant Attorney General who
advises state agencies on the FOIA. He said that we need to provide the requester
with only a cost estimate by the response due date to avoid a court awarding
fines/damages/fees/costs to the requester under Section 10 of the FOIA. Tom said
that cost estimate would include all estimated technical and administrative staff time
to review and produce the records, but the records do not first need to be reviewed
by staff before an estimate is provided to the requester.
That being said, please plan to provide Tamara Mankel ASAP the LDO cost estimate
for any past due Flint water-related FOIA requests so she can forward it to the
requester(s).
In the meantime, Tom is going to provide me with language to respond to the
requesters who are continually e-mailing me about the status of their FOIA requests.
Thanks much!
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Sorry this was delayed. | was off sick yesterday.
Rose Woosley
OEA -EAC
Departinent of Envivorunental Quality
SUF -284-6890 / 800-662-9278
Fox! 517-241-0858
Degitia@michigargoy
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2015FOIAs
County | DueDate | Divisions Hyperlink
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RMD thru 6899\6877.pdf
See second page, additional clarification sent in yesterday.
Rose Woosley
OEA -EAC
Department of Environmental Quality
517-284-6890 / 800-662-9278
Fax: 517-241-0858
[email protected]
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Karen — FYI only. Please distribute as appropriate.
--Susan
Susan Vorce, FOIA Coordinator
Department of Environmental Quality
517-284-6889 or 800-662-9278
[email protected]
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Rove Woodley
OFA -EAC
Departnrent of Environmental Qualiy
517-284-6890 / 800-662-9278
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As we discussed, yes, please e-mail the three PDF documents to him at [email protected] as
| understand that ODWMA will provide the documents at no charge. FYI, | also spoke with Lori Carter
of the Accounting Service Center, who told me the $50 FOIA deposit check has not yet been
processed so once they receive it, she will have it returned to me to be voided and returned to Rep.
Phelps. Thanks.
Good Morning Karen,
Do you want me to e-mail the documents to Representative Phelps?
Jo Anne Renneker
Secretary
Office of Waste Managernent and Radiological Protection
Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assisiance
517-284-0643
FYI, Maggie Pallone previously told me that she spoke with Rep. Phelps about his attached FOIA
request. He told her that he would get back with her about whether or not he wanted to cancel his
request. Maggie has since contacted his office 3 additional times to follow up, but no one has
contacted her. That being said, late this afternoon, Maggie said to go ahead and treat his request as
a FOIA after all.
In addition, today Sylvia Renteria sent his $50 FOIA good faith deposit check to the Cashier's Office
to be deposited due to the year-end closing deadline to deposit checks and is having it credited to
ODWMA (see attached).
It turns out that the Executive Division does not have any of the requested records. However,
ODWMA has three documents in the attached e-mail from Tracy Jo Devereaux that are responsive
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according to my conversation today with Steve Busch, so ODVWMA will need to provide Rep. Phelps
with those documents, apply the cost against the $50 check, and either have a refund issued if the
total cost is less than $50 or invoice Rep. Phelps for any additional amount over $50.
Please let me know if you need anything else from me. Thanks.
Karen
Hello All:
Attached is an appeal for FOIA 6429-15, specifically the Insufficient Information denial
regarding a conference call.
Submitted with the appeal is a copy of the Lead and Copper Report and Consumer Notice
of Lead Result Certificate for Community Water Supply, prepared by Michael Glasgow,
Utilities Administrator, dated 8/20/2015.
Please let me know if the appeal provides “sufficient” information to enable a search for
responsive records regarding a conference call.
Please call me if you have any questions.
--Susan
Susan Vorce, FOIA Coordinator
Department of Environmental Quality
517-284-6889 or 800-662-9278
[email protected]
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This FOIA request was originally 6429-15, that is now separated into 3 requests, all with the same
due date:
6429, 6525, 6526
| apologize for the confusion. Please call me if you have any questions.
--Susan
Susan Vorce, FOIA Coordinator
Department of Environmental Quality
517-284-6889 or 800-662-9278
[email protected]
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Importance: High
This FOIA request has been revised to reflect the following:
1 —WRD has been removed. No action necessary, unless you believe documents
exist.
2 -— This FOIA request has been separated into 3 separate requests, all with the same
due date:
6429, 6525, 6526
| apologize for the confusion. Please call me if you have any questions.
--Susan
Susan Vorce, FOIA Coordinator
Department of Environmental Quality
517-284-6889 or 800-662-9278
[email protected]