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Please see Luke’s draft notes -- attached, and provide cornments to me by 1/8/16. | will finalize and place ori the Lansing drive, Thanks, Army Arny Lachance Grand Rapids District Coordinator and Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo District Supervisor Office of Brinking Water and Municipal Assistance Michigan Department of Emvronmental Cuallty Work Cell xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b300_3141_3141_1

Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 4:17:01 PM

I scanned and e-mailed Kalamazoo's to the requester on 11/9. Thank you. Naney Linhardt [email protected] Ph. 269.567.3610 (Kalamazoo) Fax 269.567.3555 (Kalamazoo) Secretary to: Fred L. Sellers, District Supervisor Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection Kalamazoo (and Grand Rapids) District Office(s) and Amy Lachance, District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Kalamazoo (and Grand Rapids) District Office(s) Dea.

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:50:49 AM 0587-16 emailed 11/10/15. 0603-15 file in Lansing District Ralph E. DuMont, Secretary Department of Environmental Quality - Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection - Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Jackson District Office 301 East Louis Glick Highway Jackson, Michigan 49201 517-780-7924 517-780-7855 (fax) [email protected]

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:31:50 AM | have provided a cost estimate to Tammy for FOIA #s 601 and 613. Kim Walstrom | Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection | Grand Rapids District Office Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Phone (616) 356-0290 | [email protected]

Importance: High Do any of you know the status of these FOIAs? Have you provided the information or a cost estimate to Tammy?

Mr. VanDeventer called me this afternoon and indicated they are looking for LCR related information, so the first bulleted item in their FOIA requests can be considered to be with respect to LCR documents just like the second and third bullet. He also indicated that his use of the phrase, “water testing standards and protocols used to test the community water supply...” was referring to the analytical procedures. | suggested he contact the state laboratory to get the information about the analytical procedures they use for analyzing lead. | said that some of these large systems may also use another certified laboratory, and he would have to contact those laboratories should he want that information. He mentioned that some district staff had informed him there may be a central repository for this information. 90" percentile calculations since 2011 are stored in SDWIS, but individual lead results are not. As the Grand Rapids district first noted, these requests do not specifically ask for actual results, but seem to be more aimed at the implementation of the LCR. | would assume any compliance determination correspondence since January of 2011 would be included. If actual results have been included with correspondence that fits the request, so be it. Please proceed to fill these FOIA requests. Richard Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b190_3412_3416_1 Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512

FYI. If | don’t here from the requestor by Monday, we will fill this request on the assumption that they are interested in the lead and copper monitoring program. Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512

| left another voicemail message earlier today and have just now sent this email hoping to get a response by the end of the week.

FYI. We can discuss this matter further at our upcoming FOS Managers meeting. Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512

FYI —| left a voicemail message and am awaiting a return call.

After discussing this matter with Kris Philip and others here in Lansing, | am planning to call Farough & Associates tomorrow to see if they will clarify their request. For those of you that have received this request for a water system in your district, we want to respond consistently. We need to know if they are primarily interested in LCR information, or are they requesting additional compliance data. A broad interpretation of their first bullet could imply they are looking for all correspondence related to compliance with the public water supply program and Act 399. We would also like to know what they mean by “water testing standards and protocols.” Is it just water testing protocols, or is it protocols for the PWSS program in general? | will let you know as soon as | get a response.

Steve said that around 30 FOIA requests for Pb/Cu information went out from Farough & Assoc. so | assume we all got some except maybe Chuck. Should we just handle individually in our districts and then maybe make an extra copy of whatever is provided? The request was pretty broad, so we will provide all correspondence that relates to Pb/Cu from 2011 through 2015. It doesn’t appear that they are requesting actual results though. Just wanted to see if we’re all on the same page. xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b227_3489_3490_1 Here’s the FOIA: thru 0699\0601.pdf xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b227_3489_3490_2

Just a quick heads up that we are arranging a brown bag session for ODWMA employees in an attempt to explain what is happening with Flint. | know it is short notice, but we have reserved the ConCon Room for Thursday at 11:00 AM. We will provide a call-in option for district offices. Hopefully, at least some staff from each district will participate and fill in those who cannot alter their schedules on short notice. More details about the call-in number will follow as we confirm arrangements and/or they become available. | wanted you to know as soon as we were able to reserve a room. Richard xxxEND_PAGE:deq26_b044_0520_0520_1

Date: Thursday, October 01, 2015 6:57:00 PM FY| —This is where we will be Friday afternoon.

FYI This is where we will be Friday afternoon.

| would add a couple of bullets: | thought | “rang the bell” to encourage staff to not wait too long to work with systems participating in the 2015 Needs Survey and that we are supposed to have one-third of them submitted by the end of August. | also mentioned the training opportunities and that we were sending 2 staff to EPA’s Small System Training. | also asked that we make employees aware that they should return from this type of training prepared to provide highlights to other staff, at least managers and if appropriate, to other employees that would have benefited from attending the training. | don’t know if this level of detail is necessary, but the “other” modifications to the classification policy potentially involved clarifying what constitutes a living unit vs. simply relying upon the number of beds, which is the current method for nursing homes, dormitories, jails, adult foster care homes, etc. This issue also bleeds over into one of the issues Dana was updating — not assuming a system that is under the population to be classified as a Type 1 system is automatically a Type Ill, as the combination of residents and workers could and often does result in the facility meeting the Type II classification.

| added some stuff from my notes in track changes. Sorry, it messed up the formatting a bit.

DRAFT for review. Your comments/thoughts? xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b500_4877_4877_1

Attached is some additional information regarding what plumbing appurtenances, fixtures, appliances, etc. would pose potential risk for harboring legionella. Stephen Busch, P.E. ‘ Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance © MDEQ 517-643-2314 1 :

Premise plumning.msq > tached is some additional information regarding what plumbing appurtenances, fixtures, [5 ppliances, etc. would pose potential risk for harboring legionella. Stephen Busch, P.E. Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance DEQ 7-643-2314 wm

Here are the two separate emails that Steve sent to the hospitals in Flint that Mike and he visited recently.to discuss’ . premise plumbing issues. . Each of the émails has the 3. attachments that were mentioned in the managers meeting today. The email messages outline an approach we should-all follow for now when dealing with these facilities on this issue.

Water Safety PlanHACCP Information.msq Here are the two separate emails that Steve sent to the hospitals in Flint that Mike and he visited recently to discuss premise plumbing issues. Each of the emails has the 3 attachments that were mentioned in the managers meeting today. The email messages outline an approach we should all follow for now when dealing with these facilities on this issue.

This synthesis of state PWSS program activities can be lengthy but often has interesting tidbits. In this edition, | noted a few: e Some interesting things in both the Resources and DWSRF summary paragraphs. * Under implementation, some states noting problems arising with Stage 2 DBP monitoring results, especially in consecutive systems. « in Data Management, lots of complaining as usual. | also noted that a couple of states were moving away from EPA developed electronic sanitary survey software to a GEC developed SWIFT application. e Under Security and Data Management, one state is voicing concerns about giving any locational data to EPA that they cannot keep secure. Most states are going in the other direction — making the data more readily accessible. e Lots of Source Water stuff, including one state requiring above ground (chemical) storage tanks in Source Water Protection Areas to be registered. e Under “Hot Topics:” © Both Alabama and Florida are dealing with premise plumbing and secondary treatment system issues — Alabama issued their first construction permit to a hospital to install treatment to deter Legionella. o Severe and/or worsening drought issues in several states (you know what | tell them - come on back for a long, cool drink of water when you-all get thirsty!). o New York is developing a template for the “Value of Water” Brochure that would allow for the input of state or water system specific information. | am hoping we can utilize that brochure and/or that function in the upcoming drinking water week. o Washington state has returned to producing hard copies of their newsletter based on stakeholder feedback. Apparently, not everyone wants to use a smartphone to read their newsletters. © Wisconsin initiated a requirement for a HEAT EXCHANGE DRILLER’S LICENSE today — April 1%. No Joke. 1 xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b077_2967_3228_001

Thanks. i did gat inchuted subsequently when Liane replied recomrnending we notify the districts and the media and jegisiative contacts in the departrnent although it did net include the actual list of customers.